Squab pie chops. The mixture should be covered with water, though less than in some pies, covered with pastry and baked in the oven for about two hours. Within the UK, the most common variation is to use lamb instead of mutton. Gloucester Squab pie did not require lamb and suggests any leftover meat could be used. Other ingredients can be included, for example Agatha Christie produced a variant which included hard-boiled eggs and another recipe took the concept of serving with clotted cream and adds cream to thicken. Outside of England, the concept of squab pie does exist, but in a
Pie safe rouge". The origin of the name of chess pie may have come from the term "pie chest", another name for a pie safe. Pie safes are considered to be collectable antiques and are commonly reproduced. They are popular pieces in the shabby chic interior design style. A notable pie safe maker was the American industrialist and founder of PPG Industries (then known as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company), Captain John Baptiste Ford, who made tin pie safes and sold them throughout the United States. Pie safe A pie safe, also called a pie chest, pie cupboard, kitchen safe, and meat