Rules of Pie
1. Pies are entirely encased in pastry.
If it is not entirely encased in pastry it can not be a pie. Therefore imposters such as Shepherd’s Pie, Cottage Pie and Lemon Meringue Pie are not pie!
2. The pastry should have been at least two distinct pieces before cooking.
Distinguishes baked goods like Cornish Pasties and Sausage Rolls from pies.
3. The pastry on top of a pie is allowed to have holes in it.
Allows for fancier presentation of pies and for venting.
Source.
Once you've properly attached the top to the bottom crust, it ceases to be a separate entity. Then, topologically, there is no difference between "pie with a small hole in the top" and "pie with a very large hole in the top".
This is math, dude. You can argue with math, but it is more stubborn than you, for any given value of "you".
Topologically, a sock is not the same as a sock with a hole in it, which is not the same as no sock.
I'm guessing your rules-maker really wouldn't want to hear the discussion of how the thing we call "cheesecake" is really a custard pie...
Would those be the rules of Coffins, but not necessarily of all Pies?
Fish sauces go back at least to antiquity, garum being an example.
But why do they wrap most (but not) all of their bottles in paper? WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?Worchestershire sauce was created by, you guessed it, John Lea and William Perrins, and commercialized in 1837. Where they got the recipe is unknown, but they claimed various inspirations from India and Asia.
But why do they wrap most (but not) all of their bottles in paper? WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?
"Are you sure our scroll of true resurrection is safe? We don't want anything happening to it."They are D&D players. It's protection from fireball.
Yes, but math is not the same as natural language.
While I am sure that there are many mothers that would agree that a sock with a hole in it ...
isn't a sock (at least not one you should be wearing outside!), I am quite positive that no one, in the history of ever, has said, "That sock has ceased to be a sock due to the tiny hole." Well, at least until it accumulate a LOT OF HOLES.
The Pie Rules-Maker certainly wouldn't want to hear it. Because a cheesecake is a tart.
Or, if you're really feeling it, a flan.![]()
But why do they wrap most (but not) all of their bottles in paper? WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?