Do people actually eat Stargazy pie?

Stargazy pie is one of the most famously weird and gross foods in British cuisine. But it’s actually pretty good. Like many of history’s great savory pies, it’s British, with origins dating back to the 16th century.

What are the stars in traditional Cornish Stargazey pie?

Whether the legend about the fisherman is true, the traditional recipe for stargazy pie is said to use mainly sardines or include seven different fish, including sardines, dogfish, eel, herring and mackerel, among others, supposedly representing the types of fish the fisherman caught.

Do you eat the fish in Stargazy pie?

Stargazy pie is a fish pie made in Mousehole, West Cornwall, England, near Penzance. The pie has a top crust. You don’t eat the heads or tails of the fish in the pie; you just pick them out and discard them. Some versions of the pie decorate the top of the pie with piecrust stars as well.

Who invented Stargazy pie?

Jack Guard is a 95-year-old Mousehole man who’s lived in the port for decades. While he sits in his cottage and updates his Facebook (really), I speak to him about his now-deceased wife who, he says, actually invented the Stargazy Pie back in the ’60s.

What food is Cornwall famous for?

Cornwall’s most iconic food

• Cream tea. Cornish cream tea.
• Cornish Yarg. Cornish Yarg Cheese.
• Stargazy pie. Stargazy pie (photo: Zangar)
• The Cornish pasty. Cornish pasty.
• Pilchards. Cornish Pilchards.
• Saffron bun. Cornish saffron bun.
• Cornish mead.
• Hevva cake.

Is there such a thing as Blackbird pie?

Blackbirds were once eaten though their meat is said to be rather bitter. Blackbird pie is immortalised in the nursery rhyme ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’: Sing a song of sixpence/Four and twenty blackbirds/Baked in a pie/When the pie was opened/The birds began to sing/Wasn’t that a dainty dish/To set before the king.

Who invented fish pie?

The Fish Pie, also known as a Fisherman’s Pie ( because the topping is similar to that of shepherd’s pie, in that it uses mashed potatoes.), is a traditional British dish, said to have originated in Scotland. In earlier times, fish was eaten to honour the Roman goddess Venus.

What fish is a pilchard?

Sardines
Sardines or Pilchards are both the same species, which has the Latin name Sardina Pilchardus. They are a group of several types of small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. Sardines were named after the island of Sardinia, where they were once in abundance.

What do they drink in Cornwall?

The Best Cornish Beverages

• Cornish Mead Co.
• Cornish Cream.
• Cornish Tea Co.
• Tregothnan Tea.
• Cornish Pastis and Tarquin’s Gin.
• Yallah Coffee Roasters.
• Curio Spirits Company.
• Fowey Valley Cider.

What is the national dish of Cornwall?

the pasty
The iconic dish of Cornwall, the pasty, has its roots in another historical industry within the county, this being mining. Cornwall has influenced and been influenced by other British cuisine, as well as having similarities with the cuisine of its neighbour in South West England, Devon.