Toot Hill Trivial Pursuit #5 - Stargazy Pie Traditional Cache
Toot Hill Trivial Pursuit #5 - Stargazy Pie
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#5 of a circular 1.42 mile series around the village of Toot Hill. They were placed in celebration of Pi Day 2013.
Please bring your choice of writing instrument to sign the log. Also, and this is the important bit, some areas of the route get extremely muddy so wellies, work boots or other suitable footwear is required.
Stargazy pie (sometimes called starrey gazey pie or other variants) is a Cornish dish made of baked pilchards, along with eggs and potatoes, covered with a pastry crust. Although there are a few variations with different fish being used, the unique feature of stargazy pie is fish heads (and sometimes tails) protruding through the crust, so that they appear to be gazing skyward. This allows the oils released during cooking to flow back into the pie.
The dish originates from the village of Mousehole in Cornwall and is traditionally eaten during the festival of Tom Bawcock's Eve to celebrate his heroic catch during a very stormy winter. According to the modern festival, which is combined with the Mousehole village illuminations, the entire catch was baked into a huge stargazy pie, encompassing seven types of fish and saving the village from starvation.
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