Sitting down to a steak pie on New Year's Day is a tradition common to many families in Scotland.
It's the perfect hearty meal to cure a Hogmanay hangover, but the reason it became so popular isn't always clear.
Last year we held a poll as debate raged over whether the Ne'er Day steak pie was just a "central belt thing."
Our colleagues over at Glasgow Live reckon fewer and fewer people are indulging in this tradition.
So why did it become the pastry of choice for Scots on the mend from a few New Year's drams?
The Scotsman published an article back in 2003 which shed some light on the origins of the January 1 pies.
In centuries gone by, New Year's Day was not taken as a holiday so families didn't have time to cook a complicated meal and simply bought a big pie from the butchers.
The reason Hogmanay is such a big party in Scotland is the fact that Christmas celebrations were suppressed in the nation for hundreds of years.
Despite New Year being such a big deal, Scotland only officially declared January 1 to be a bank holiday in 1871.
This failed to shake local views and businesses would continue as usual on New Year's Day, according to research from librarians.
It wasn't until 1971 that Scotland got January 2 as another bank holiday.
So you can see why a hangover cure was especially necessary in Scotland on January 1.
There's another theory about the origins of steak pies- their vaguely circular shape symbolises the beginning of a new year and the end of an old one.
It might sound strange but many places around the world will eat round foods on New Year's Day for this reason.
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