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[Closed] PSA: Rejoice people......because its National Pie Week.

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[b]HALLELUJAH BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!!![/b]

Would it be wrong to celebrate with one for breakfast? In reality, my continued Chub Club membership (11b off so far!) means pastry has only passed my lips twice so far this year. But on one of those occasions it was this beauty. Ladies and gentlemen, please prey silence, and a moment of respectful reverence for the George Hotel (Keswick), legendary Cow Pie.....

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So how will you be celebrating


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 8:26 am
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So how will you be celebrating

Fellow chub club member here, so I'll just be sniffing people as they walk out of Greggs.


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 8:28 am
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You want "[url= http://www.drpidgeon.co.uk/dr-p-cooks/the-full-english-breakfast-pie ]the recipe[/url]" again... 😉

DrP


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 8:42 am
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So how will you be celebrating

Last night I met , in secret, at an undisclosed location, with other members of the resistance where, in hushed tones and whispers, we consumed Steak pie with beef link sausages and a separate serving of puff pastry.

When will this oppression end?


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 8:46 am
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Love the fact that pies get a whole week, whereas pancakes and other poor imitations at sustenance only get a day!


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 8:46 am
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I need to get to the George.

next weekend venturing south to the Lakes isn't until the end of the month, not sure I can wait that long....


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 8:48 am
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Stoner to the thread, please


 
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When will this oppression end?

Come the revolution there'll be shortcrust, puff, filo, choux and flaky for all!

Brothers and sisters do not give up hope!


 
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So how will you be celebrating

With pastry on all sides...
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Posted : 06/03/2017 8:50 am
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Love the fact that pies get a whole week, whereas pancakes and other poor imitations at sustenance only get a day!

Moustaches and James May both get a full month. It's so unfair.


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 8:50 am
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I miss Williams Mince pies from my youth 🙁

Cant even find a picture of one.

They were the eponymous stars of many a pie and pea supper.

If anyone remembers them " oval in shape about 3/4 full of mince with a samll amount of onion, highly glazed with a raised crimped edge"


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 9:11 am
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Bite me, and my lovely PIE!

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Posted : 06/03/2017 12:47 pm
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That sir, looks suspiciously like a casserole with a puff pastry lid

#notapie #burntheheretic


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:00 pm
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Got to make ours when I get home. Leftovers from the yesterdays beef joint with some mushrooms. It will have a pastry top and bottom.


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:33 pm
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change of venue for MNPR? leaving from the hollands pie factory at rising bridge?


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:36 pm
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That sir, looks suspiciously like a casserole with a puff pastry lid

#notapie #burntheheretic

#propieganda #fidelgastro #pastrytyrant

#nicepiestoner


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:39 pm
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Down with lidded stews/casseroles!


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:39 pm
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I think it's right to embrace all pastry products, after all a lidded stew/casserole is just a proper pie in waiting. Educate, rather than exclude!


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:46 pm
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DrP - you eat that and win races?!?
Damn, more riding [i]and[/i] more pie needed 🙂

What pie for xc?


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:46 pm
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Big Soup with a hat is not pie.


 
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Lemon meringue pie. Now there's a pie.


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:50 pm
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Stoner what you have there is quite clearly a cobbler. It's coming to something when you defend the indefensible so strongly.

I accept that language changes and over time the accepted norms can move however there are certain things that should not be allowed and calling a stew with a lid a pie is very much one of them.


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:52 pm
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Didn't know it was Pie Week, but I do have a family sized steak pie line up for my dinner on Thursday 😀


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:54 pm
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Stoner what you have there is quite clearly a cobbler.

This thread is full of cobblers, but Stoners pie ain't one.

It's a proper, good old fashioned, ashet pie. Lovely.

I've decided that I will no longer participate in the ongoing pastry debate.

I'm a piecifist.


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:55 pm
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At 43 years of age I finally had a go at making my first pie the other week.

Wasn't bad... Not as tasty as the good lady's, about on par with my mother's .... Meat was tender and the pasty top n bottom was good but the jus was a bit watery.... A little disappointed but an average pie is still a PIE Mmmmmm

Now I know its pie week I'll give it another go and make the gravy thicker.

What's your best Pie Technique gents ??


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:58 pm
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Pork pie starter

Pie & Chips Main

Apple Pie for pudding

Sound like a decent celebration of pie? Not sure about the starter, anything we could swap it for?


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 1:59 pm
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Needs a decent strong ale in there Ro5ey, if making a steak pie, or red wine as an equivalent.


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 2:01 pm
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Didn't know it was Pie Week

Neither does Stoner.

😛


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 2:03 pm
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Wasn't bad... Not as tasty as the good lady's, about on par with my mother's .... Meat was tender and the pasty top n bottom was good but the jus was a bit watery

Good man for making a proper pie, not some half arsed attempt, ala Stoner (who does not represent the midlands making pie traditions).
To thicken it up, after you brown the meat (if you did brown the meat), cover it and any other internal ingredients in flour, before adding the wine/ale to make the sauce. The more flour (don't get silly) the thicker the gravy will end up


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 2:06 pm
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Strong Ale ... check .... already in, after tip from the good lady.

Im thinking maybe a splash of worcestershire sauce or dollop of mustard ... ?


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 2:07 pm
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My chef is recreating one of my favourite pies from when we had a pub together; turkey and black pudding, shortcrust all round. 8)


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 2:12 pm
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Ro5ey, try googling fife miners stew - Sue Lawrence recipe, makes a fine pie.


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 2:15 pm
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Posted : 06/03/2017 3:07 pm
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Oh... Sorry, wrong pi! 😳


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 3:18 pm
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Yay, I was having pie tonight anyway but that makes it even better!

(don't worry, there will be pastry on all sides, top and bottom)


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 4:03 pm
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turkey and black pudding, shortcrust all round.

Oh my word, that sounds divine!


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 4:44 pm
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Just had this, made earlier today..
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Posted : 06/03/2017 8:14 pm
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Mine was scrummy. Beef with mushrooms, threw in some new potatoes with skins on to fill it out and served with mushy peas. Enough left for packing tomorrow.
Now need to decide on which pie to do for tomorrow's tea


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 8:18 pm
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I can't help but notice there is a suspicious lack of evidence of pastry to the rear of binners' pie. I'm not even sure i can see any under it...


 
Posted : 06/03/2017 8:50 pm
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So is fish pie actually a pie? Does it count? Or is it simply fish, eggs and peas in white sauce with mashy spud on top?


 
Posted : 07/03/2017 12:06 am
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So is fish pie actually a pie? Does it count? Or is it simply fish, eggs and peas in white sauce with mashy spud on top?

It is not a pie, but can be called one. Same as cottage, or shepherd's.


 
Posted : 07/03/2017 12:40 am
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Any recommendations for supermarket pies?


 
Posted : 07/03/2017 8:10 am
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Got to make pork pies for seven people tomorrow. Not sure how many to prepare. I thought maybe 22 between them would be about right...


 
Posted : 07/03/2017 8:28 am
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Huge if true:

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"I remember when all this were pies, lad"


 
Posted : 07/03/2017 8:29 am
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Oh... Sorry, wrong pi!

My local bakers have got a special offer on pies: 3.1 for 2.

Sorry IGMC.


 
Posted : 07/03/2017 8:33 am
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Tonight's pie is cheese and onion with sweet potato wedges followed by black cherry pie and custard

Any one else still pieing


 
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When does Pie Week finish officially?
Could I still make a pie after the cut off time or would it not count?
Can't we just have a 'Pie Year'?
The Chinese have a year of this that & the other so why not? (well, Ox, Rabbit, Pig & Horse but I wouldn't fancy the others in a pie TBH) 🙂


 
Posted : 07/03/2017 7:20 pm
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6th to 12th of March. We have pie Thursday at work every week where some one takes in a fruit pie to shared with anyone who is quick enough before it all goes.

Wagon and Horses at Langsett have pie Sundays which is always nice after a Cutgate ride


 
Posted : 07/03/2017 7:28 pm
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I've had anothe slice of ^^ that up there, TBH it's better the day after.


 
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I know of a lot of "rugby" cabs who would be very very upset to be born a pie. They would likely be disowned by their families in fact.


 
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Tasty

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Posted : 07/03/2017 8:05 pm
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OP - that's a fail, I can see a vegetable on the plate.


 
Posted : 07/03/2017 10:54 pm
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But is it even a PIE?

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Posted : 09/03/2017 11:49 am
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Just picked up a Chicken, Bacon and Leek Penny's Pies (of Cornwall) for lunch in honour of Pie Week. Getting hungry already...


 
Posted : 09/03/2017 12:11 pm
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Had shepherds pie and beans last night. Tonight, for four in a row, I'm going to make chicken and chorizo with a layer of black pudding under the crust.

Last nights leftovers are for lunch today


 
Posted : 09/03/2017 12:22 pm
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Tracey, what time shall I leave Ayrshire to get to Yorkshire in time for that?..... 😆


 
Posted : 09/03/2017 12:24 pm
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I'm calling Bullshit Wwaswas, no way did the Weegies pick a pork pie, not a bloody chance!.


 
Posted : 09/03/2017 12:25 pm
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I'm calling Bullshit Wwaswas, no way did the Weegies pick a pork pie, not a bloody chance!.

I scrolled down to post exactly this sentence. Spooky!


 
Posted : 09/03/2017 12:28 pm
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Give yourself a good five hours drive. When ever we come north it always takes 30% longer that the satnav says at the start. It will be ready for 8.30 after I have been in the back of the garage to find the parts for my new build and taken the dog to the vets for her booster. 🙂


 
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Happy days, I'll bring the Lambrusco.


 
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But is it even a PIE?

I explained this last time.

I believe we can make an exception to names of pies that aren't defined by their ingredients. That is to say, a pork pie is a pie with pork in it. A shepherd's pie does not contain shepherds, and similarly a cottage pie generally does not contain cottages.

Ie, "shepherd's pie" is the full name of a dish that is not actually a pie, in the same way that an Eccles cake is not actually a cake. See also, beef wellington.


 
Posted : 09/03/2017 1:05 pm
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Missed the Lambrusco. Best pie this week. Need to think of which one tomorrow.


 
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Forsyths of Peebles Pork pie...or 2 if you can handle it


 
Posted : 09/03/2017 10:19 pm
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Bit far to travel so will be making my own.

Thanks for the tip though as I will try one when we arrive for the Enduro in a couple of weeks time. They will need to be good to beat the local offerings


 
Posted : 09/03/2017 10:25 pm
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Well the Guardian know the rules about pastry

[url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/09/pie-barm-twitter-wigan-kebab ]Pie Barm[/url]


 
Posted : 09/03/2017 11:24 pm
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I know I'm a bit late but, how's my pie-ing?

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Posted : 11/03/2017 8:40 pm