Kilts on a Construction Site

[NeightRG]

So, umm, are the pie's any good? lol

They put every frozen Turkey Pot Pie that I've had to shame, I can tell you that much.

[Downunder Kilt]

So, umm, are the pie's any good? lol

Bloody oath mate, if you haven't had a four n twenty at the footy on a Saturday arvo at the MCG, you haven't lived.

[Steve of Lansing]

Bloody oath mate, if you haven't had a four n twenty at the footy on a Saturday arvo at the MCG, you haven't lived.

You Aussie guys talk awesome!

I'm gonna have to remember this if I ever finally get down to see the country in your Country.

[NeightRG]

If you absolutely need a meat pie but you don't want to put a lot of effort into it - like, say you're in a weakened, desperately homesick state, and just need some comfort food from home to pick you up.

Brown up some ground beef then add a powdered gravy packet and some water.
Press some puff pastry into muffin pans, put the beef/gravy mix into the pans.
Whisk up an egg, brush it on the edges of the pastry, then cover the pies with another circle of pastry, crimp the edges and poke a couple of holes in the top.
Bake them up at about 200c/400f, until "golden brown and delicious"

When serving, tomato sauce/ketchup is mandatory. Seriously... I think it's the law.

There are all kinds of things you can add to the beef in the pie - peas, onions, carrots, mashed potato, etc... But wars have been fought over that argument.

[Steve of Lansing]

That sounds pretty good, and not to hard, or expensive, to try out this weekend. I've only every had one meat pie, and it was pretty awful, but really all it was, was a pre-pressed hamburger patty wrapped in pie crust, and they didn't have any ketchup or anything available to make it tolerable.

It kinda reminds me of something we have in Michigan called a pasty. (PASS-tee) Mostly, they're made with pork, rutabaga, carrots and onion, served hot with either brown gravy of just butter. They're super popular in the Upper Peninsula, (I could live on them and pizza everyday for the rest of my life and die happy) but they're starting to catch on in the lower as well.

I guess they were pretty big with the lumberjacks back in the 1800's cuz they were easy to carry in one's pocket, and eat at one's leisure.

Depending on who ya talk to, they're either Norwegian or Swedish, but either way, they're awesome.

[Downunder Kilt]

The pasty or pastie is believed to originated in Cornwall amongst the miners as a way of taking good food down into the mines. The inside was meat and a variety of vegetables with a pastry crust on the outside. One could hold the outside with gruppy hands, eat the contents and most of the pastry and discard the now dirty bit you were holding.

[Steve of Lansing]

Yeah, that sounds about right. Now ya mention it, I have heard them called Cornish pasties before. And I would imagine that the lumbermen here did the same as the miners. Thanks for the correction.

[Gryphon57]

When serving, tomato sauce/ketchup is mandatory. Seriously... I think it's the law.

HP Sauce is a better alternative. If you can't find that, I would recommend using A1 or your favorite brown sauce. It has bit more "kick" to it than ketchup.