A MONSTROUS PIE
A 71b steak and kidney pudding, consumed in an eating match at an Oldham (Lancashire) inn was a really formidable dish. It was boiled in a wash-house boiler, no other receptacle being big enough. Yet it was almost insignificant compared with a pie made in 1770 for Sir Henry Grey, of the Howick, Northumberland, family. It was made by his North-country housekeeper and sent to London, where Sir Henry and his family were spending Christmas. It contained, among other trifles, four gees 3., two turkeys, half a dozen rabbits, half a dozen wild ducks, partridges, pigeons, woodcock, snipe, and even blackbirds. The pie measured 9ft round the edge of the crust and weighed nearly 2001bs. How it was cooked is one of the lost facts of history.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 April 1934, Page 11
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130A MONSTROUS PIE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 April 1934, Page 11
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