50 Things to Eat Before You Die: Meat Pies and Scallops

There are many types of meat pies. In France, people like to eat quiche /kiʃ/:

Quiche (chicken sausage, bacon etc) CC--BY-NC-SA, AlyssssylA--331041679_66edcc51f0.jpg

 In Australia, meat pies are much simpler (similar to Cornish pasties, made in Cornwall):

Scallops are a delicacy in many countries. One unusual feature of these shellfish is that they have many blue eyes:

Scallop--CC

You can see the eyes better in this photo:

Scallop eyes CC--BY-NC-SA, The Hantu Blog--3765052506_aeb5fd981f.jpg

Scallops are also a symbol of fertility (the ability to have lots of children). Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love and Fertility, is shown coming out of a scallop shell. This is a very famous painting by Botticelli:

1024px-Sandro_Botticelli_-_The Birth of Venus_-_Google_Art_Project (public domain image)