Sea-pie

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.

Sea-pie

Alternative names	Cipaille, 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 ingredients	Meat or fish

For the bird sometimes known as a sea-pie, see Oystercatcher.

Not to be confused with fish pie.

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]

See also

• Canadian cuisine
• List of pies, tarts and flans
• Steak and oyster pie
• Tourtière

References

1. Cooke, Nathalie, ed. (2009). What's to Eat? Entrées in Canadian Food History. Montreal [Que.]: McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-7735-7717-6.
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.

External links

• "Cipaille, or Sea Pie", Northwest Journal article
• “Sea pie: A saga of innovation and transformation” at British Food in America website