jam tarts (another type of pie)

18th century Pie

Among the other delicacies served at the eight year old Henry's feast in Westminster Hall were "Partryche and Pecock enhackyll". The latter was a cooked peacock mounted in its skin. Other birds like partridges, swans, bitterns and herons were frequently placed on top of pies for ornament and as a means of identifying the contents. This medieval practice of creating a 'subteltie' or eye-catching centrepiece, remained current until the eighteenth century and even later. For instance, a game pie with a stuffed pheasant placed on top, is illustrated in an 1890s edition of Mrs Beeton as a breakfast dish. Pies were also made in the shape of the animal they contained.

Text and image from www.historicfood.com

pie testing

It sort of looks like writing with blobby felt tip pens, I kind of like it. Before and after baking pictures. And no I can't spell consideration.

old school pie

From Mrs Beeton's 'All about cookery', very nice.

Head sketches

Strangely I keep drawing bald men with long necks, not sure what that's about.

Short Crust Portraits/tests

Same dyes, different pastry.

Edible food colours

I burnt this first lot of colour samples that I made, oops. Every thing just looked a bit charred. Fingers crossed I'll have time to make a rainbow pie later.

(left-right: turmeric, beetroot, parsley, carrot, red cabbage, cranberry tea)