One problem is space for warming the dishes. Ovens can hold only so much, and if several people add a dish to it for warming there is likely to be a problem fitting things in. Yet all dishes served at the same time must be heated over the same time. Pies are eaten as dessert, so even if a pie is preferred to be served warm there is time after the other dishes are removed to place them in the oven.
Another problem is food can spoil if left at the wrong temperature too long. This is a concern in transporting many dishes. But, pies can be eaten warm, cooled in a refrigerator until needed, or even eaten, and for many pies left at room temperature for the day. So safely transporting most types of pies is easier in the safety sense.
Pies are easy to transport, with less danger of spillage. There are not small bits of food to fall from a dish as it bounces along a highway.
And, pies can be placed in throw away aluminum pie pans for the meal. With other dishes there are often leftovers, and that either means leaving a bowl or tray behind, or wasting food that exceeds the storage containers available or the capacity of the refrigerator. If the pie pan is a throw away it will store leftover pie just fine, and will not cause a problem of later retrieval of it.
So, if you do not have a special dish that everyone waits for, and no one else has claimed pies as what they are bringing, pie is an excellent option. And, if there are leftovers, it is something the host and hostess are more likely to be able to finish before it goes bad.
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DerdriuMarrinerJan 27, 2025
La nina ("the girl child") causes winter 2024-2025 to come cold, icy and sleety and snowy, long for Unitedstatesians outside southeastern United States and dry, short, warm inside.
But the southeastern United States so far has had some icy, sleety, snowy, wintery mornings, evenings and nights.
It means that what matters in your wizzley perhaps matters for the aforementioned holiday trio.
Might your product line have anything particularly commendable in the way of family-dinner pies for the presidential and the two saintly days?
DerdriuMarrinerOct 26, 2024
Your product is ceramic even as online sources identify ceramic or metal as well as bean, rice or sugar weights.
Is the bean, rice or sugar weight edible?
VeronicaAug 27, 2015
And as the Normans were over 1000 years ago and invaded England I think that is old enough.
frankbeswickAug 27, 2015
VeronicaAug 27, 2015
Fayres always seems more traditional. I think it derives from the word "fare " which traditionally referred to an occasion where food would be sold. Fair should refer to a place of enjoyment and fun. Fun Fair . So, "Fayre" is probably more technically accurate for food fayres. Fare referring here to food.
My favourite old English spelling though would be "gaol " for jail . I always use "gaol" if I write the word.
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VeronicaAug 24, 2015
Thank you for your article.
Mira, maybe ... you should make some pies to sell at the foodfayres and farmers' markets :) Start a trend thanks to Black Spaniel.
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VeronicaAug 22, 2015
We laugh about it being the "wrong " recipe but we like it that way.
VeronicaAug 22, 2015
Both these remarkable ladies used self raising flour as we call it in the UK ,and then they used more white fat than yellow. They then used just less than 1 tbsp. of ice cold water than the number of oz flour.
All the experts say not to use Self Raising flour for pastry and to use yellow fat and a minimum of water . These ladies didn't ! My mother in law then sprinkled flour on the base of the pie to stop the base getting soggy with filling. I think in the USA they call lard shortening.
We use this for general pastry making
8 ounces of Self Raising Flour
4 ounces of a mixture of white and yellow fat ( I use 2 1/2 white lard and 1 1/2 yellow fat)
pinch of salt for savoury pies
7 tbsp of ice cold water from the fridge
Rub the fat, flour and salt together til it looks like breadcrumbs but not too powder fine as the tiny lumps of fat help make the pastry what it is.
Add the water slowly and mix in. Don't use more water than this. Don't overwork it too roughly.
Wrap the pastry in cling film . Put the pastry in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes
Roll out the pastry and line the dish. Then sprinkle some of the flour over the base to soak up any excess moisture that make the base damp. Add the filling . Put the top on .
This works for us.
frankbeswickAug 22, 2015
Game is a specialist term for the kind of meat that people obtain by hunting, but rabbits are not normally included in it, as they are not considered tasty enough. At a game fair there will be stalls and shows connected with shooting and fishing.
I also like pork pies made from wild boar meat, which is richer than the pork from conventional pigs. Some of these wild boar are farmed, but farming them is a risky occupation.
When I was a child I had a relative who was a groundsman at a major football stadium, and during the week he had to keep the pitch free of pigeons, so he used to shoot them with a shotgun. Then he would collect the bodies and bring them home to share round the family for pigeon pie, and my mother used to have some, so I enjoyed pigeon pie as a young child. But he died when I was four, so I do not remember much. You generally use only the breasts of these birds.
MiraAug 22, 2015
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blackspanielgalleryAug 22, 2015
I am not certain I would call a recipe wrong if the end result tastes better than using the right recipe. Perhaps improved is a better word.
VeronicaAug 22, 2015
Strangely, my mother-in-law who lived 200 miles away from us used exactly the same wrong pastry recipe as my own mother to make her wonderful pastry. Our Mothers had never met and each did pastry exactly the same. How odd. I always use their pastry recipe and now my sons' wives use it too after trying several other recipes. At a family funeral in October I was speaking to an elderly relative who said she always used my mum's way but then changed it to a "proper " recipe and it wasn't as good.
Here in England we eat just as many savoury pies as sweet ones. Meat, pork pie with hot water pastry, cheese pie, Veg pies, fish pie are just as popular as sweet ones. A family favourite would be ground beef and carrots and peas. Meat pies can be eaten hot or cold. Pork pie would be eaten cold. The mill workers could take a savoury pie with them for lunch in days gone by. On Good Friday when Catholics don't eat any meat many people eat fish but my mother couldn't afford fish so we always had a cheese and onion pie. We continue this tradition to this day. My brother's family likewise. Good Friday is always Cheese and Onion Pie day. Some pies such as Shepherd's pie or Fish Pie would have a fluffy mashed potato topping over minced ( ground ) lamb or beef or fish.
MiraAug 22, 2015
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