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A fidget pie (alternatively fitchett or figet) is an English pie containing layers of apple, cured pork (typically bacon), onion, and sometimes potato under a crimped, shortcrust pastry top. The pie is particularly popular in Shropshire, a county in the West Midlands, where it is made with sugar and sweet spices. Other regions have their own versions, including ingredients such as sage or sultanas. The name's origins are contested, although several theories identify "fidget" as derived from "fitchet(t)" an obsolete dialectal term for the polecat. The first reference to the pie identified by the Oxford English Dictionary was made in 1790, although pork and apple had been combined in pies since the pork pie first emerged earlier in the century. Since its first mention, the pie has been associated with the harvest, served to workers in the field.
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