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Homity Pie

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Witzend Sun 05-Nov-23 09:14:15

I’d never heard of this until the other day, when I’d taken myself off to the National Gallery and had lunch in the nearby (very busy!) Crypt Cafe at St Martin in the Fields.

I had actually just wanted a sandwich, but there didn’t seem to be any! However, it was basically leek and potato in pastry, and quite nice. I think there was a smidgeon of cheese in the ‘binding’ sauce, but personally I’d have added a bit more.,

Is it a well known thing to other GNers? And if regional, from where?

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silverlining48 Sun 05-Nov-23 09:16:05

I have heard of it (goes back a Long time) but didn’t know what it contained.
Hope you enjoyed your day.

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Juliet27 Sun 05-Nov-23 09:23:10

Here’s what Wikipedia says about it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homity_pie

Sounds lovely - as a day in London does. I used to enjoy such trips but it all seems just too much effort now unfortunately.

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Witzend Sun 05-Nov-23 09:27:37

Juliet27

Here’s what Wikipedia says about it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homity_pie

Sounds lovely - as a day in London does. I used to enjoy such trips but it all seems just too much effort now unfortunately.

I don’t often do it (should do it more often) but dh’s French conversation group was temporarily homeless, so he’d invited them to ours.

The house (downstairs anyway) did benefit from a fairly major tidy up, vacuum, dust and polish!

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Patsy70 Sun 05-Nov-23 09:54:31

I have heard of homity pie, but didn’t know what it was or its origins. Sounds tasty to me, so I’ll give it a try. Thank you for that, Witzend and Juliet27. 😋

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Norah Sun 05-Nov-23 10:19:32

I made homity pie often, before we stopped eating cream, butter, cheese. Makes for a delicious savoury meal, much like savoury bread pudding. German wine festival food includes a similar onion pie.

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henetha Sun 05-Nov-23 10:25:37

A friend of mine used to make it regularly, about 50 years ago,
back when we were neighbours and young mothers together.
It was lovely.

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