Unlike in the USA, delicious, filled pastry parcels featuring delicate crimping and golden-brown crusts are synonymous with all things savoury. Sausage pie, pork pie, chicken pie and many other savoury combinations are certifiably scrumptious examples of classic UK pub grub.
Despite the raging debate between nationalities regarding just what a traditional pie should contain or look like, the origins are entirely unclear. While sweet dessert pies were depicted on the tomb walls of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the Valley of Kings, it was the Romans who covered their meats with pastry dough, the latter of which was said to have been invented by the Ancient Greeks.
