From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rabbit pie is a
game pie consisting of
rabbit meat in a
gravy with other ingredients (typically
onions ,
celery and
carrots ) enclosed in a
pastry crust.
[1] Rabbit pie is part of traditional
American and
English cuisine .
[2] It has recently[
when? ] found renewed popularity.
[3]
Ingredients
Wild rabbit, as opposed to farmed, is most often used as it is easily and affordably obtained, and is described as more flavoursome.
[4]
Along with rabbit meat, ingredients of the filling of a rabbit pie typically include
onions ,
celery and
carrots .
[5]
[6]
[7] Other ingredients may include
prunes ,
[7]
[8]
bacon
[6]
[7] and
cider .
[5]
[6]
Australian recipes for rabbit pie sometimes include the food paste
Vegemite as an ingredient.
[9]
In culture
Rabbit pie was a staple dish of the
American pioneers .
[10] Thanks to the increasing demand for wild and fresh ingredients, rabbit pie is often seen on the menus of fashionable restaurants and
gastropubs .
[11]
Two huge rabbit pies are part of traditional
Easter celebrations in the English village of
Hallaton ,
Leicestershire .
[12]
In
Beatrix Potter 's children's book
The Tale of Peter Rabbit , Peter Rabbit and his siblings are warned "[not to] go into
Mr. McGregor 's garden" because their father "had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor."
[13]
"Rabbit pie day" is ostensibly invoked in the song
Run, Rabbit, Run .
See also
References
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ISBN
978-0-399-53588-8 . Retrieved 20 January 2012 .
^ Aunt Chloe (May 1888). Louisa, Knapp (ed.).
"The Practical Housekeeper" . The Ladies' Home Journal . V (6). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Cyrus H. K. Curtis. Retrieved 21 January 2012 .
^ Gates, Stefan (2005).
Gastronaut : adventures in food for the romantic, the foolhardy, and the brave . Orlando: Harcourt. pp. 123–124.
ISBN
0-15-603097-7 . Retrieved 20 January 2012 .
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BBC Food
^
a
b Smith, Liz.
"BBC—Food—Recipes—Rabbit pie" (PDF) . A Taste of my Life .
British Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 21 January 2012 .
^
a
b
c
Stephanie Alexander (18 October 2011).
"Mary's rabbit pie" .
Sydney Morning Herald .
Fairfax Media . Retrieved 21 January 2012 .
^
a
b
c
Delia Smith .
"Old-English Rabbit Pie" . Delia Online . Retrieved 21 January 2012 .
^
Maggie Beer and
Simon Bryant (11 February 2009).
"The Cook and the Chef—Rabbit Pie" .
The Cook and the Chef .
Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Archived from
the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2012 .
^ Mason, Anne (2 June 1959).
"Make a Savoury Pie for Dinner" .
The Age .
Fairfax Media . Retrieved 21 January 2012 .
^
"Dame Delicacies Draw Hundreds to Old Church" .
The News and Courier . 4 November 1975. Retrieved 21 January 2012 .
^ Lutrario, Joe (22 November 2007).
"Dining Royal style" .
Morning Advertiser . Retrieved 26 January 2012 .
^ Jensen, Gregory (5 April 1958).
"Rabbit Pie and Kisses—England's Easter Customs Strange" .
Toledo Blade .
Block Communications . Retrieved 21 January 2012 .
^
"Art: Peter's Miss Potter" .
TIME . 24 January 1944. Archived from
the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2012 .