1857, Amelia Blanford Edwards, The Ladder of Life: A Heart-History, Now, my dears, let us see what we have here! First of all, meat-pie. Shall I give you a piece of meat-pie, dear Mademoiselle Natalie!—it is the same pie that you liked so much the night before last at Basle, and, fortunately, is not all gone yet!
1874, Marion Harland Mary Virginia Terhune, Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery, You can use the potato crust, which is very wholesome and good, for any kind of meat-pie.
1922, Louise Bennett Weaver, A Thousand Ways to Please a Family with Bettina’s Best Recipes, “Well, we’re to have meat-pie,†said Bettina, “and I must look up a good recipe for it now——†“Meat-pie? Delicious!†said Alice.
26 June 2018, Christopher Arnott, Terrence Mann Kills As Demon Barber, LIZ LARSEN and Terrence Mann sing foul puns about human-infused meat-pies in “Sweeney Todd†at Connecticut Repertory Theatre through July 1.
