[Sca-cooks] OP - Australian veggie and meat pies

[mich0067 at flinders.edu.au]

On 24/01/2011 8:22 p.m., Stefan li Rous wrote:
> This list of how they're garnished gives an idea of the flavors.
> "We garnish the top of the pies to distinguish our various flavors.  The hot
pies come in labeled bags, but if you purchased frozen pies,  here are the
garnishes we use on each pie:
> 	• Steak&  Mushroom - Thyme
> 	• Traditional - nothing
> 	• Guinness Steak&  Potato - mix of red pepper, parsley&  thyme
> 	• Beef&  Cheese - nothing
> 	• Texas BBQ - Cheddar cheese
> 	• Pepperoni - Parmesan cheese
> 	• Curry Chicken - Cumin
> 	• Southwest Chicken - Cayenne Pepper
> 	• Chicken&  Mushroom - Parsley
> 	• Chicken Classic - Oregano
> 	• Thai Chicken - Poppy seeds
> 	• Spinach&  Mushroom - Sesame seeds
> 	• Southwest Veggie - finely chopped basil
> 	• Curry Veggie - Curry Powder (yellow) "
>
> So, are savory pies a common item in Australia? Are these anything like the
pies in Australia or is this mostly hype?

Savoury pies are *very common* in Australia and New Zealand.

Some of those flavours are fairly normal: Steak & Mushroom, Traditional 
(ie, either steak or minced meat, one assumes), Beef & Cheese, Chicken & 
Mushroom, Thai Chicken, Curried Veg, Guinness Steak and Potato, Curry 
Chicken.

These ones are all oddballs, quite likely concocted for the American 
audience.

	• Texas BBQ - Cheddar cheese
	• Pepperoni - Parmesan cheese
	• Southwest Chicken - Cayenne Pepper
	• Spinach&  Mushroom - Sesame seeds
	• Southwest Veggie - finely chopped basil


________________________________________

We do have Spinach and Cheese triangles though (yum) - so perhaps the spinach
and mushroom is just a healthier version of that.

When I was at Uni I worked at a little country cafe (during the holidays)
called
'The Quandong Cafe' (quondongs are a native fruit).  It and it's sister bakery
in Copley were famous for their pies (word of mouth regularly brought us
visitors from all over the world - mostly from the UK, America, and Germany,
but other places too.  Places like this pride themselves on their menus.

We had Kangaroo and red wine pies (with herbs and spices), Chicken and white
wine, and a few others like plain beef and gravy, and I can't remember the
rest, but they were awesome (real meat, light crisp pastry).

There is also a little place called 'Stone Hut' where the bakery does all sorts
of 'Aussie' meats like crocodile, kangaroo, camel, and emu which was tasty.

But if you stop by any bakery that makes their own you will be in for a nice
surprise.

The chain ones are popular too (and not bad).  As well as the ones mentioned we
have 'pizza' pie (beef, bacon, cheese, and tomato, Another favourite is the Ned
Kelly Pie which has the beef base with fresh tomato, egg and cheese.

Guiness pies are usually only served as part of a pub's bar menu (they are very
rich and lovely).

Wow, now I'm hungry.  I think it must be time to cook tea.

Tamsyn