Bridie

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A bridie or Forfar bridie is a Scottish type of meat pastry or pie, originally from the town of Forfar, similar to a Cornish pasty in shape, but the pastry is not as hard and no potato is used. It is made of minced beef, sometimes with onions and spices, placed on shortcrust or puff pastry and folded into a semi-circular shape; the whole thing is baked in an oven.

The contents of the bridie are indicated by the number of holes in the top; one hole signifies that no onions are in the ingredients and two holes indicates onions have been used.

It is the subject of the Dundee Scots shibboleth Twa plenn bridies an an ingan ane an aa ("Two plain bridies and an onion one and all", an aa being Scots for "as well"), supposedly impossible to say if one does not come from that town.