Some Interesting Pie facts Did you know that the first meat pies were made in Ancient Greece? They were called "Artocreas'. It was a pastry crust, onto which cooked meat was spooned. Ancient Romans took it a stage further, with a top and bottom Crust, with a meat filling. Pies have formed part of English Cuisine since medieval times, when moulded pastry cases known as 'coffins" or 'coffers were filled with meat and cooked. The English invented the combination of steak and Kidney' for pies. Nearly every country in the world has it's own version of a meat pie. South America has Empanadas. Cyprus has Bourekias, and Poland has Pierogiz, but they all come down to the same - a meat pie of some kind. one of the most famous pies in the world is the "Cornish Pasty". But did you know that originally it had meat one end, and jam the other. It was lunch' and dessert for Cornish tin miners Nowadays, it's simply meat and vegetables. Nowadays to eat Humble Pie means to apologise, or in some way be apologetic, or make amends for actions. However, the origin of the phrase does trace back to pies. In class-conscious 11 th century England, the meat pie was a social indicator. When a stag was caught, the most tender meat vent to the hunter, and his oldest son and his best friends. The mans wife, his other children, and dependants were given the "umbles - the tongue, liver, kidneys etc. To make them tasty, they were cooked with herbs, and seasoned, and baked in an "umble" pie. Long after the custom had disappeared, the word "umble", and later 'HUMBLE" came to mean of low status. Nowadays of course, no pie need be humble at all. In fact, many of the meat pies you buy in Australia would be fit for a king !!!