Oh wise OS gods - help me!!!!

Rikki

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

As he's a bloke, by "pie" he probably means something in pastry that he can eat on the run, do you think? I'd go with the pasty-type suggestions, because to a male, "shepherds pie" or "cottage pie" isn't really a pie at all!

Must admit I like my pies to have a pastry component too . In fact I get quite disappointed if they just have a pastry topping, as it needs to be all round to make a proper pie.

So where does the concept of a pasty fit in?

* runs for cover *

Bogof_Babe

Well pasties are pastry wrapped around stuff, aren't they?

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I used to make my kids something like this back in the dark days of the 1970s when we had lots of power cuts .I would line a pie plate with pastry, throw almost anything inside Beans (drained if too runny),sliced cheese, bacon, chopped up onion, even a cooked sausage or two sliced up as a layer on top and then top it off with a pastry 'lid' .Stab some holes in the top to let the excess steam escape as it's cooking, and either brush with beaten egg or milk if really skint,crimp the edges flat so you have a seal then bung in the oven about 180c degrees and look at it after about 40 minutes to make sure the top hasn't browned too much.When it looks cooked ,i.e. brown on top whip it out and either serve with cheesy mash if you had electric , or on its own .Its great hot or cold as its savoury.
When the electric lights used to got off for 3 or 6 hours at a time back then, you had to be inventive, and make stuff that would be easy to eat hot or cold .It was also a very cheap meal for two hungry little girls on a cold day in winter. I used to fill the hot water bottles when ever we had electric so they could be warm when they came in from school. I once tried the casserole method in a cardboard box filled with newspapers, and it did work but you couldn't be in a hurry for your dinner as it took hours to cook in its own heat:eek:

It was called 'end of the month pie' in our house, when there was too much month left before the end of the month pay-day:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Its surprising how inventive one can be when you are both broke ,cold and in the dark.

Rikki

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Well pasties are pastry wrapped around stuff, aren't they?

Yes but they don't come in a dish. Only jesting. sorry.

I made a pie last week with just a pastry top.
Never again :eek: The children accused me of short changing them on the pastry front.

pavlovs_dog

what a fab thread! :T

stressedoutmumof1

I make pasties like these!!

Chop up some bacon and fry it, add a tin of beans and some cubed cheese, shake in some tabasco to taste. Roll out some puff pastry into oblongs and put the mixture on one side - fold over and seal with a fork, brush with milk and bake in the oven - they are seriously yummy

MoJo

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

As he's a bloke, by "pie" he probably means something in pastry that he can eat on the run, do you think? I'd go with the pasty-type suggestions, because to a male, "shepherds pie" or "cottage pie" isn't really a pie at all!

Must admit I like my pies to have a pastry component too . In fact I get quite disappointed if they just have a pastry topping, as it needs to be all round to make a proper pie.

Are Northern Blokes the only ones who make 'Pie Sandwiches'? First saw it in Lancs - guys used to slap a pie between two slices of bread?! Then I found out that it's not uncommon in Yorkshire.....I suppose I shouldn't knock it until I've tried it