For generations of Loons (and lassies) it has been up there on a pedestal as their top treat.
And hopefully one day soon it may be able to mix in the rarified protected status company of Champagne, Parma ham and its delicious Angus neighbour, the Arbroath smokie.
But for now the humble Forfar bridie can at least claim to actually be a prize pasty after an ingenious stroke of imagination by a town trophy shop owner and a talented woodturning friend.
People passing by the Tannadice Trophies shop of Jim Keillor in the Angus burgh’s East High Street have been doing a double take over the latest edition to the shop’s display a wooden trophy bridie which is a complete ringer for the tasty real thing.
And alongside is a hand-turned wooden haggis which Jim revealed started the mini-craze for the quirky awards.
“A wee while back two American ladies came in asking if I could sell them a haggis trophy and although I didn’t have such a thing it got me thinking,” said Jim, who took over the busy shop seven years ago.
He put the idea to Angus pal Bob Harrow, whose skills produced the first wood-turned haggis to grace the display cabinet.
With plenty time to come up with new ideas as he sits over the engraving machine carving Angus winners’ names on to trophies from across the globe, Jim then thought the famous Forfar bridie deserved to become an award as well as an award-winner.
Either mounted on a wooden shield or sitting in a silver platter alongside cutlery and sauce, the wooden creation has tickled passersby.
“The bridies have really captured people’s imagination,” he added.