Sea-pie

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Sea-pie
Alternative namesCipaille, cipâtes, six-pâtes
Type Meat pie
Place of origin British America, New France (United States and Canada)
Region or state New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec
Main ingredientsMeat or fish

Sea-pie is a layered meat pie made with meat or fish, [1] and is known to have been served to British sailors during the 18th century. [2] Its popularity was passed on to the New England colonies sufficiently to be included in Amelia Simmons's landmark 1796 book American Cookery . [3] Sea-pie is made by lining a saucepan or pot with a thick layer of pastry, and then filling the pot with alternating layers of meat (such as pork, beef, fish, or pigeon) or stew, and vegetables; and, topping the layered ingredients with pastry. There is no set list of ingredients; rather, sea-pie is made with whatever meat and vegetables are on-hand at the time it is made.

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In Quebec, this dish is called cipaille, cipâtes or six-pâtes (in French), and is a traditional Quebecois dish. It contains no fish or other seafood, but moose, partridge, hare, beef, veal, pork, and chicken (or a simpler combination of these). [4] The French name most likely originated as an adaptation of sea-pie. [5]

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References

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  2. MacDonald, Janet (2006). Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era . Chatham. p.  190. ISBN   978-1-86176-288-7.
  3. Amelia Simmons (1996) [1796]. American Cookery (2nd ed.). Applewood Books. p. 24. ISBN   978-1-55709-439-1.
  4. "Quebec’s Secret Meat Pie", by Jake Edmiston, The National Post
  5. "cipaille". Grand dictionnaire terminologique (in French). Office québécois de la langue française. 2002. Retrieved 2013-08-26.