A slice, in the parlance of British restaurants and grocery stores, is a miniature lozenge-shaped pie made of flaky pastry wrapped around a savory creamy filling. They are delightful parcels of hot, filling goodness, convenient, cheap, and satisfying. Think chicken pot pie, but in a contained parcel you can hold in your hand.

Not to use a maul to hammer home the analogy, but I’m sort of shooting for this theme here. Miniature bits of goodness, maybe not nutritious, maybe not good for you...