Cornish people an important element of the Cornish diet, but international commercial fishing was also well established by the 16th century, and tons of pilchards were exported from Cornwall to France, Italy and Spain every year. Stargazy pie is an occasional festive Cornish dish with the heads of fish standing on their tails, originally pilchards, piercing a pastry crust. The saffron bun, also known as the tea treat bun, is a sweet bread with its origins in Cornwall. With its comparatively small, rural population, major contribution by the Cornish to national sport in the United Kingdom has been limited. There are no
Chess pie pie is unknown, but many theories have been proposed. It is most likely a mispronunciation of "cheese pie;" the combination of eggs, butter, and sugar in chess pie recipes make a custardlike filling which is similar in texture to British cheesecakes and lemon curd. Alternately, it could be named after the town of Chester, England, again due to the similarity to British pies and tarts. The term may also have come from a piece of furniture used prior to home refrigeration called a "pie chest," in which pies were stored. Alternatively, it could have come from a mispronunciation of "It's