Butter pie

Butter pie
	A butter pie sold in Wigan
Alternative names	Catholic pie, Friday pie, air pie, a special
Place of origin	England
Region or state	Lancashire
Main ingredients	Potatoes, onions, butter

A butter pie is a traditional English savoury pie consisting mainly of onions and potatoes. It is also sometimes served on a savoury barm cake. The pie is stocked by chip shops, sandwich shops, local corner shops and some supermarkets within Lancashire. It is also known as Catholic pie, Friday pie, air pie or a special.

History

The pie is known to have been created for workers from Lancashire's Catholic community, to consume on days (mainly Friday) when meat could not be eaten.^[1]^[2]

From 2006, the butter pie was included in the annual World Pie Eating Championship in Wigan, in the vegetarian category.^[3]

Butter pies were served on match days at Deepdale, the stadium of Preston North End F.C. until 2007 when the providers, Ashworth Foods Ltd, ceased trading. With the new providers, Holland's Pies not offering a butter pie, two Preston North End fans started a campaign on Facebook calling for the return of butter pies to the matchday menu.^[2]^[4] In 2010, the butter pie made a return to Preston North End's Deepdale stadium after the huge demand for the pie.^{[citation needed]}

This dish is also mentioned in the Paul and Linda McCartney song "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", which contains the lyrics, "I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie".

Areas served

The butter pie is served in most areas of the historic boundaries of Lancashire, including Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Chorley, Lancaster, Preston, St Helens and Wigan (whose residents are sometimes known by the nickname pie-eaters).^[5]

References

^ "Food around the area". Made in Preston. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Butter pie". Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board. 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
^ Butter pie Archived 31 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine Lancashiremade
^ Wallwork, Melanie (12 August 2008). "PNE fans call for butter pies". Lancashire Evening Post. Retrieved 15 January 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Wigan, Lancashire, UK". bbc.co.uk. 15 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2009.

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Butter pie

History

Areas served

See also

References

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