Pies

[Whynot]

So i have recently discovered the beef and bacon pie at the local pie shop.
I must say it is quite a pie .... the bakery around the corner from home also does a mean butter chicken pie.
This got me thinking ... what is the best pie?

[wysper]

I am sure we will hear from the KB resident expert, Fatt Max shortly...

I like a classic Steak and Mushroom myself.

[Spuds1234]

B+E Pie from the Jacksons pub.

[slofox]

I could have voted for more than one in that lot...but had to opt for steak and mushroom. Honourable mentions to steak and onion and also to steak and kidney, had it been there.
In all cases, IF it is well made...

[hellokitty]

I make a mean chilli pie :bleh: I don't eat pies myself, but my chili is awesome!

[blackdog]

no steak n kidney option!

no 'all of them' option

no apple or pumpkin option

omg the statistics will be skewed!

[Whynot]

no steak n kidney option!

no 'all of them' option

no apple or pumpkin option

omg the statistics will be skewed!

sorry dude, i was limited to 12 options ....
i also just remembered the chilli beef and cheese option as well :doh:

[White trash]

Where the hell is the Mutton Pie option?

Why I outta.........

[Scuba_Steve]

I make a mean chilli pie :bleh: I don't eat pies myself, but my chili is awesome!

feel free to post a couple down :D

[Whynot]

Where the hell is the Mutton Pie option?

Why I outta.........

Mutton Pie? what the hell?

[scissorhands]

Smoked fish or feta and spinach

[CookMySock]

Another vote for the steak and kidney pie. :niceone:

Best pie is homemade straight out of the oven with mashed rua spud and lots of worcester sauce - nuthin beats all that crispy pastry covered in worsey sauce with a big mountain of mashed spud. Damn that made my tongue hang out... :bleh:

[Banditbandit]

Mutton Pie? what the hell?

It's a Southland thing ... don't worry, the rest of us are normal

[Maha]

I only ever buy a Steak n' Cheese, but they do a mean Chicken/Cranberry and Brie pie up this way which, on occassion I will have.
I can never find my dream pie..Banana/hokey pokey and peanut butter.

[meteor]

Mutton Pie? what the hell?

Whadya mean you don't know about a mutton pie? McGreggors in Palmerston (by Dunedin) was my favourite haunt but I can't get them here in AK. Round pie with awesome crust and pastry and a spicey minced mutton... Bloody delicious.
My local bakery in Pakuranga does a nice steak and cracked pepper... but it's not a McGreggors mutton pie!

[James Deuce]

It's not what goes in them, it's who makes them

[yachtie10]

pepper steak is my favourite as well as sheperds pie

Adding cheese to a pie just spoils it

[Whynot]

McGreggors in Palmerston (by Dunedin)

Where's Dunedin ??


My local bakery in Pakuranga does a nice steak and cracked pepper

mmm Pepper Steak ....

[Swoop]

"Paging Mr Max!
Mr Max to reception please."

[Blackflagged]

Not every were does a steak and bacon, but they can be real good!
Also Steak n Oyster, Curry steak , and Of cause the Potatoe Top


Hmmm Spud Top

[Usarka]

I brought some new condoms and the missus said "yum, cheese and onion flavour". I told her sorry love I haven't put one on yet.

[SpankMe]

Pepper steak from Eve's pantry. Yummy :D

[Laava]

How can one discern? Regency Pies in Kamo [Colonel] makes an awesome paua and cream pie but only on fridays. Worth taking the day off for, you Jafa's!

[fatzx10r]

godfrey's mutton pie, good hangover food

[Madness]

Agree with Jim, ingredients mean nothing - it's all in the making.

I found the world's best chicken pie once and only once. It was a small delicatessen at Paraparaumu Beach about 7 or 8 years ago and appeared to be run by a couple of homosexual gentlemen. The next time I went back the place had closed down :shit: It had a creamy peppery sauce with no sign of gelatine and a smattering of prime cooked & diced chicken breast. Simply exquisite!

I'm hungry now.

[Scuba_Steve]

Agree with Jim, ingredients mean nothing - it's all in the making.

ingredients do play some part for instance I don't care how well made a mussel or fish pie is I still don't like it. Mix your fav flavor with best maker you got a winner.



I found the world's best chicken pie once and only once. It was a small delicatessen at Paraparaumu Beach about 7 or 8 years ago and appeared to be run by a couple of homosexual gentlemen. The next time I went back the place had closed down :shit: It had a creamy peppery sauce with no sign of gelatine and a smattering of prime cooked & diced chicken breast. Simply exquisite!

I'm hungry now.

Just don't ask how that creamy sauce was made :shifty:

[Elysium]

Pea pud pie.

[KiWiP]

It is possible to overdo a pie.

IMHO I think a pie is good working kai. It's not delicatessen food. Too many chefs bugger about with a pie trying to get 1001 flavours into it.

The best is simple pastry, Good quality meat, cheese and not too much. You've got to have gravy. Not too salty or peppery.

Mmmmh pie :bleh: (Licks gravy off chin)

[Scuba_Steve]

Pea pud pie.

ahh a naked pieman classic, absolutely awesome when ya shitfaced :)

[Usarka]

I don't get cheese in a pie. The pastry has enough buttery goodness to give Kate Moss a coronary so why put more slippery lard inside...?

If it needs lubrication get some sauce, bottle of sprite, or a pint.

[UberRhys]

There is an awesome bakery on Old Taupo Rd in Roto-Vegas that does a Steak, Bacon, Mushroom and Cheese number! Has to be the best I have ever had - and I have had quite a few in my 33 years... Have the gut to prove it! :eek:

When I was down in Otago, you couldn't beat a Jimmys pie (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/103017-Pies-power-food-of-the-gas-station?p=1129298510#post1129298510). The Mince option was almost better than the M&C, now that has to say something... :msn-wink:

[Headbanger]

Fuck I love pies.

Sadly I have had to cut back as I have been getting fatter and fatter every year.

So, instead of 3 pies a day (or 6 pies a day if I was hungrey+cream cakes) I have only had a single pie in the last month.

And fuck it was good.

I wanted to lick it all over before taking a bite, maybe rub a bit on my nipples, But I had already freaked out the pie lady so I played it cool:bleh:

Anyhow, Steak and Cheese is a safe option if you don't know the shop, Only real useless or tight cunts can fuck it up, if the shop is any good I like to sample the entire range and pick a few favorites.

Every so often a shop has a single pie that is a stunner, The Mince and Cheese pie at the Kuripuni bakery is a stunner.

[Headbanger]

I don't get cheese in a pie. The pastry has enough buttery goodness to give Kate Moss a coronary so why put more slippery lard inside...?

If it needs lubrication get some sauce, bottle of sprite, or a pint.

Cheese is a super food, it awesominises everything its applied to.

[UberRhys]

Cheese is a super food, it awesominises everything its applied to.

true that, just ask any American!

[Indiana_Jones]

Lamb and mint gets my vote

-Indy

[superman]

Butter Chicken is amazing. But the all round best definitely Steak and Cheese. Pure simple and great, as long as they have made it with top quality pastry! :bleh: Nom Nom Nom.

[dogsnbikes]

When Pete's pie's burnt down in Wanganui last year It was like a end or a era,but last week I discovered that they have reopened in Sanson,can't really name a favourite as all the pie's there are great,

The Rahtehi pie man is in wanga's but you need to be hungry as one of his pie's is equal to 2 pies

but either steak and cheese or mince in cheese is my choice but they goota be reeally good

[Fatt Max]

Aha. the ultimate thread.....beats any porn site you care to mention....

I have road tested a number of pies from a number of locations made by a number of people from a number of countries with a number of fillings wrapped on a number of pastry recipies......

I have to say that the ultimate pie for me, the one that you can count on to get you through the day, that rises to meet your expectations, ultimate comfort food, the pie that reminds you of home, your first beer, your favorite pet, your best mate and your filthiest root.....

The pie that makes you smile during the bad times, stay staunch at funerals and completeley piss yourself when yer granny pisses her bloomers...

It has to be, it must be, without doubt

the one, and only

Mince and cheese....

And that from tha fat blokes mouth.....:niceone: :niceone: :niceone:

[Headbanger]

Petes pies was awesome, I'd buy two at a time, One to eat on my drive back to work, one to eat when I arrived. His Chicken,cheese and apricot was killer.

Shorties pies in Ridgeway street was awesome a few years back, Butcharts have always been excellent for an awesome pie.

[Elysium]

Lamb and mint gets my vote

-Indy

Fuck yea! Sad that fuck all service stations do them.

[Ratti]

mince in pies is just wrong, I prefer chucks of real steak and proper home made gravy. and real cheese not that yukky processed stuff. and fresh crisp pastry that holds it all together.

mrs Mc Gregors steak n cheese wins, closely followed by Tulsi butter chicken or Rogan josh. probably not in the same meal tho.

[batesclan]

Jimmy's mince and cheese from Roxburgh followed closely by a McGregors Mutton pie from Palmerston (South Island).

[JATZ]

Lamb and mint gets my vote

-Indy

:yes: gets one of my votes

Another vote goes to the mutton pie at the Comercial in Murch
and the mussel pie in Rai valley ain't to shabby either :niceone: and all the pies at Toad hall in Mot.......
I tried a couple of jimmys when I was down that way earlier this year........:puke: not impressed

[Oakie]

Well I voted 'steak and mushroom' but only because there was no 'steak and kidney' option. Mmmm, Burwood Bakery!

[oldrider]

Hair pie still gets my vote (other) they have been around since time began and they are still in a growing production cycle! :bleh:

[meteor]

I found it, yay! http://www.mcgregorsbakery.co.nz/mcgregors-famous-pies.html but I cant get the bloody Auckland clicky thing on where to buy to work, please lord, tell me they have a AK distributer...

[Berries]

I've seen some fucked up polls on KB, but this one is taking the piss.

You want a pork pie you do. With extra lard.

[Drunken Monkey]

This thread is making me hungry.... :mad:

[DEATH_INC.]

Maxx, we need an emergency pie ride organised, like right now!

[240]

Steak and Kidney all the way.:yes:

[Buellluva]

Spicy Thai chicken best, followed by butter chicken, mince n cheese next.

Sandwich going in the bin, off for a dogs eye now....

[BuzzardNZ]

Steak and Kidney all the way.:yes:

+1 Try them at Strathmore cake kitchen in Wellington. Best pies I've ever eaten and not just the steak and kidney, all of em are pure gold :D

[240]

+1 Try them at Strathmore cake kitchen in Wellington. Best pies I've ever eaten and not just the steak and kidney, all of em are pure gold :D

I will have a crack at one (or two) on Saturday :niceone: :drinknsin

[Banditbandit]

I've seen some fucked up polls on KB, but this one is taking the piss.


Don't they all ???

[Banditbandit]

:

Every so often a shop has a single pie that is a stunner, The Mince and Cheese pie at the Kuripuni bakery is a stunner.

I grew up on Kuripuni Street in the 1950/60s. Is that the small bakery heading in towards town between the main Kuripuni shopping centre and what used to be Masterton central School? Is it still operating?

[Drunken Monkey]

Someone should make a smartphone 'pie lover' app, where all the bakeries and shops that sell hot pies are tagged on google maps, and users can list the pies available, the price and rate the pies from 1 to 5 stars.

Hell, maybe I should develop it myself!

[blackdog]

Someone should make a smartphone 'pie lover' app, where all the bakeries and shops that sell hot pies are tagged on google maps, and users can list the pies available, the price and rate the pies from 1 to 5 stars.

Hell, maybe I should develop it myself!


will that work on pie-pod? or just pie-phone and pie-pad

[Drunken Monkey]

will that work on pie-pod? or just pie-phone and pie-pad

all platforms, including blackberry pie.

[Corse1]

There is an awesome bakery on Old Taupo Rd in Roto-Vegas that does a Steak, Bacon, Mushroom and Cheese number! Has to be the best I have ever had - and I have had quite a few in my 33 years... Have the gut to prove it! :eek:



And their chicken and mushroom is my favourite. This bakery has won quite a few awards.

[psycho22]

Fuck I'm doomed...

I just discovered you can order ponsonby or pats pantry pies by THE BOXLOAD delivered to your door.:eek:

Only $29 for a box.

Must...Resist...Temptation:wait:

[Ratti]

nah...give in to temptation at every opportunity. You never know when it will come your way again

[James Deuce]

I like Maketu Pies. Thick gravy. Tender steak. Real cheese, not the processed garbage in Mrs Macs or Irvines.

[DEATH_INC.]

Best I've had is the Keri Pies chicken and peach....YUM!
http://www.keripies.co.nz/index-1.html

[Stirts]

Sandwich going in the bin

:gob: and waste a perfect opportunity to make a PIE SANDWICH :facepalm:


I want to know where is the option for "all"? :rolleyes:

One day a butter chicken pie is the best in the world - nothing can beat it. But then another day you would kill for a chicken, asparagus in cheese sauce pie. And what about when nothing else will satisfy but a steak and cheese pie!! And don't even get me started on bacon and egg pie, vegetable pie, apple pie, blackberry and custard pie, lemon meringue pie, rhubarb pie, pumpkin pie.

This poll is flawed.

[Maha]

I like Maketu Pies. Thick gravy. Tender steak. Real cheese, not the processed garbage in Mrs Macs or Irvines.

Irvines are great, gives you something to spit out at least every mouthful.

[Whynot]

This poll is flawed.

maybe we should create another thread to decide what options to put in the next "best pie" thread?

[The Pastor]

pepper steak, all the way

[Maha]

Nothing wrong with a good old mince pie eaten out the little brown paper bag.

[BMWST?]

peasants
Steak and Onion!

[BMWST?]

:

This pie is floored.

fixt to pie speak

[Ocean1]

I had a very nice mince and cheese item in Te Araroa last week, from Ruatoria Pies.

I had seconds.

But the best isn't a takeaway. It's a fillet steak and oyster pie. It's one of my specialties.




No you can't have any.

[James Deuce]

But the best isn't a takeaway. It's a fillet steak and oyster pie. It's one of my specialties.

No you can't have any.
My wife wants a word.

[Ocean1]

Sigh.


OK. If you can pull this off you can name your price.

2-3 tbsp olive oil
500 g fillet steak
1 tbsp butter
5 whole shallots
200 g smoked bacon, (chunks is good)
2 onions, finely chopped
900 ml Guinness
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
250 ml red wine
One doz oysters
375 g ready-to-roll puff pastry
1 egg, lightly beaten


Heat the oil in large casserole dish and fry the whole fillet over a medium heat until lightly browned. Remove the beef and set aside to cool a bit.

Melt the butter in the pan and add the shallots. Cook for 3-4 minutes.

Add the bacon and onions and cook for 3-4 minutes more. Remove and set aside.

Cut the fillet into 1” cubes

Add the Guinness to the pan and stir in the cooked bacon and onion mixture. Cook for 3-4 minutes and then add the steak.

Stir in the garlic and red wine. Cover and cook slowly for 1 hour. Remove from the heat and stir in the oysters.

Set the oven to 200°C. Roll the pastry out to cover the top of the casserole dish and crimp the edges. Brush with beaten egg and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the pastry is risen and golden. Serve immediately.




Which reminds me, I've been meaning to work up a recipie for a dish I found in a wee place in Petone. It's a single serving Beef Wellington, with oysters. Pâté de foie under the pastry shell.

[schrodingers cat]

Southeners go on a bit about Jimmy's pies but I've always found them to be shite.

I may be influenced by a long ago experience where a pie after a night of celebration got to go down and then up again. Nevertheless - Jimmy's? No thanks

EXCEPT - Jimmy's Mutton pies Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Not as good as the old high sided Gillans Mutton pie (Lift the top and douse in Woscester sauce) but pretty good all the same

Yummo

[Drunken Monkey]

Sigh.


OK. If you can pull this off you can name your price.

...



Holy shit! I'm totally giving that a go!

[taff1954]

HAS to be a Clark's Pie - but unfortunately, you can only get them in and around Cardiff. Only thing I miss from home. Apart from Brains Dark, Welsh Brewers HB, and several other rather pleasant brews.

Must take a trip back home, some time........

[shafty]

I like Maketu Pies. Thick gravy. Tender steak. Real cheese, not the processed garbage in Mrs Macs or Irvines.

I respect your opinion Dude, however, while repping out that way couple of years ago, I bought and enjoyed one - YUM, so being a pig, bought another one - YUK, fill of gristle and definitely not tasting edible, - it has to be pretty to go out the window as it did.

It might be a one off tho......

BTW this thread has got the old mouth watering - one thing not available here in Bahrain is a genuine meat pie - (and decent bread except when the weekly Irish delivery arrives) ...when I get home the compulsory stop will once again be the Top Dairy in Kihikihi, for an OXFORD PIE - pref steak and cheese, but all OXFORDS I've tried so far are fabulous, get amongst them!

Steak and onion = primo also!

The other "must do"for Pie Lovers (Listening Maxx?) is the two time maker of NZ's best pie - based in Bethlehem, Tauranga - in the new shopping centre there adjacent to Countdown....sounds like the basis for a RTE (Ride to Eat) outing.............

Good thread Guys................

[Highlander]

I respect your opinion Dude, however, while repping out that way couple of years ago, I bought and enjoyed one - YUM, so being a pig, bought another one - YUK, fill of gristle and definitely not tasting edible, - it has to be pretty to go out the window as it did.

It might be a one off tho......

BTW this thread has got the old mouth watering - one thing not available here in Bahrain is a genuine meat pie - (and decent bread except when the weekly Irish delivery arrives) ...when I get home the compulsory stop will once again be the Top Dairy in Kihikihi, for an OXFORD PIE - pref steak and cheese, but all OXFORDS I've tried so far are fabulous, get amongst them!

Steak and onion = primo also!

The other "must do"for Pie Lovers (Listening Maxx?) is the two time maker of NZ's best pie - based in Bethlehem, Tauranga - in the new shopping centre there adjacent to Countdown....sounds like the basis for a RTE (Ride to Eat) outing.............

Good thread Guys................

Bakery tour when you get back mate?
Could be a theme for the Tagorama - how many bakeries in the area can I get a photo in front of......

[shafty]

Bakery tour when you get back mate?
Could be a theme for the Tagorama - how many bakeries in the area can I get a photo in front of......

Sounds like a ripper idea Highlander!

The other note I'll make about pies is...in my opinion you shouldn't scrimp on cost when investing in a pie - the anticipation can be so great, you don't want to end up dissappointed!

[240]

As far as service station pies go mrs mac pepper steak is also a goodie:niceone:

[ynot slow]

In Hawera used to be Frasers cake shop,mean mince pies made over many,many years,when business sold the recipe went to new owner who worked there,alas has closed down.

Can't beat an Andersons' pie naki wide.

[Maha]

I had a brain fart some time ago, it was a Pied Run to Ratahei (they had the best pie shop around once yes?) but it never got past the thought process, it actually morfed into something else but thats whole another story.

[slofox]

, for an OXFORD PIE - pref steak and cheese, but all OXFORDS I've tried so far are fabulous, get amongst them!


I would draw attention to one factor that seems to have been overlooked in this thread - so far anyway.

Whilst I agree that Oxford make a decent pie, as do many other piemen, they can vary enormously from outlet to outlet.

F'rinstance. There is a dairy in the same block as my shop. They sell Oxford pies. But I won't buy 'em from there, nor any other brand of pie either, because they heat 'em up in the microwave and then stick 'em in the pie warmer. Microwaved pastry has the texture of smegma and never recovers its proper consistency. Trouble is the dairy owners are Indian and vegetarian to boot, so they wouldn't know what the hell to do with a pie anyway.

I have tried to explain what should happen but I may as well talk to the wall...

Mind you, it stops me gobbling pies all day and getting enormously fat...

[Usarka]

I had a big ben pie last night. :puke: But I followed DB's advice and drowned it in worcestershire sauce then chucked some heinz sauce on the side and it turned out pretty bloody nice all things considered.



Sigh.


You sir are a legend!

[James Deuce]

I respect your opinion Dude, however, while repping out that way couple of years ago, I bought and enjoyed one - YUM, so being a pig, bought another one - YUK, fill of gristle and definitely not tasting edible, - it has to be pretty to go out the window as it did.

It might be a one off tho......



It probably is, however if you get another gristly one, keep it, freeze it and post it to me! I LOVE gristle pies!

[Latte]

I like the pies from PieMania on Wellesley St (I Think) - especially their Butter Chicken.

Anyone know a better Pie shop in the CBD? - Just in case I'm missing out.

[BuzzardNZ]

I would draw attention to one factor that seems to have been overlooked in this thread - so far anyway.

Whilst I agree that Oxford make a decent pie, as do many other piemen, they can vary enormously from outlet to outlet.

F'rinstance. There is a dairy in the same block as my shop. They sell Oxford pies. But I won't buy 'em from there, nor any other brand of pie either, because they heat 'em up in the microwave and then stick 'em in the pie warmer. Microwaved pastry has the texture of smegma and never recovers its proper consistency. Trouble is the dairy owners are Indian and vegetarian to boot, so they wouldn't know what the hell to do with a pie anyway.

I have tried to explain what should happen but I may as well talk to the wall...

Mind you, it stops me gobbling pies all day and getting enormously fat...

You make a solid point, those bloody Indians should never be allowed anywhere near pies. After all, most of them contain pieces of their sacred cow god :devil2:
Just another example of how foreigners are fucking up things proper kiwi's treasure :spanking:

[shafty]

You make a solid point, those bloody Indians should never be allowed anywhere near pies. After all, most of them contain pieces of their sacred cow god :devil2:
Just another example of how foreigners are fucking up things proper kiwi's treasure :spanking:

Well actually.............just take a guess who runs the Kihikihi Dairy I buy my SCRUMPTIOUS, fresh moist OXFORDS from..........................?:bleh:

[BMWST?]

in welly a trishas pie is a fairly safe option.However one can never consider a pie as an investment.Like beer pies are only rented....

[BMWST?]

in honour of this thread i have made a special trip across town and am about to consume, with great relish, a medium steak and onion "trisha's" pie .They offered a large but i declined....:sleep:

[Whynot]

in honour of this thread i have made a special trip across town and am about to consume, with great relish, a medium steak and onion "trisha's" pie .They offered a large but i declined....:sleep:

In honour of this thread, i think we should have a day to celebrate the greatness that is the pie.

Oh, hang on there is already an "international pie day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day)" ....

[Usarka]

I've added it up and I've eaten 8 pies since this damn thread started! :beer:

[ynot slow]

Shit am I the only one who likes mince,remember when we had a choice of hot pies(not nuked in piewarmer)mince or mince.Can't beat a good mince pie.

[jasonu]

I wish they had decent pies here.
(and deciect fish and chips too)

[slofox]

I can't believe that the favourite pie in the poll is "steak and cheese"... since most of the cheese versions I've tried have the consistency of smegma and a flavour to match. Might be different if they used "real" cheese instead of that emulsified soap you get in most of them...:sick:

Anything and cheese simply doesn't do it for me.

[ellipsis]

...anyone travelling through Kaikoura is missing out if they dont try one of their seafood pies and also a visit to Collingwood in Golden Bay, just to have a Scallop Pie,
is worth the trip there,alone

[240]

I can't believe that the favourite pie in the poll is "steak and cheese"... since most of the cheese versions I've tried have the consistency of smegma and a flavour to match. Might be different if they used "real" cheese instead of that emulsified soap you get in most of them...:sick:

Anything and cheese simply doesn't do it for me.

Yeah mate I agree entirely.Cheese to me just dumbs down the flavour.
A good example is a maccas cheeseburger,have one of those then a maccas hamburger,the hamburger has HEAPS more flavour.

[James Deuce]

Yeah mate I agree entirely.Cheese to me just dumbs down the flavour.
A good example is a maccas cheeseburger,have one of those then a maccas hamburger,the hamburger has HEAPS more flavour.

Depends on the cheese. I had a lovely Venison and Blue cheese pie at a restaurant in Martinborough a couple of years ago.

[ellipsis]

...a gristly old dollar pie with watery gravy that runs down your chin is every bit as good as any gourmet pie when yer stomach has been thinking your throat was cut 10 hours before..

[Berries]

Microwaved pastry has the texture of smegma and never recovers its proper consistency.


I can't believe that the favourite pie in the poll is "steak and cheese"... since most of the cheese versions I've tried have the consistency of smegma and a flavour to match.
I'd give up eating the smegma if I was you.

[shafty]

I wish they had decent pies here.
(and deciect fish and chips too)

I feel ya pain Bro!

They DO have OKay Chish and Fips, but Pies? Nahhhhhhhhh.....

[RiderInBlack]

Ya didn't have "Steak'N'Kidney" or my 2nd Fav,"Pepper Steak".

[Fatt Max]

I have tried so hard to read through this thread. I get about two posts in and ejaculate everywhere........

I'll get there though, some amazin posts in here....

oh no......oooohhh.........urrrrgghhhh......phutt.... ..ahhhhhh.....

[Headbanger]

Yeah mate I agree entirely.Cheese to me just dumbs down the flavour.
A good example is a maccas cheeseburger,have one of those then a maccas hamburger,the hamburger has HEAPS more flavour.

Thats a good example?

Fuck me dead, The shit they sell at mcdonalds has no place in a conversation about flavour.

And their basic hamburger isn't even edible.

[meteor]

All that talk of pies... ordered my favourites of yesteryear online... 2 x boxes in the freezer! McGreggors mutton... just had the first with a drizzle of mint sauce. Don't think the other 23 are going last too long.

[James Deuce]

And their basic hamburger isn't even edible.

All too true. Put a whole one in your mouth and then wonder in horror at how all your saliva just vanished and now you have to try and swallow the dry, tasteless mess. Now try it with three. That's heroic stuff, right there.

[oldrider]

I'd give up eating the smegma if I was you.

Slofox eats "smegma" ??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smegma :killingme

[Fatt Max]

Bakery tour when you get back mate?
Could be a theme for the Tagorama - how many bakeries in the area can I get a photo in front of......

Aha,

Well, check out the Fat Bikers Motorcycle Club Gut Bucket Race Day scheduled for the 2nd April 2011 (its in the Meetings and Events schedule)

It involves a ride, bakeries and photographs.......with trophies and everything

Reckon this could be fair right up your alley mate

[Fatt Max]

All too true. Put a whole one in your mouth and then wonder in horror at how all your saliva just vanished and now you have to try and swallow the dry, tasteless mess. Now try it with three. That's heroic stuff, right there.

I know a rather nasty little slapper who says exactly the same thing about willy's....

[Fatt Max]

This is the farking thread of the year....well done you lovely people. Not felt this sexed up in ages......ooohhhhh

[BMWST?]

Yeah mate I agree entirely.Cheese to me just dumbs down the flavour.
A good example is a maccas cheeseburger,have one of those then a maccas hamburger,the hamburger has HEAPS more flavour.

macdonalds and good should not be uttered in the same sentence IMHO

[240]

Thats a good example?

Fuck me dead, The shit they sell at mcdonalds has no place in a conversation about flavour.

And their basic hamburger isn't even edible.

While most of their stuff is shit the mighty hammy is a legend! After a good night on the piss four or five of these is the dogs bollocks! fucken grouse.

[Drunken Monkey]

Any more talk of burgers and you will be banned from the thread...

[240]

Any more talk of burgers and you will be banned from the thread...

:D:D fair call back to the pies can any one remember four and twenty pies?

[Fatt Max]

:D:D fair call back to the pies can any one remember four and twenty pies?

Sounds familiar.......dunno though......where / when etc?

[NighthawkNZ]

Pies for lunch... mmmm

[Whynot]

just a heads up to you all that PIE DAY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day) is monday next week!

[Fatt Max]

Yes folks, it’s time to stand up for what is right, time to make our voices heard, time to make those responsible step up and prove themselves worthy of our custom.

The Pie International Standards Society (P.I.S.S) are fed up of being offered sub-standard product. How many times have we been sat on our bikes listening to our guts bubble, urgle and gurgle an hour or so after paying good money for our pastry wrapped delight, only to find it makes you shite through the eye of a needle.

And how many times have we unwrapped what is ticketed as a mince and cheese pie, only to find a gaping hole where the filling should be occupied by nothing more than a spiders cock and half a toenail.

And who has fallen victim to the dreaded ‘unexpected and unplanned’ fart following a day in the saddle and that servo pie for lunch, just as you are snuggling up for a night in front on the TV…..it’s even worse when it’s the guys who are botty burping.

But never fear pie lovers, P.I.S S is here to fight your corner. We want pie people to be educated and thus be able to educate those purveyors of pies across the country. You don’t have to put up with crap pies anymore, together we can bring this fight to the very heart of the industry.

Check out this link, it’s the low down on who’s who and what’s what….

http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/scienceandeducation/factsheets/factsheets1999/proposedmeatstandard21.cfm

Together, we can take the P.I.S.S as far as necessary to win our fight.

Lets get moving people, time and pastry wait for noone…


This is a Pie Political Broadcast on behalf of P.I.S.S in association with the Diets Are For Wimps Society of NZ and sponsored by the Fat Bikers Motorcycle Club

[Dean]

Im always down for Steak and Kidney pies.

[Headbanger]

2 pies so far today

Bacon,egg,cheese, mushroom,tomato from Solway pies, cooked on the premisis.

Well priced, flavour was reasonable, Bit light on the filling, I had to eat a can of fruit to supplement it.

I'd give her a 5/10.

Second Pie

Steak and Cheese from some franchise bakery run by Asians (and fuck me the little honey who made my coffee had a tiny waist and long long hair......mmmmm)

uh...where the hell was I....ah yes, the pie.

Full of jelly, fuck all meat, It was a miserable day and I was hungry so well worth eating

3/10

[Whynot]

Shop: Bakehouse Cafe, Mt Roskill Shops, Dominion Rd, Auckland
Pie: Steak and Mushroom
Cost: About $4
Verdict: Very good (9/10), flaky pastry on top, hot all the way through, good size chunks of steak and plently of mushrooms.

They have a Butter Chicken also, which is easily a 10

[Ocean1]

dreaded ‘unexpected and unplanned’ fart following a day in the saddle and that servo pie for lunch,[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]

Never...


trust...




a fart.

[Fatt Max]

Had a Makatu mince and cheese out of the bag from Countdown today. Usually these are great pies but, as per normal, supermarkets just dont get it.

It was dry, the filling had busted through the edge of the pastry and the fecking thing was flat.

4/10, bastard corporates....I'm getting P.I.S.S onto their scabby arses.....

[Fatt Max]

Shop: Bakehouse Cafe, Mt Roskill Shops, Dominion Rd, Auckland
Pie: Steak and Mushroom
Cost: About $4
Verdict: Very good (9/10), flaky pastry on top, hot all the way through, good size chunks of steak and plently of mushrooms.

They have a Butter Chicken also, which is easily a 10

I know this place and the butter chook pie as well, blimmin' great bakery all up in fact. They also do great doughnuts (but who gives a f**k about doughnuts).

Steak and mushroom not a personal fave of mine but the missus loves em, might have to take her out for a special lunch at the weekend to Dom Road.

Thanks matey

[jim.cox]

Jimmy's Mince & Cheese for me

There are others that are good

But Jimmy's is the best

[Drunken Monkey]

:D:D fair call back to the pies can any one remember four and twenty pies?

"Quattro a Venti!"

"You ripper, Dipper!"

Lolz

[Usarka]

Pie number 11 since start of thread. Eves pantry steak pie. Good. Must eat a vegeatable soon though or scurvy will set in. Fear it might be too late, dreaming of lard.

[Drunken Monkey]

Eves do great deserts, but I don't think their pies are much better than average. It's a shame they use that processed cheese sauce as well, I stay away from those ones.

The dinky bakery at Shell triangle Mt Wellington does great Steak & Cheese, Steak & Curry, Pepper Steak, Steak Potato top and Mince Potato top pies. The B&E is ok. The chicken, as always, is questionable. Their pies are decent sized and cost less than $3 each.

Mt Richmond food bar, which does a whole range of things, has a better than average chilly beef pie, again for less than $3.

Avoid the pies at Commissariat Rd bakery on the cnr of Commissariat and Ruawai.

Greenwoods Cnr does a good B&E - no pissing around with those waste of time fillers like peas and carrots (ewww), just a no-nonsense Bacon and Egg pie. Full to the brim and a dash of pepper. Their sausage rolls have a much better quality sausage meat than most bakeries too (but that's another thread). Price is about $4 IIRC.
They did have a few other good ones there too, but I can't recall off hand any specifics.

[Usarka]

Eves do great deserts, but I don't think their pies are much better than average.
Chur will check out the b&e

Eves pie was ok, but now you mention it i wasn't too impressed with the pastry but i thought that was probably due to pastry tolerance from 12 days on the P(ie).

Looking forward to the cream donut tho :innocent:

[Ratti]

They also do great doughnuts (but who gives a f**k about doughnuts).

You ok FM? Doughnuts probably deserve a thread of their own

[slofox]

Bloody hell. All this talk of pies got me into baking one last night. Got to eat it around midnight...(started baking about 11.00pm).

One of my customers gave me a huge container of blackberries and told me to "get the wife to bake you a blackberry pie!"

Being as how I don't have such a commodity (wife that is) I figured I had to bake it myself.

A visit to the super to get pastry - had to thaw it out first - and then into the kitchen. Eventually got it sorted and into the oven it went.

Once the pastry was nice and brown out it came.


Not the best pie I ever tasted to be honest...all that friggin work for an indifferent result!

I'll make me own pastry next time...

[Fatt Max]

Bloody hell. All this talk of pies got me into baking one last night. Got to eat it around midnight...(started baking about 11.00pm).

One of my customers gave me a huge container of blackberries and told me to "get the wife to bake you a blackberry pie!"

Being as how I don't have such a commodity (wife that is) I figured I had to bake it myself.

A visit to the super to get pastry - had to thaw it out first - and then into the kitchen. Eventually got it sorted and into the oven it went.

Once the pastry was nice and brown out it came.


Not the best pie I ever tasted to be honest...all that friggin work for an indifferent result!

I'll make me own pastry next time...

Did you stick your knob in it?

[slofox]

Did you stick your knob in it?

Nah - it was a bit too hot...

[Fatt Max]

Nah - it was a bit too hot...

Oh well, worth a try I suppose

[Fatt Max]

Hey guys,

Guess what...???

I'm getting a fucking Pie Maker eh....how about that.

Any decent recipies will be gratefully received. I'll even post up pics of the finished product.

I'm so excited I have a lard on that simply wont go away

Fucking mint,....!!!

[marie_speeds]

I'll even post up pics of the finished product.

With or without your knob in it?

[Fatt Max]

With or without your knob in it?

Either or mate, either or. The pics with my knob in a pie will probably end up in the 'Pointless Dribble' threads.

But if you really want to see my old dangly in mince and cheese, it will cost ya, I'm not that easy....

[Maha]

I'll pass the hat around.

[Swoop]

macdonalds and good should not be uttered in the same sentence IMHO
I beg to differ.
"When needing a crap it is good to find a McDonalds to use the shitter".:yes:

They also do great doughnuts (but who gives a f**k about doughnuts).
I have no idea... :Police:

[Fatt Max]

I beg to differ.
"When needing a crap it is good to find a McDonalds to use the shitter".:yes:

I agree, many a time have I had to stop of for a quick McShit while on the road.

And who has had to make the dash to drop a 'Double Whopper' down the bowl the morning after a night on the big stuff, eh....

[DEATH_INC.]

The 'Le Royal' cafe up the road, (lambie drive, manukau) do a damn fine Butter Chicken pie, often run out tho. Dunno the price, it's a pie, if it's good, who cares?

[Usarka]

Any decent recipies will be gratefully received. I'll even post up pics of the finished product.


Fur pie. Photos please.

[RiderInBlack]

Feijoas! (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/123424-Feijoas%21) and Apple Pie, coming my way soon:banana:

[Whynot]

only 3 (.14) days until pie day !!!!
just a reminder in case you accidentally decide to have lots of salad and nut bars on monday instead.

[Fatt Max]

Ok, so its international PI-e day this Monday 14th March 2011.

Now then, I am in Wellington all day in the CBD for various meetings and I have no idea, absolutley no frikken' idea where I can go within the CBD to get a decent pie to celebrate this gastronomic (and mathematical) day of days.

Fuck the maths, I need a pie....

Can any of you fine, upstanding pie lovers in Welly point me in the right direction to where I may purchase a sample of Wellington's best Pastry Porn within the limits of the CBD please.

I shall take a picture as well, just to prove it.

Thanks Pie Lovers...

[Usarka]

You need 3.141 pies to really make the day.

If you choose to round down to 3, that's one for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Do it. Do it now. (on monday).

[Fatt Max]

You need 3.141 pies to really make the day.

If you choose to round down to 3, that's one for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Do it. Do it now. (on monday).

That, mate, is the post of the fecking century......gastronomic, informative, mathematically educational, observing the Sweedish 'rounding' system, to the point and bullshit & salad free.

Go forth man and rule the world.....

[Scuba_Steve]

So heres a question for all you pie lovers.
Does anyone know how to make good meat pie pastry? I can't seem to find/make a good pastry, I do alright with desert pies but when it comes to meat I'm having to buy that over-priced pastry from the supermarket frozen section. So if anyone has a good recipe would you mind sharing so I (and maybee others here) can save some moneyz, and make our own.

[LBD]

Nationally available....Mrs mac's Gourmet Peper steak pie.

Individual pie shops....Venison from Miles better pies....Te Anau

[Highlander]

So according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_Day today is International Pi-e day, I nominate that we do a Southern Hemisphere Pi-e day on July 22 (22/7) as it is a more accurate approximation of the mathematical number, but also a half decent excuse to visit the bakery (if such a thing was required).

[slofox]

So according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_Day today is International Pi-e day, I nominate that we do a Southern Hemisphere Pi-e day on July 22 (22/7) as it is a more accurate approximation of the mathematical number, but also a half decent excuse to visit the bakery (if such a thing was required).

That would be a good idea since I fucked up today's chance at pie-eating by bringing a sandwich to work instead of buying a chicken and mushroom pie from Gold Star Bakery in Ham East...:weep:

[Highlander]

That would be a good idea since I fucked up today's chance at pie-eating by bringing a sandwich to work instead of buying a chicken and mushroom pie from Gold Star Bakery in Ham East...:weep:

The day is not done yet. Where is your commitment to the cause. :spanking:

[slofox]

The day is not done yet. Where is your commitment to the cause. :spanking:

By the time I get out of my personal jail here, the pies will all be sold!!

[Fatt Max]

So according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_Day today is International Pi-e day, I nominate that we do a Southern Hemisphere Pi-e day on July 22 (22/7) as it is a more accurate approximation of the mathematical number, but also a half decent excuse to visit the bakery (if such a thing was required).

Brilliant idea, must do the same oop norf...

Well done that man

[RiderInBlack]

Feijoas! (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/123424-Feijoas%21) and Apple Pie, coming my way soon:banana: Trying my hand at making one tonight. Smells yummy, just having ta wait for it to cool:soon:

[240]

Now for a sub poll on this topic.Does a fruit pie count as a REAL pie?
In my opinion :oi-grr:

[Tink]

the one, and only

Mince and cheese....

Ahhhhh.....:niceone: :niceone: :niceone:

Got my vote.. mmmmmmmmmmm

[Tink]

Now for a sub poll on this topic.Does a fruit pie count as a REAL pie?
In my opinion :oi-grr:

My dad used to make the bestest apple pie... it was so good with custard or icecream or cream, just melted in your mouth!!!

[FJRider]

Got my vote.. mmmmmmmmmmm

me three .... :yes:

[RiderInBlack]

Now for a sub poll on this topic.Does a fruit pie count as a REAL pie?
In my opinion :oi-grr:Still tastes yummy. Got to work on the pasty a bit more, but still not bad for my first go at making one. Mmm Joa'N'Ap Pie.
234777

[Scuba_Steve]

Now for a sub poll on this topic.Does a fruit pie count as a REAL pie?
In my opinion :oi-grr:

what do you class as "real" pie? I would say yes, meat pie for dinner & fruit pie (not minced fruit) for desert what could be better for a feed? :drool:

[RiderInBlack]

Just saw on Brainic that there was once a law in Scotland that lower classes where not legally allowed to eat meat pies:gob: Googled it but can't confirm it. Be a lot of crims around here if that was still true.

[jasonu]

Sounds familiar.......dunno though......where / when etc?

Dairys, supermarkets, schools, gas stations, everywhere. Never as good as a Big Ben mince pie though.

[jasonu]

So heres a question for all you pie lovers.
Does anyone know how to make good meat pie pastry? I can't seem to find/make a good pastry, I do alright with desert pies but when it comes to meat I'm having to buy that over-priced pastry from the supermarket frozen section. So if anyone has a good recipe would you mind sharing so I (and maybee others here) can save some moneyz, and make our own.

Edmonds cook book will never steer you wrong.

[Pussy]

Has anyone here sampled the wares at Pete's Pies since the shop was re-opened in Marton?

[Drunken Monkey]

The Aussies in general still don't know how to make pies. You feel extra let down as they cost about twice as much over there as they do here, so they score poorly on value for money.

There is, however, at least one exception in the state of Queensland. About half way between Gold Coast City and Brisbane is Yatala (Yat'la) and the Yatala Pie Shop. Famous for it's pies, the conveniently located by the motorway (and well signposted) store had a queue almost out the door yesterday afternoon.
There is a big selection, but I went with the "beef, cheese and bacon" and "jalapeno chilli" for my comparison test. These pies are big, hard to tell without scales, but I'd say definitely another 25-30% bigger on the standard radius at least. Filling was of reasonably good quality (compared to home, so well above average compared to the shit you normally get there). Filling beef is not as chunky as you'd expect, and the filling seems quite salty. Pastry was good, nicely flaky on top and the base was not too sweet or chewy. Grilled cheese and bacon chunks on the top are a nice touch, but really I expected them to be inside the pie, not outside. Jalapeno chilli pie was basically a mince/steak combo with some sliced jalapeno peppers in it, I would personally like more as I'm a real chilli head, but I think to be fair a reasonable amount of chilli for the average person. For Australia the value for money (around AU$4-5 per pie) was about as good as you're going to get there (but not by standards here). Pies are served in a box.

The chain store alternative is Pie Face. Pricing is around AU$4 per pie, they are about the same size as a decent pie shop pie in NZ and also served in a box instead of a paper bag. Pastry, slightly better than average (good flake, ok base), filling was average though. As often found here, "beef" is neither big steak chunks, nor just mince, but a combo of mince and small steak chunks. Value for money, in relation again to pies from home, was poor. I'd say they're ok in a pinch when you really miss pies and don't want something random - the chain store delivery gives a consistent pie service between stores.

One standout at both places is the ability to add peas, mash and gravy (or any variation thereof) to your pie. For those who like to float their pie or like to make a 'proper' meal out of one, this is an attractive option. This can add an extra $1.50 to your pie though.

Pics to come.

[oldrider]

Do you reckon that they can compare to "Georgie pie" of late NZ fame?

I thought Georgie pies were good value until the opposition bought them and closed them down!

Bastards! :yes:

[Drunken Monkey]

Georgie Pie, like the Lamborghini Countach, TV Shows like "MacGyver" or "The A-Team" was best left a memory.
On the grand scale of pies, they weren't really that good. They were cheap though, great student food.
I hear that place in Kelston, G-Pie, does a pretty faithful version of them, but I haven't tried them yet.

[slofox]

Georgie Pie, like the Lamborghini Countach, TV Shows like "MacGyver" or "The A-Team" was best left a memory.
On the grand scale of pies, they weren't really that good. They were cheap though, great student food.
I hear that place in Kelston, G-Pie, does a pretty faithful version of them, but I haven't tried them yet.

I tried a Georgie Pie once. And only once.

[Geeen]

I reckon its gotta be Steak,Bacon AND Cheese. :yes:

[shafty]

The Aussies in general still don't know how to make pies. You feel extra let down as they cost about twice as much over there as they do here, so they score poorly on value for money.

There is, however, at least one exception in the state of Queensland. About half way between Gold Coast City and Brisbane is Yatala (Yat'la) and the Yatala Pie Shop. Famous for it's pies, the conveniently located by the motorway (and well signposted) store had a queue almost out the door yesterday afternoon.
There is a big selection, but I went with the "beef, cheese and bacon" and "jalapeno chilli" for my comparison test. These pies are big, hard to tell without scales, but I'd say definitely another 25-30% bigger on the standard radius at least. Filling was of reasonably good quality (compared to home, so well above average compared to the shit you normally get there). Filling beef is not as chunky as you'd expect, and the filling seems quite salty. Pastry was good, nicely flaky on top and the base was not too sweet or chewy. Grilled cheese and bacon chunks on the top are a nice touch, but really I expected them to be inside the pie, not outside. Jalapeno chilli pie was basically a mince/steak combo with some sliced jalapeno peppers in it, I would personally like more as I'm a real chilli head, but I think to be fair a reasonable amount of chilli for the average person. For Australia the value for money (around AU$4-5 per pie) was about as good as you're going to get there (but not by standards here). Pies are served in a box.

The chain store alternative is Pie Face. Pricing is around AU$4 per pie, they are about the same size as a decent pie shop pie in NZ and also served in a box instead of a paper bag. Pastry, slightly better than average (good flake, ok base), filling was average though. As often found here, "beef" is neither big steak chunks, nor just mince, but a combo of mince and small steak chunks. Value for money, in relation again to pies from home, was poor. I'd say they're ok in a pinch when you really miss pies and don't want something random - the chain store delivery gives a consistent pie service between stores.

One standout at both places is the ability to add peas, mash and gravy (or any variation thereof) to your pie. For those who like to float their pie or like to make a 'proper' meal out of one, this is an attractive option. This can add an extra $1.50 to your pie though.

Pics to come.

Great report from our Foreign Correspondant! (Fock, its gone INTERNATIONAL!)

[Fatt Max]

Great report from our Foreign Correspondant! (Fock, its gone INTERNATIONAL!)

I know,

I love this man and I want to give him a big girlie kiss on the bottom...

[Drunken Monkey]

Finally got around to uploading the pic of the Yatala pie shop pie. Thinking back, I should have got a photo of every pie I ate. Oh well, there's always a next time...

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w177/drunken_monkey6984/DSC00194.jpg

[Headbanger]

I visited the Yatala pie shop a few years back,I expected greatness, I got another terrible aussie pie.

Luckily I'm still in NZ (for now) and have feasted on a couple stunning pies in the last few days.

Dads Bakery, Masterton-Steak and cheese-Full to bursting with huge chunks of awesome steak, Just when I thought there could be no more in there a few chunks of delicious steak came tumbling out to be devoured. A little light on the cheese but there was enough, Pasty was excellent, pie temp was good, meat filling perfect.

I give here a 9.6 out of 10. Nearly perfect.

The second pie was from that shitty little town north of Masterton with the plane in the center of town, Bakey was run by asians and it was late afternoon, so perfect conditions for a pie full of suck.

I selected the steak,bacon, and creamy mushroom pie.

Fuck me, so fuckin fine, chock full with delicious filling, all seeming in the perfect balance for taste. She was hot, tender, full of flavour.

10 out of 10.

[Drunken Monkey]

Lesson: Never expect greatness from an Aussie pie.


I visited the Yatala pie shop a few years back,I expected greatness, I got another terrible aussie pie.

Ah you see, I went in expecting typical aussie garbage, but got something that was slightly better than average. Don't get me wrong, I don't think they make great pies either, but if you're stuck over there and have a hankering for pie, you could do a lot worse.

In short, pies are better here, no doubt.

Still, I like to float my ones. Sometimes I take 'em home and serve it on mash & mushy peas. Don't have the option to do so over the counter here.

[slofox]

...steak,bacon, and creamy mushroom pie.



mmmmMMMMMMMMmmmmmmm...damn! All my favs together...where do I vote for that pie then?

[Camshaft]

muzza's pies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fatt Max]

The Aussies in general still don't know how to make pies. You feel extra let down as they cost about twice as much over there as they do here, so they score poorly on value for money..

I can certainly vouch for that, having spent 2 weeks there working and trying to find a decent pastry covered treat. My travels took me to The suburbs of Sydney, the Legoland that is the outskirts of canberra, the ghetto of Coolangatta on the Gold Coast and a very nice place full of blond tanned chicks with huge knockers called Hervey Bay.......

Yep, any pie that I did sample was, well, crap. There are apparently good ones about but 10 days, 3 states and 12 bakeries / servos / takeaway bars later, I could not find anything that would even come close to a Countdown Makatu mincer.

So, Australians of the world rejoice but you cant make a fucking pie......

[Highlander]

I
I selected the steak,bacon, and creamy mushroom pie.




mmmmMMMMMMMMmmmmmmm...damn! All my favs together...where do I vote for that pie then?


Patricks pies at Bethlehem - I think they call themselves "Pattricks Gold Star Bakery" has won the Bakels Supreme Pie awards several years in succession. Pretty sure their Creamy Bacon Mushroom and Cheese pie was the one that one the award in 2009 - well worth a stop in your travels.

[slofox]

but you cant make a fucking pie......

Is that like cream pie..?

[Highlander]

Bump

For those of us living in these parts of the world the date on friday will be July 22nd.
otherwise written 22/7 which has to be a more mathmatically correct aproximation of Pi than the Americanised 3.14 (March 14th).

So by the power estd in me (by the pie shop down the road) I declare

FRIDAY PIE DAY

As for the poll that stated this thread, I challenge you to not pick one pie above all others, but try the lot.

[slofox]

Since this thread has revived, I ought to mention a most unusual little pie I had as part of a meal in a local cafe...

The dish was essentially an aged eye fillet, rare, with a reduced beef stock jus accompanied by some potato thingy and - the best bit - a spinach and blue cheese pie. Just a little one - individual thing.

Now on its own, I doubt it would work, but as part of the overall dish, it was sensational - set the steak off a treat. Very nice.

Available at Grace on Braid Road, The Tron.

[shafty]

Bump

For those of us living in these parts of the world the date on friday will be July 22nd.
otherwise written 22/7 which has to be a more mathmatically correct aproximation of Pi than the Americanised 3.14 (March 14th).

So by the power estd in me (by the pie shop down the road) I declare

FRIDAY PIE DAY

As for the poll that stated this thread, I challenge you to not pick one pie above all others, but try the lot.

By the power encrusted in me .....lol

Sounds like a bloody good idea Highlander, - perhaps all card carrying pie afficianados should submit a pic of themaelves. with pie in hand on that day....

As for myself, we left the Middle East (forever) on Tuesday and transitted thru Heathrow, during which I caught the distinct wiff of a meat pie, but alas no time to investigate, I was gutted.

In Washington DC now, so it will be a fruit pie for me!

[240]

Lesson: Never expect greatness from an Aussie pie.



Ah you see, I went in expecting typical aussie garbage, but got something that was slightly better than average. Don't get me wrong, I don't think they make great pies either, but if you're stuck over there and have a hankering for pie, you could do a lot worse.

In short, pies are better here, no doubt.

Still, I like to float my ones. Sometimes I take 'em home and serve it on mash & mushy peas. Don't have the option to do so over the counter here.

Mushy peas? please enlighten?Sounds kinda interesting.

[Berries]

Get yourself down to New World and buy a tin of Batchelors chip shop style. Not as good as the real thing but for a change heat them up and drop a pie on top.

[Scouse]

Agree with Jim, ingredients mean nothing - it's all in the making.

I found the world's best chicken pie once and only once. It was a small delicatessen at Paraparaumu Beach about 7 or 8 years ago and appeared to be run by a couple of homosexual gentlemen. The next time I went back the place had closed down :shit: It had a creamy peppery semen sauce with no sign of anus cheese and a smattering of prime cooked & diced pork sword. Simply exquisite!

I'm hungry now.eeeew shirt lifters touching peoples food

[Botany Honda]

Steak and kidney from Heavens Bakery Moerwa (Napier) and the venison pie I had in The South Island at a pub between methven and Kaikoura:yes:

[Berries]

You want a pork pie you do. With extra lard.
I gave up making the best pork pies in New Zealand exactly five years ago so the day off tomorrow is to be spent in the kitchen for old times sake banging some herbs in the pork and hand raising the pastry. And would you believe it there is a lard shortage in Dunedin. Has Fatt Max been on a road trip this week?

[Tigadee]

Mmmmmmm, pork pies...

I hear MacDonalds is thinking of bringing back Georgie Pie (they closed them down after buying GP out). GP was a good peddler of cheap pies... Jesters pies are bloody expensive!

I used to like mnce and cheese the most, but these days, there's hardly any cheese in the MnC pies, so I just go for the Mince Pie. Must try the steak n bacon if I can find it...

[MisterD]

Mmmmmmm, pork pies...

I hear MacDonalds is thinking of bringing back Georgie Pie

I think there's some time limit on the Brand (any brand) that means if you (or Maccas) don't use it for a certain time, then it's up for grabs again.

[Nova.]

Mrs macs chilli cheese pie, mmm :devil2:

[Ocean1]

It's a small, petty world that lets matters of such huge moment as the provenance of a good basic pie slip by unremarked for this long.

Alas, the news isn't good. On one hand I can report to have enjoyed the best pie I've ever encountered: the Ida Valley Kitchen's Beef Bourguignon pie is, quite simply the best pie ever constructed.

Tragically, the girls are about to close the door for the last time, so unless you can nip in this week you'll probably die unfulfilled.

Sigh... http://www.trademe.co.nz/property/commercial-property-for-sale/auction-595947693.htm