There is a type of pork pie with egg running through the middle called "Grosvenor pie". Can anyone tell me from who, what, or where the name originated?

Baloo55th

There seems to be great uncertainty about this. It could come from the Grosvenor family (one of whom is the Duke of Westminster and owner of a large part of very expensive London land). The word Grosvenor comes from French (or Norman-French) for big or fat hunter, so there could possibly be a reference to its use as a food for use while hunting. I've never heard any evidence in support of this, though. It could even come from a small piemaker sharing the name of the wealthy Grosvenors, who invented it (and whose existence is not proved or probably even been investigated!). The other possibility (and in my view a probablity) is that it's a marketing name chosen to sound posh. I can't find an earliest date for Grosvenor pie, or even for the Gala pie which is the same thing, basically. Probably both are modern, although not quite as modern as the Ploughman's Lunch which is only about 50 years old. Dec 15 06, 4:44 AM

QuizmasterG

Thanks a lot Baloo55th, your efforts are much appreciated Dec 15 06, 4:50 AM