British Pie Week

[StuRomseySaint]

If you wear it to the football tomorrow I will buy you your half time pint.

 

I am not at the footy tommorow, last day of month, sales targets meh meh means I have to work. :-(

[bungle]

I am not at the footy tommorow, last day of month, sales targets meh meh means I have to work. :-(

 

Saved me £3.10.

 

Perhaps you shouldn't have gone to Topman and worked on your sales targets then?

[Hatch]

I think you can kill Welshmen in Hereford.

 

Not sure what with though, but definitely not pies.

[JohnnyFartPants]

I think you can kill Welshmen in Hereford.

 

Not sure what with though, but definitely not pies.

 

Nice way to go, mind.

[JohnnyFartPants]

Is the gravy within a pie to be considered the only gravy allowed or can additional gravy be poured over the pie afterwards?

[Hatch]

Additional is a must.

[bungle]

Is the gravy within a pie to be considered the only gravy allowed or can additional gravy be poured over the pie afterwards?

 

Definitely allowed additional gravy. The Raven has three different types of gravy.

[Scudamore]

A friend of mine once served up gravy to his very hungover dad instead of the black coffee he thought he was getting...oh how we laughed...

 

But thinking back on it a cup of gravy would be rather nice...

[Michelle]

Awesome, and we have two away matches next week in which to sample these wonderful creations.

 

Race ya to the front of the queue at half time, young Matthew.

[Scudamore]

Well since i spent good time writing out this reply only to find the thread locked i'll stick it here...but i think it's pretty obvious this isn't the right place for such serious discussion...

 

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I'd say a cornish pasty i had at Villa Park many years back was one of the best i've ever had. Which is a little baffling to be honest because the food at football grounds should by all rights be average at best.

 

I've also had some of the best fish and chips outside Elland Road...once again strange because they were off a van. Not so strange when you realise that Harry Ramsden's started in Guiseley mind...those Yorkshire furk know their fish n chips and know mistake...

[Dog]

I will be eating pie tonight ~ FACT

[JohnnyFartPants]

Well since i spent good time writing out this reply only to find the thread locked i'll stick it here...but i think it's pretty obvious this isn't the right place for such serious discussion...

 

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I'd say a cornish pasty i had at Villa Park many years back was one of the best i've ever had. Which is a little baffling to be honest because the food at football grounds should by all rights be average at best.

 

I've also had some of the best fish and chips outside Elland Road...once again strange because they were off a van. Not so strange when you realise that Harry Ramsden's started in Guiseley mind...those Yorkshire furk know their fish n chips and know mistake...

 

I wonder, if like me, you sampled chips from said Elland Rd van shortly after young Walcott scored his first goal for us?

[bungle]

Awesome, and we have two away matches next week in which to sample these wonderful creations.

 

Race ya to the front of the queue at half time, young Matthew.

 

I believe I won this race.

[Scudamore]

I wonder, if like me, you sampled chips from said Elland Rd van shortly after young Walcott scored his first goal for us?

 

Must have been about ten years ago...prior to Theo even playing football!

 

I do remember the game for someone standing up as ours fans were flooding out to go home early and shouting out in an effeminate voice "okay...see you all back at Leeds' house" which made me chuckle...

[Hatch]

I would like to add that I think Fish Pies are wrong.

[Jillyanne]

I would like to add that I think Fish Pies are wrong.

 

Wrong, they are lovely, well they are if made with decent fish and prawns.

[Scudamore]

Wrong, they are lovely, well they are if made with decent fish and prawns.

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fish+pie

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

Now I know that technically a pasty isn't really a pie, just a related pastry-encased foodstuff, but I recently had one of Waitrose's 'Hand-crimped' Cornish Pasties. It was bloody horrible...

[bungle]

Please keep your pasty talk off this thread.

[JohnnyFartPants]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fish+pie

 

Before and after.

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cream+pie

[Hatch]

Chicken and Asparagus on the menu tonight

[Scudamore]

Chicken and Asparagus on the menu tonight

 

Your wife does you a menu? Good girl. Will you be selecting the pie or has something else caught your eye?

[JohnnyFartPants]

Chicken and Asparagus on the menu tonight

 

I am making Italian Seafood Casserole, with haddock and prawns in the slow cooker.

[Barfy]

On the subject of things wrapped in pastry (does suet pastry count?), I would like an honourable mention to go to the Bedfordshire Clanger. A rather pleasant invention consisting of a main course and dessert in one suet pastry wrapped bundle:

 

http://www.gunns-bakery.co.uk/bedfordshire_clanger.htm

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire_clanger

[Jillyanne]

I am off to the M&S foodhall to see what delights they have today.

[JohnnyFartPants]

On the subject of things wrapped in pastry (does suet pastry count?), I would like an honourable mention to go to the Bedfordshire Clanger. A rather pleasant invention consisting of a main course and dessert in one suet pastry wrapped bundle:

 

http://www.gunns-bakery.co.uk/bedfordshire_clanger.htm

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire_clanger

 

Surely that is nothing more than a skinny rip off pasty?

[Barfy]

Surely that is nothing more than a skinny rip off pasty?

 

Not at all, they are quite substantial (usually about 10 - 12 inches long and 6 inches in girth). Half is similar in taste and texture to a pasty, and once you've finished munching through that you get into the sweet end, usually filled with fruit/jam.

 

For liquid refreshment, you would of course accompany it with a pint from the local brewery:

 

http://www.potton-brewery.co.uk/

 

And a nice strong cup of tea.

[JohnnyFartPants]

On the subject of things wrapped in pastry (does suet pastry count?), I would like an honourable mention to go to the Bedfordshire Clanger. A rather pleasant invention consisting of a main course and dessert in one suet pastry wrapped bundle:

 

http://www.gunns-bakery.co.uk/bedfordshire_clanger.htm

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire_clanger

 

The wiki link seems slightly hard to believe.

[Barfy]

The wiki link seems slightly hard to believe.

 

It is a bit sh!t isn't it? A rather underwhelming summary of a truly fine meal.

[hamster]

In Kent their is a chain of butchers named 'Rooks'. They sell a thing called a Burger Puff. I would consider it a pie.

They are to die for, the sort of pie that you just know that 1 will not satisfy your lust.

 

Here is a link to the product:

 

http://www.rooksonline.co.uk/produce/product.aspx?pid=786db3df06dfc82a4ea0f9ea9b73c64cab3b7c7d

 

I am sure that colinjb will endorse my words.

[hamster]

Wrong, they are lovely, well they are if made with decent fish and prawns.

 

A friend of mine did some agency work in the mortuary at the General a while back. He told me that they had a woman's body brought in that had been erm.... left a while. He told me that she had a lady part like a pickle.

 

Squirming, I asked "What do you mean, green?"

 

"No" he replied "Sour"

[Scudamore]

A friend of mine did some agency work in the mortuary at the General a while back. He told me that they had a woman's body brought in that had been erm.... left a while. He told me that she had a lady part like a pickle.

 

Squirming, I asked "What do you mean, green?"

 

"No" he replied "Sour"

 

That get's the thumbs up from me.

 

The joke...not the lady parts...

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

Please keep your pasty talk off this thread.

 

Well then, I have just had a rather nice pork pie from Messrs Pork Farms of Nottingham.

 

And whoever asked, suet crust is deffo OK for a pie.

[bungle]

Well then, I have just had a rather nice pork pie from Messrs Pork Farms of Nottingham.

 

And whoever asked, suet crust is deffo OK for a pie.

 

I would have thought you could come up with a better description than the word "nice". Whenever anyone tells me something is "nice" I assume that, because they used such a bland, non-descript, word, that what they are talking about is actually only average and not worth worrying about.

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

I would have thought you could come up with a better description than the word "nice". Whenever anyone tells me something is "nice" I assume that, because they used such a bland, non-descript, word, that what they are talking about is actually only average and not worth worrying about.

 

Fair enough. The pastry was rich and crumbly without being too fatty, the filling was chunky and firm with a good level of seasoning and, thankfully, no strong herby taste. The jelly was resilient without being rubbery and all-in-all it was an excellent snack.

[JohnnyFartPants]

Fair enough. The pastry was rich and crumbly without being too fatty, the filling was chunky and firm with a good level of seasoning and, thankfully, no strong herby taste. The jelly was resilient without being rubbery and all-in-all it was an excellent snack.

 

I always think that when someone goes over the top describing food they must have a screw loose or an empty life. Why not just say it was nice abe done with it?