Pieing or a pie attack is the act of throwing a pie at a person. In pieing, the goal is usually to humiliate the victim while avoiding actual injury. For this reason the pie is traditionally of the cream variety without a top crust, and is rarely if ever a hot pie. In Britain, a pie in the context of throwing is traditionally referred to as a custard pie. An aluminium pie pan or paper plate filled with whipped cream or more typically, shaving cream can substitute for a real pie.
Taking a cream pie for charity.
In Fred Karno's "Mumming Birds" sketch (1904), a pie in the face appears in the 'Frivolity music hall scene'.
Frank Sinatra and Soupy Sales covered in pie.
Pie smash to Yolanda Barcina in Toulouse
A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Sweet pies may be filled with fruit, nuts, fruit preserves, brown sugar, sweetened vegetables, or with thicker fillings based on eggs and dairy. Savoury pies may be filled with meat, eggs and cheese or a mixture of meat and vegetables.
A pear pie
A detail of a painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625) and Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) depicting several bird pies. Cooked birds were frequently placed by European royal cooks on top of a large pie to identify its contents.
A 19th century depiction of a Roman feast, where pastry-covered meat dishes were served.
A detail from Pieter Claesz' 1627 painting of turkey pie.
