The Greatness That Was Once Britain - Something For Cal.

[CountDeMoney]

No idea what a turnover is but here's a typical beef pie

Interesting, but a distant second to the firepower of a fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL chicken pot pie.


Although, I will grant you people a nod to shepherd's pies, when they're done right.

[Admiral Yi]

Seedy and I both had Shepherd's Pie on our first date.  Actually I think the whole table had Shepherd's Pie.

But it's not a pie.

[CountDeMoney]

True, it's more like a casserole.  Most restaurants make them in a lasagna dish, and serve slices accordingly.

[Martinus]

Are these the turnover-style of meat pies or the regular-looking ones?  Seems like every culture (save for maybe the US) has their own slight variation on the meat pie turnover.

I can't think of a Ukrainian meat pie turnover.  There's the ubiquitous pyrogy of course, but I've never heard of a meat-filled pyrogy.

Meat-filled pyrogi is the most common. And then there is kulebyaka which is like a large calzone-style pie filled with meat.

[crazy canuck]

In fairness to BB, the Ukes who settled the praires didnt have access to much meat and so their diet adapted accordingly - Potato based perogi ftw!

[Barrister]

I've had meat-filled pyrogi from the Polish grocery store in Chicago.

Sacrilege!

[derspiess]

No idea what a turnover is but here's a typical beef pie

Here it is, Argie-style.  I could swear I've seen similar-looking Brit meat pies.  Anyway, Argies take theirs very seriously.  Each province has its own specialty, and the crimp or pattern in the pastry fold tells you what kind it is (beef, ham/cheese, chicken, etc.)

[mongers]

No idea what a turnover is but here's a typical beef pie

Here it is, Argie-style.  I could swear I've seen similar-looking Brit meat pies.  Anyway, Argies take theirs very seriously.  Each province has its own specialty, and the crimp or pattern in the pastry fold tells you what kind it is (beef, ham/cheese, chicken, etc.)

Those are called Cornish pasties over here or just a pasty for other variants/ more generic items.

[Admiral Yi]

Those Argie hot pockets look like they would blow up in your hand like a cluster bomb.

[Josquius]

Oh man I'm so looking forward to getting home and having a meat pie. Steak and ale pie ftw.
Here you can sometimes find them along with faux-fish and chips...but they put ketchup on them!?!?!

Anyway, that link is awesome.

Mr. Strachey

    Anyone living in a rural area may have the benefit of any available rural pie scheme. The latest figures I have show that 1,551,500 packed meals containing pies or other meat products were served during February and March, 1947, by 3,827 pie centres covering 6,011 villages and adjoining areas.

    § Mr. Joynson-Hicks

    Is the right hon. Gentleman unable to say how many people are entitled to these pies? Because, so far as I can gather from his 25 answer, it worked out at approximately one pie per day per village—not a very big ration.

    § Mr. Strachey

    Anyone in the rural areas is entitled to buy a pie.

    § Mr. Skeffington-Lodge

    May we know the difference between agricultural meat pies and ordinary meat pies? Are the first kind for vegetarians only?

    § Mr. Strachey

    It is a question of the area and not the pie.

ah for the days when parliament got things done....

[KRonn]

I especially like chicken pies!   

[Martinus]

I've had meat-filled pyrogi from the Polish grocery store in Chicago.

Sacrilege!

Dude, meat-filled pierogi are a classic. Although potato or cheese ones are the most common as they are also cheapest.

[CountDeMoney]

Dude, meat-filled pierogi are a classic. Although potato or cheese ones are the most common as they are also cheapest.

Isn't that the easiest determination of economic class over there, anyway?  Whether someone can afford a meat-filled pierogi?

[Ed Anger]

Hunks of black bread are currency over there.

[Martinus]

Dude, meat-filled pierogi are a classic. Although potato or cheese ones are the most common as they are also cheapest.

Isn't that the easiest determination of economic class over there, anyway?  Whether someone can afford a meat-filled pierogi?

Pretty much, yeah. Pierogi started as a peasant dish (filled with cheese or potatos) but later (18th century or so) the nobility and the bourgeoisie acquired taste for them and started to make them with meat, salmon, fruit and the like.