Pie pools and filo flutters: the world of pastry gambling is upon us – Telegraph.co.uk

One slow day in the royal kitchens, the sous chef turned to the pastry chef and said: I bet you sixpence you couldnt bake four-and-twenty blackbirds in a pie.

Youre on, the pastry chef replied, dusting his rolling pin with flour. And we all know how that story ended with the maid being rushed to A&E with a severely pecked nose. One moral you can draw from this is that frivolous bets are bound to lead to trouble. Wayne Shaw, the roly-poly substitute goalie for Sutton United might think so, after his scoffing of that steak pie in the 83rd minute of the cup-tie against Arsenal last week led to his resignation. There was a whiff of scandal (as well as hot pastry) about it, because a betting company had offered odds of 8-1 against Wayne doing just that.

I think the true lesson we can draw here is that pastry is much more interesting than football; a burning-hot steak pie, straight from...

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