A savoury pie containing onions, apples, bacon, and sometimes potatoes.
〈英〉菲吉特馅饼(一种开胃馅饼,用洋葱、苹果、熏咸肉制作,常加土豆)
Example sentencesExamples
Apparently fidget pie was traditionally made at harvest time to feed the harvest workers.
Many recipe books list Huntingdon fidget pie as an unusual main course dish.
Origin
Late 18th century (as fitchet-pie): perhaps from fitchet, a dialect word for 'polecat', because of the strong, unpleasant odour of the pie during cooking. The change in spelling of the first word was due to association with fidget.