DCHP-3

rappé pie

[< Acadian F tarte râpée (also pain râpé), literally "grated pie"]
Maritimes
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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rappie pie, rapee pie, rawpi pie

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a rich, nourishing dish popular among Acadians and others in the Maritimes. See 1951 quote.

Quotations

1933
"It's a French dish," I was told, "but the English are crazy over it. Years ago when they met at the homes for a dance they'd always have rappé pie, or, if there was ever a quilting-match, there'd always be rappé pie."
1951
Rapee pie (Tarte à la râpure)--Acadian dish: 12 large potatoes; 3 large onions; 5 lb. chicken, or black duck, or rabbit; 1/2 lb. pure lard; salt and pepper.