Matthew's Stuff : Pie of the Day

Matthew Mumford

	Oven baked gibberish brought to you by 'Pie of the Day'

After more than six years of waiting and a lot of hard work, the 'Pie of the Day' site is at last still under construction. Our aim is to create a completely pointless page that serves no real purpose other than to symbolise the majority of information found on the web. Possibly worth wasting your time for in the near future - but don't count on it.

Pie History

Since the dawn of time, the pie has been central to the evolution and survival of man. The earliest recorded evidence of the pie was found on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, dating back to the year 52 BC. It was a huge example found (encased in mud) by a hitchhiker from Dumfries just by the turning for the A38 to Liskeard. This find later became known as "The Meat Beast of Bodmin Moor". Archaeologists commenced on a huge voyage into the past, searching out other historic pies. Several exciting discoveries have been made around the globe. In China, on the border of Hong Kong, a party unearthed a bean spout & bicycle wheel pastry capable of feeding a whole village. And in Egypt, where civilised man built the pyramids and used toilets, a hieroglyphic covered pie dish was discovered next to the tomb of the pharaoh King Getifa.

The Pie Today

The pie's role in modern day society is legendary. Winston Churchill was not only fond of big cigars, he was renowned for eating huge 4" deep pies before making his historic war time speeches. Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, attributed his fitness levels to a diet including the good old American favourite, the apple pie. Sports stars around the world are pie fans including the cheating, coked up, midget, Argentinean football star, Diego Maradona; who has had a pie, the "Hand Of God" (made with real finger nails) created in his honour by the people of Cordoba.

Pie Futures?

So, where is the pie heading? What does time have in store for the puff pastry wonder? As we boldly tread forward through this new millennium of ever increasing versatile fillings, the pie's future looks good and in turn, man's future is bright. Long live the pie!

Random Pie Quote Generator:

What's Today's 'Pie of the Day' ?

The humble pie has made its mark in many famous speeches, plays, films, songs, works of literature - the list is endless. In fact if it were not for the pie, we would be living an a very different world. Use the button below to obtain a random pie quote.

Find out what the 'Pie of the Day' is or perhaps just use the suggestion for your next home cooking session.

Pie Facts - Pie jove is that right?

Pie Pics

1.	The word 'Pie' is an abbreviation of Precise, Intense Eating and stems back to the early 19th Century when the cuisine style became fashionable in the courts. As most people were illiterate but still wanted a precise, intense eating experience, the kitchen staff would abbreviate to P.I.E.
2.	Pies are illegal in 3 US states due to the pie massacres of 1987, an event kept quiet by Pie fanciers all around the world.
3.	There are more pies than people.
4.	The first ever "Superpie" was a 'Trojan Horse' and contained 75 savages. Unfortunately for the savages, the castle of King Ralph III had a "No big pies" policy and they were all cooked in the local Giant Pie furnace.
5.	The pastry on pies is 6.5% thicker than that used on Cornish pasties. It is also 14% nicer.
6.	Roughly 7.5 billion pies are eaten each year. Of these, over 2 billion are illegal pies and 75million are not even nice.
7.	In an average, non-vegetarian man's life, he will consume over 17 tonnes of pie or pie related products.
8.	In an official government poll, the most popular pie in the UK is the Steak and kidney pie. Over the other side of the world, Australians tend to favour the Pork pie, whilst the Russians still eat more Vodka pie than any other.
9.	Mud Pies are no longer made with real mud.
10.	Using a mathematical equation, scientists have concluded that 2pie squared makes the best pie eating experience.
11.	There are more facts about pies than there are about sand, even though there is 783,000,000% more sand than pie in the world.

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Pie Links

New! Pie of the Day Icon Pack

	Ginsters - the cream of Cornwall: www.ginsters.co.uk
	Sargents - top Aussie pies: www.sargents.com.au

A new set of 'Pie of the Day' icons (48KB - click the icon to download) - updated 15/07/05

This web page is testament to the importance of the pie to the world. We are proud to present the Pie Of The Day Site as a symbol of man's dependence on the pie and as a tribute to the thick crust wonder. All praise to the Lord for pie!!

Pie Design work by James Barker

Prototype Pie