Animated Pies:
Animated pies or pyes were the most popular banquet entertainment. The nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence . . . four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie," refers to such a pie. According to the rhyme, "When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing. Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the King." In all likelihood, those birds not only sang, but flew briskly out at the assembled guests. Rabbits, frogs, turtles, other small animals, and even small people (dwarfs) were also set into pies, either alone or with birds, to be released when the crust was cut. The dwarf would emerge and walk down the length of the table, reciting poetry, sketching the guests, or doing tricks. copyright 2004 by Linda Stradley - United States Copyright TX 5-900-517- All rights reserved. Web site What's Cooking America.
I repeat, "The dwarf would emerge and walk down the length of the table, reciting poetry, sketching the guests, or doing tricks."
And in the studio today, I worked more on this one, but I've already been messing with the water since I took this. Usual caveat. iPhone. work in progress etc.
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