Pies have been a staple of human cooking for millennia - this #Sumerian tablet, dated to c.1750 BC, gives the recipe for a pie filled with bird meat, leek, onion, garlic, rue, & milk, encased in a garlic & leek dough. Sounds quite nice, actually! #NationalPieDay pic.twitter.com/I39mPBeIIe

— Dr Jo Ball (@DrJEBall) January 23, 2019