A cupboard with doors featuring decorative pierced tin panels, originally designed to store pies after baking.
Example sentencesExamples
Before the advent of the ice box, when kitchen cabinets were still more of a luxury than a standard item, a pie safe was considered a prize possession.
The old-timey pie safe I've chosen to describe here was originally used to keep freshly baked pastries and desserts out of harm's way while cooling.
A Pie Safe is a piece of early American furniture that kept food free from insects yet let it breath.
She never seemed to mind that the number of cooled tarts she placed in the pie safe was significantly lower than the theoretical yield stated in the recipe.
The typical Victorian kitchen contains the iron cooking stove, a pie safe, an ice box, and a Hoosier cupboard.
Definition of pie safe in US English:
pie safe
noun
A cupboard with doors featuring decorative pierced tin panels, originally designed to store pies after baking.
Example sentencesExamples
Before the advent of the ice box, when kitchen cabinets were still more of a luxury than a standard item, a pie safe was considered a prize possession.
A Pie Safe is a piece of early American furniture that kept food free from insects yet let it breath.
She never seemed to mind that the number of cooled tarts she placed in the pie safe was significantly lower than the theoretical yield stated in the recipe.
The old-timey pie safe I've chosen to describe here was originally used to keep freshly baked pastries and desserts out of harm's way while cooling.
The typical Victorian kitchen contains the iron cooking stove, a pie safe, an ice box, and a Hoosier cupboard.