Talk:Game pie

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Did you know... that William Hutton, François Pierre La Varenne and Benjamin Disraeli wrote about game pie, and Josiah Wedgwood made cooking dishes for it?

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^Bongo_matic 02:04, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"O it's a time of famine. The wheat crop has failed. Thank goodness we have a brace of pheasant and these nice Wedgwood dishes that imitate crusts..." What is the matter with food historians? I don't mean too-trusting Wikipedians; I mean the sources.--Wetman (talk) 17:38, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The lifestyles of the rich and famous are a lot more interesting than the common people, who are, fundamentally, common and of little account. I have great respect for the sacrifices that the aristocracy made in time of famine by eating rice and accepting game pie served in dishes that only imitated pastry, thus setting an admirable example to the poor. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:32, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously, the article does deserve more balance. The elaborate game pies and the dishes made for them are obviously interesting, but were only available to a small proportion of the people. That point should be made. The corn shortages to which the rich made such a clumsy response seem to have been caused in part by the Napoleonic wars, in part by the cotton revolution. That should also be indicated. Later of course, as the industrial revolution progressed, less elaborate forms of the game pie became affordable by the middle classes, and today the "pub lunch" variety is an inexpensive option for most people. The progression should be mapped out. The article is still at a very early stage. Aymatth2 (talk) 20:09, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Those Tudor Turkeys[edit]

"...the turkey, which had been introduced to England from the New World in 1523." Not introduced directly from the New World, of course; a rarity. Note the first appearance of turkey in an English recipe. Not likely in a Tudor Christmas pie and not appropriate to a game pie. What Tudor cook was cooking from Bartolomeo Scappi, Opera dell'Arte del Cucinare? --Wetman (talk) 06:17, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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