Butter pie
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| Alternative names | Catholic pie, Friday pie, air pie, a special |
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| Place of origin | England |
| Region or state | Lancashire |
| Main ingredients | Potatoes, onions, butter |
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A butter pie is a traditional English savoury pie consisting mainly of onions and potatoes. It is also sometimes served on a savoury barm cake. The pie is stocked by chip shops, sandwich shops, local corner shops and some supermarkets within Lancashire. It is also known as Catholic pie, Friday pie, air pie or a special.
History
The pie is known to have been created for workers from Lancashire's Catholic community, to consume on days (mainly Friday) when meat could not be eaten.[1][2]
From 2006, the butter pie was included in the annual World Pie Eating Championship in Wigan, in the vegetarian category.[3]
Butter pies were served on match days at Deepdale, the stadium of Preston North End F.C. until 2007 when the providers, Ashworth Foods Ltd, ceased trading. With the new providers, Holland's Pies not offering a butter pie, two Preston North End fans started a campaign on Facebook calling for the return of butter pies to the matchday menu.[2][4] As of 2016, the butter pie had returned to Deepdale.[5]
Areas served
The butter pie is served in most areas of the historic boundaries of Lancashire, including Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Chorley, Lancaster, Preston, St Helens and Wigan (whose residents are sometimes known by the nickname pie-eaters).[6]
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Food around the area". Made in Preston. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Butter pie". Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board. 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
- ^ Butter pie Script error: No such module "webarchive". Lancashiremade
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wallwork, Melanie (12 August 2008). "PNE fans call for butter pies". Lancashire Evening Post. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Preston’s Butter Pie Might Be the World’s Greatest Half-Time Snack. Vice. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wigan, Lancashire, UK". bbc.co.uk. 15 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
Further reading
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