DisputedOrigin is disputed
Chinese pie
noun · first attested 20th century
The China in this pie may be South China, Maine.
A Quebec casserole layered from ground beef, creamed corn and mashed potato.
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- Relationship
- Origin is disputed
- Confidence
- DisputedCompeting explanations remain live.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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South China
- In English
Chinese pie
French speakers call it pate chinois, and one account says Quebec laborers met the dish while working around South China, Maine, while another credits Chinese cooks feeding railway crews. Neither has been documented, and the dish underneath the argument is a shepherd's pie with a corn layer.
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