Turk’s Head pie

A Turk’s Head pie was a historical culinary/ritual dish in which a pie was made to resemble or symbolize a Turk (an Ottoman/Muslim enemy) and consumed in a Christian context, serving as symbolic cannibalism of the enemy or as a ritual desecration of Islam’s dietary taboo when filled with pork.

Claims that use this term

• Christians consumed a Turk’s Head pie as symbolic cannibalism of the enemy.
• The pork-filled Turk’s Head pie ritually desecrated Islam’s dietary taboo.