About Pies

[SheDoneAlreadyDoneHadHerses]

Honestly, I have to stop wearing my judgeypants but they're so comfortable

My friend has posted his tea on facebook. It's cottage pie.

Yum!, I hear you cry.

NO. It's mince, mash, THEN A PASTRY LID.

WHHHHHHHHHHYYYYY???

I'm all for double carbing, but really. REALLY.

It's an abomination. (Mind you, I get a little huffy when cottage and shepherds is used interchangeably for pies)

[maddening]

Toffee got there first :)

[MadHattersWineParty]

I saw a man once opposite me on the train from Kings Cross. He got out a little box with a huge buttered bread roll, then got out a Gregs bag that contained a steak bake or a chicken slice, I couldn't see which.

The he put it in the roll

I was fascinated.

[Grilledaubergines]

That's just wrong. I agree re cottage & shepherds pie being used interchangeably too, very irritating

Surely it just depends on what meat people use? Shepherds = lamb, cottage = beef.

[SecretRed]

We call pie rolls 'pie on a muff' around these parts.

[Crispbutty]

I made corned beef hash and put a pastry lid on it this week.. it was lovely!

[hollinhurst84]

Pasty barm is the best. Barm must have butter on, and you add brown sauce. Squish pasty (meat and potato one) in the barm a bit. Perfect hangover cure

[tinofbiscuits]

The worst pies are the ones that come in an extremely hot ceramic dish with a puff pastry lid on top.

[UptownFlunk]

'Pie on a muff' sounds all kinds of wrong SecretRed.

[Osquito]

maddening DP eats that! He sticks a meat pie inside a buttered barm... Still can't get over it, it's basically bread inside more bread . And yes, he is from Lancs...

[Oysterbabe]

Barm? Muff?
You northerners and your crazy words for bread.

[NorthernChinchilla]

Can I just interject to say that Booths' butter pie is the food of the Gods?
Yes, I am also from Lancashire, and very, very pregnant Would cheerfully eat it in a buttered barm if it wouldn't terrify my more delicate southern colleagues!

[NorthernChinchilla]

A pie made of slices of potato, with lots of butter, cooked for ages so the potato is soft and the butter almost turns into little bits of sauce, with a shortcrust pastry lid/casing (depending on whether it's an individual or large pie).
siiiiiiiiiiiighs

[nooka]

Mmm pies we moved to Canada, which is lovely but i miss pies and pasties (in or out of bread rolls).

We have the shepherds/cottage pie argument regularly at our house. Shepherds eat sheep for goodness sake, not cows!! Lamb is uncommon and expensive here, so it's only ever cottage pie anyway.

[Friendlystories]

My first reaction to cottage pie pie was what now??? But thinking about it it's actually no worse than a standard pastry pie with mash and gravy which I would happily eat regardless of double carbs.

[HelpfulChap]

Let's be honest, pastry makes everything taste better.

[guiltynetter]

captaincrunch you musnt be a northerner, as that's commonly known as a pie barm or pasty barm delicious!

[guiltynetter]

oh gosh, when I replied captaincrunch's post was the last one on the thread! then when I replied it came up with a dozen more. oops

[HelpfulChap]

DW makes a lovely meat & potato pie. Funnily enough she has a Lancashire heritage. I might have to retire there!

[Friendlystories]

Why is the type of meat never specified in a meat and potato pie? I don't want to eat unidentified meat

[Notgrumpyjustquiet]

Up north there's no end to what can be put on a buttered bap. Pie, pot noodles, Findus crispy pancakes, pizza...

Might have to try cottage terraced house, it sounds delish and I'd have to squirt Ketchup all over it.

Mmm carbs...

[MaidOfStars]

Best bread toll breadcake barm whatever filling: chips, egg, mushy peas and a smear of tomato sauce.

[x2boys]

Pie on a roll or bap isn't wrong in bolton it's fab I love a meat pie butty with a dab of brown sauce

[TheGreenNinja]

Oooh pie barm, haven't had that for years.
Lancashire born and bred, now exiled very far to the south...they have no idea what a barmcake is down here. Or lobby. Or black peas. And I have to ask for 'northern mix' at the chippy to get chips, peas and gravy.

[LadybirdsAreFab]

In Aberdeen we have macaroni cheese pies. Pastry with macaroni cheese in it and then baked.