to think a stew with a pastry lid is not a pie?

[mousmous]

such a dissapointment!

YANBU

That's not a pie, it's a hat.

| ... screeches to a dead halt at the spelling of 'gravey'

Sorry OP, dig about a thread there, as you were! Yes, pies are pies, not wet stuff with a pastry lid! ...

for a moment I thought I had written the offending grav(e)y.

As long as the stew and pastry met before they went in the oven, that style of pie suits me fine!

Too much pastry is too filling. I like a nice individual portion of stew with a puff pastry topping.

YABU!

In Scotland, a pie is indeed a stew with a lid. I give you our world famous steak pie - not to be confused with the "steak pie" consumed in England.

Hth

I love home made steak pie, but it must only have a pastry lid,

Actually a very Scottish way of making a Steak Pie, with just a puff pastry top, never shortcrust.

I see your half pie and raise you the Midlands version of a potato pie. No pastry at all, just mashed potato and cheese.

weirdest thing we have round here is butter pie, it seems to be nothing but slices of spud in a pie crust. But it has a bottom!

Butter pie is heaven, (when its a good one that tastes of butter) especially with cheese and Salad cream.

I want butter pie now!
sounds lovely.

What about a shepherds pie or a fish pie then? I don't think pastry is the defining factor.

shepherds pie and fish pie could definitly be improved with a pastry casing :)

YANBU - I bought a ready made steak and ale one from Tesco and felt much cheated when it didn't have a bottom.

It's a pot pie.

And doesn't disappoint me, since I often leave the bottom, anyhow.

Sometimes, I just have done and cook the pastry completely separately.

YANBU, really pisses me off in pubs when then do this. I now ask if it has pastry at the bottom and then much to DH'd annoyance moan when they tell me it just has a pastry crust on top, that is not a pie imo.

I love "pie" with just the pastry lid but it must be shortcrust.

Puff pastry pies are an abomination. Fact. The pastry tastes of grease cos it is made with cheap fat and not butter.

My mother swears by cookeen to make pastry but I don't like it, I am an all-butter girl myself

YANBU.

There should be a law. Seriously.

The Scots have gotten away with this travesty for FAR TOO LONG.

Are you my dh?? I dread him getting such a 'pie' when we're eating out, the indignation and moaning can go in for days..
A pie has sides and a bottom, so I'm told.