bob

how do I differentiate a pie from a cornish pastie?

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A good question. A pastie passes the encased in pastry test. So is more of a pie than some. I suppose the main difference is that pastie is should be formed from one continous bit of pastry where as pies are normally two.

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Handhold-ability? Although then you have confusion between pork pies and pasties...

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if i was being really militant i would discount pork pies because they use a hot water crust pastry instead of short crust pastry. which i feel all true pies should really have.

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Is shepherd's pie pie?

PIEPIE!

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no. it fails the encased in pastry test.

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Not to mention Lemon Meringue Pie. Or Homity Pie. Or indeed pumpkin pie.

But I'm with you on stew+pastry pseudopies.

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they are also not pie!
They are tarts.
just because people call it pie doesnt it make it one :)

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1. Vile
2. Doesn't even exist.
3. So far from a pie it might as well be cottage pie.

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Homity pie does exist: http://www.gourmetbritain.com/recipes_entry.php?item=135
Humble pie doesn't....

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Lemon meringue pie is yummy and you are all WRONG!

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they are indeed yummy they just arnt pie.

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It fails the pie test on two counts.

1. Not surrounded by pastry

2. Doesn't contain meat.

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I would totally have a shepherds pie pie right now I AM SO HUNGRY.

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Is the food in that icon a pie? Note the DOUBLE surrounding of the filling. AND IT IS BEING EATEN BY A HUMAN!

NB this ninja in a cupcake is a pie

Edited at 2009-02-06 11:40 am (UTC)

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its not pastry.

is the ninja made of pastry?

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The ninja needs to be made of cake.

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but cake is a lie.
would that make the ninja a lie?

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I fully endorse this product/service.

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I applaud the content but feel you picked the wrong domain. Kindly host it as 'http://google.com/' so that the education may be spread more widely.


the hatter

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Is google pie?

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Mmm, google pie. Filled with everything. Anything it's not filled with may as well not exist.

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last time i checked their offices and datacentres wernt encased in pastry.

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