Fish pie is a traditional British dish. The pie is usually made with white, often smoked, fish (for example cod, haddock or halibut) in a white sauce or cheddar cheese sauce made using the milk the fish was poached in. Prawns and hard boiled eggs are other common additional ingredients. It is oven-baked in a deep dish but is not usually made with the shortcrust or puff pastry casing that is associated with most savoury pies (e.g. steak and kidney pie).
In place of a pastry casing enclosing the pie, a topping of mashed potatoes (sometimes with cheese or vegetables such as onions and leeks added) is used to enclose the contents during baking. The dish is sometimes referred to as "fisherman's pie" because the topping is similar to that of shepherd's pie, in that it uses mashed potatoes.
The royal seafood tradition of England started in the time of Henry I, crowned in 1100, when cooks rolled crust over an annual Christmas lamprey pie. A separate tradition of Lenten fish pie required Yarmouth cooks to send the king two dozen pies containing 100 herrings. The customary gifts of fish in crust prevailed in 1530, when the prior of Llanthony, Gloucester, baked eels and carp into a pie for Henry VIII. The presentation of the royal eel pie continued in 1752, when bakers sent one to the Prince of Wales, and again during Queen Victoria's reign.
"Ocean Pie" is the fourth single release from britpop band Shed Seven's debut album, Change Giver. The single was released in October 1994 and peaked at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart.
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What it's like to let the feeling flow
It shakes me cold
In the morning when you're feeling low
You're worth your weight in gold
I can see through
I can see right through you
What's it like to stop and just let go
No heart, no soul
I'm sinking deep I need to feel that glow
You're worth your weight in gold
I need to feel you
I need to feel right through you
Everything here is above board
Everything here is a closed door
There's something I'd like you for
You've got the key to the ocean
You've got the key to the ocean
What's it like to fall and hit the end
To have and to hold
You are my only old friend
You worth the gold I stole
I'd find the right use
If I could cut myself loose
Everything here is above board
Everything here is a closed door
There's something I'd like you for
You've got the key to the ocean
You've got the key to the ocean
I don't need to be
I need to survive
You've got the key
For staying alive
For staying alive
For staying alive
Everything here is above board
Everything here is a closed door
There's something I'd like you for
You've got the key to the ocean