Fried Pies

In an article called “Christmas Cates” in Good Housekeeping for December 1914, Martha McCulloch-Williams launched into a long and detailed disquisition on Fried Pies, also known as Christmas Pasties. This is the same author who only the year before had published her popular Dishes & Beverages of the Old South, a book rich in details about Christmas.

The suggested filling for the pasties was dried fruit, preferably d