Wild rabbit, as opposed to farmed, is most often used as it is easily and affordably obtained, and is described as more flavoursome. Along with rabbit meat, ingredients of rabbit pie filling of a rabbit pie typically include onions, celery and carrots.
Rabbit pie was a staple dish of the American pioneers. Two huge rabbit pies are part of traditional Easter celebrations in the English village of Hallaton, Leicestershire. In Beatrix Potter’s children’s book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Peter Rabbit and his siblings are warned ” go into Mr. Rabbit pie day” is ostensibly invoked in the song Run Rabbit Run. The lost art of real cooking : rediscovering the pleasures of traditional food, one recipe at a time.