Humble pie!!!!!!!!

[bonnie]

:confused: is this a phrase or does a food of some sort actually exist? if so, what is it and how do you make it?
:) get your cookbooks out ladies:)

[Rustic Pumpkin]

Humble Pie comes from the word umble and was originally made with 'umbles' or intestines and offal, such as tripe, heart, liver etc. of cow, deer or boar.

The word umble itself originates in the French word 'numble' for the innards of a deer, and was considered inferior food to be eaten only by the lower classes.

Don't think I would want to make it even if I had a recipe and wasn't a vegetarian! lol.

[sandybay]

Hi Pumpkin you beat me to it !

Not a recipe to share ! Although when I googled it apparently Samuel Pepys mentioned several times in his diary that he ate 'umbles' [the 'n' at the beginning of the word was dropped]

He was known for his appetite [food and women] so it couldn't have tasted that bad.

The association with 'humble' is probably because it was eaten by the lower 'classes'.

[Primrose]

We learn something everyday - thank you.

Just goes to prove the old saying is correct 'Never too old to learn'.

Have a ggod day,

Love Gilly xx

[bonnie]

:eek: wish i hadn't asked:eek:
i minght make hubby some though:D:D

[Crocus]

I only now noticed this thread, and it's quite interesting information Rustic! Thanks. As Primrose has said, we learn something new here everyday. xx