Rabbit pie facts for kids
A meat pie made with rabbit and chicken
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| Type | Savoury pie |
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| Main ingredients | rabbit, onions, celery and carrots |
Rabbit pie is a yummy dish with a long history! It's a type of pie filled with rabbit meat. This meat is cooked in a tasty gravy with other vegetables like onions, celery, and carrots. All these yummy ingredients are then baked inside a pastry crust.
Rabbit pie has been a traditional food in both America and England for a very long time. It has recently become popular again!
What Goes Into a Rabbit Pie?
The main ingredient in rabbit pie is, of course, rabbit meat! Often, people use wild rabbit instead of farmed rabbit. Wild rabbit is easy to find and usually costs less. Many people also say it has a stronger, more interesting flavor.
Besides the rabbit meat, the filling for a rabbit pie usually includes onions, celery, and carrots. Sometimes, cooks add other things like prunes, bacon, or even cider to make it extra special. In Australia, some recipes for rabbit pie even include a food paste called Vegemite!
Rabbit Pie in Stories and Traditions
Rabbit pie was a very important meal for the early American pioneers. They often hunted rabbits for food, and pies were a great way to use the meat. Today, because more people want fresh and wild ingredients, you can often find rabbit pie on the menus of fancy restaurants and special pubs called gastropubs.
In the English village of Hallaton, Leicestershire, there's a fun tradition. As part of their Easter celebrations, they make two huge rabbit pies!
You might have heard about rabbit pie in a famous children's book. In Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Peter Rabbit and his siblings are warned not to go into Mr. McGregor's garden. Why? Because their father "had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor."
The song Run Rabbit Run also mentions "Rabbit pie day." It's a catchy tune that makes you think of this classic dish!
