† lumber-pie Obs.
Also lumbar-pie.
[See Lombard a. 2.]
A savoury pie made of meat or fish and eggs.
| 1656 Marnettè Perf. Cook ii. 1 To make a Lumbar Pye. Take three pound of Mutton [etc.]. 1663 in Jupp Acc. Carpenters' Comp. (1848) 206 It is..ordered..that the provision be as followeth; viz{supt}..Roast Turkey, Lumberpie, Capon, Custurd, and codling tart. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 83/1 Lumber pie, made of Flesh or Fish minced and made in Balls..with Eggs..and so Baked in a Pye with Butter. 1694 Motteux Rabelais (1737) iv. lix. 243 Lumber-Pyes, with hot Sauce. 17.. E. Smith Compl. House wife (1750) 150 To make a Lumber pye. Take a pound and a half of veal, &c. 1849 W. H. Ainsworth Lanc. Witches iii. ix, There were lumbar pies, marrow pies, quince pies [etc.]. |