Flipper pie

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Flipper pie
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Flipper pie as served at Woodstock Colonial Restaurant
Type Meat pie
Place of origin Canada
Region or state Newfoundland and Labrador
Main ingredients Harp seal flippers

Flipper pie, also known as seal flipper pie, [1] is a traditional Eastern Canadian meat pie made from harp seal flippers. [2] [3] [4] It is similar to a pot pie in that the seal flippers are cooked with vegetables in a thick sauce and then covered with pastry. [2] [5] [6] It is specific to the province of Newfoundland and Labrador [2] [3] [4] [6] [7] and primarily eaten in April and May, during the annual seal hunt. [8] Although in the past, seal flippers were usually acquired directly from the boats that were used for the seal hunt (since they were considered a by-product of the seal fur trade), today they are usually purchased in grocery stores. [9] Seal meat has been described as tasting like rabbit or dark meat chicken, and fans of its flavour tend to be people who grew up eating it. [10]

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History

Flipper pie has been prepared and eaten during Lent and the annual seal hunt since at least 1555. [3] [7]

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