[Sca-cooks] OT - G'day Lords and Ladies and more on pies

[Linda Peterson]

They have the best unknown-outside-of-Australia fruit jello flavors!
 	Mirhaxa
   mirhaxa at morktorn.com


On Wed, 26 Jan 2011, V O wrote:

> I saw a picture of these online, they truly look disgusting.  I didn't want to
> disparage a locals custom, but eating them when well inebriated makes a lot more
> sense.  And/or, selling them to the silly uninformed tourists that want to try
> local delicacies.......  well I guess it is a case of buyer beware. 
>
>
> My roommate and I just had a discussion about Australian foods, as an area of
> foods that we do not really have much information about.  What 'Are' foods that
> are common to your country, not really found outside?  Things that you would
> take a foreigner to try to show off the local cuisine?  And are there any cook
> books you would recommend to get these recipes?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mirianna
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Claire Clarke <angharad at adam.com.au>
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Sent: Tue, January 25, 2011 9:26:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] OT - G'day Lords and Ladies and more on pies
>
>
>
> There has been some recent discussion of Australian meat pies and
> specifically "(In Adelaide, it's served floating in pea soup, but Adelaide
> is like that.)". So, is this true? or is someone trying to cast Adelaide in
> a bad light?  :-)
>
> *****************************************
> A little from column A and a little from column B.
> (Yes, you can get pies floating in pea soup here, yes Adelaide is a bit
> strange, but also people from different parts of Australia have a great
> disdain for one another, so you have to take such comments with a pinch of
> salt)
>
> You can get gourmet versions of the pie floater, but generally it's regarded
> as a fairly revolting thing that people only eat when they are drunk.
>
> But in Queensland you can also get pies with mushy peas inside them (ie a
> layer of meat and a layer of pea puree).
>
> And finally on the tomato sauce/ketchup issue, sometimes the sauce is
> applied inside the pie using a squirty bottle with a pointed spout.
>
> Angharad
> (also from Adelaide, though not really a native)
>
>
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