I used to regularly go the Footy with my cousin. She would always ask me to buy her a cold pie so I would have to ask for a cold pie for her and a hot pie for me. I would always get funny looks from the sellers. One day the seller said that they did not have any cold ones only hot ones. So I bought her a hot one. I warned her beforehand that it was hot and that she could simply wait until it cooled down. After watching me eating my pie she became impatient and started eating hers. Of course she bit into a really hot bit of pie and burnt her tongue. She then accused me of deliberately buying it hot so she would burn herself. I told her she was off her rocker and by what sort of twisted logic she had arrived at that conclusion? She said that I knew she was hungry and that she would not be able to resist. That was more than 20 years ago and I still stir her up about it now.

BTW I always found the footy pies to be quite good as the turnover was high so they were never sitting in the warmer too long and drying out. Obviously not as good as a nice one from a proper pie shop but "asseptable" as the Super Nanny used to say

Yeah.................they always looked at me funny too.

It's not so bad these days from a pie shop...................they just think you're going to eat it later at home.

I've loved pies since I was a kid with my childhood favourite being Aussie Pies.

 

Now though whenever I'm on a road trip I like to try small town bakeries with a recent favourite being Akehurst Bakery in Blayney, about 20ks south of Bathurst, NSW. 

 

I also 2nd Bourke Street Bakery in Surry Hills, their brisket pie is sensational.

 

While they're not the best I find it hard to beat a Villi's at the footy, particularly after a few mid strength beers.

 

I'm taking note.

 

I'll be driving through Blayney on my annual sojourn to Bathurst in October.

 

We normally turn off @ Burns St on route to Newbridge.

Edited May 27, 201411 yr by mr-happy-pants

Has anyone noticed that meat pies have shrunk in size?

 

I remember when I first visited Sydney in 87 - I ate quite a number of them which I purchased from the Milk bars that used to dot the CBD (remember them?)

 

I distinctly remember the pies were at least a third larger in size than they are now or has time coloured my memory of them?. And they always came in a alu foil tray. I would consume one with a milkshake.

Edited May 27, 201411 yr by Sir Triode

I never liked the bakeries that used Al trays - the pies were almost never cooked properly on the bottom. 

 

I wondered about the change in size and thought maybe it's because I've got bigger (from eating too many pies )

 

cheers

 

Mick

Robertsons Pie Shop (in Robertson!) has one of the best reputations here for a pie, and I'm constantly disappointed every time I go there. Below average imo. A good location for a ride/drive though so can't complain.

 

One of my local faves is Pie in the Sky on the Old Road. They've got a good selection, and the all important "chunky beef". It's got to be chunky, it's the only way to have your beef in a pie! 

 

I also favour pie shops that don't charge for sauce, though they're getting rarer these days. One sachet is just not enough for a pie

1. Robertson pies are excellent. You've lost the plot.

2. Pie In The Sky is excellent, agreed.

3. Good pies don't need sauce. You're ruining them.

 

I'll also put in a plug for the bakeries in Mudgee. The pies are then best consumed during a visit to the Mount Vincent Meadery. A long one.

You never know there might be some competition on the horizon, then again maybe not

 

Georgie Pie!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgie_Pie

 

Georgie Pie was a fast food chain owned by supermarket operator Progressive Enterprises that hoped to be "New Zealand’s own homegrown alternative to the global fast-food industry giants such as McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and Burger King."^{[this quote needs a citation]} The first Georgie Pie restaurant opened in 1977, at its peak there were 32 restaurants across New Zealand. After running into financial difficulties, it was bought out by McDonald's in 1996, mainly for its restaurant locations. The last Georgie Pie store was closed on 1998.

In 2013, McDonald's started selling Georgie Pie again through its restaurants after frequent calls for the brand's return. However, there are no plans to open dedicated Georgie Pie stores.

 

History

Georgie Pie was the brainchild of Tom Ah Chee, who opened New Zealand's first supermarket (Foodtown Otahuhu, 1958). The first restaurant was opened in Kelston, Auckland in 1977. In 1994, plans were announced to open 25 new outlets per year, with a goal of 114 operating restaurants by the end of 1998. The chain came to prominence in the early 1990s with its $1, $2, $3, and $4 "Funtastic Value" menu, including the popular $1 "Small Pie." At its peak, the chain employed about 1,300 people. Georgie Pie was able to automate the food production process far more than chains which sold labour-intensive items such as burgers. Timing was a more difficult detail for Georgie Pie, as it took 22 minutes to bake a pie versus a few minutes for typical fast food.

 

Relaunch

On 9 May 2013, McDonald's announced the return of Georgie Pie on a trial basis. From 5 June 2013, the original recipe Steak Mince 'n' Cheese pie (minus the monosodium glutamate) has been sold for $4.50 at the Queen Street and Greenlane McDonald's restaurants (the latter being a former Georgie Pie restaurant) in Auckland.^[13] The trial was quickly expanded to five more McDonald's restaurants in Auckland (including at Kelston, the location of the original Georgie Pie restaurant), three restaurants in Hamilton, and the Te Awamutu restaurant. The relaunch proved so popular that special queues and security staff were bought in to handle the crowds. At times, the lines went out of the restaurant and stretched across the car park. In July 2013, the trial was expanded to four more Auckland restaurants, as well as two restaurants in Palmerston North, and restaurants in Feilding and Bulls.

On 1 October 2013, McDonald's announced that the trial exceeded its expectations, and planned to expand Georgie Pie to 107 of its 161 restaurants nationwide by the end of 2013 and introduce two new flavour pies in early 2014. It is expected by mid-2014 all McDonald's restaurants in New Zealand, except those who cannot accommodate the pie ovens, to be selling Georgie Pie.^[1]

Edited May 27, 201411 yr by Spearmint

Has anyone noticed that meat pies have shrunk in size?

 

I remember when I first visited Sydney in 87 - I ate quite a number of them which I purchased from the Milk bars that used to dot the CBD (remember them?)

 

I distinctly remember the pies were at least a third larger in size than they are now or has time coloured my memory of them?. And they always came in a alu foil tray. I would one with a milkshake.

 

Yeah..........the 'factory pies' are smaller but most suburban bakeries make the old size.

 

Clempton Park pies are pretty small now though.

Robertsons Pie Shop (in Robertson!) has one of the best reputations here for a pie, and I'm constantly disappointed every time I go there. Below average imo. A good location for a ride/drive though so can't complain.

 

One of my local faves is Pie in the Sky on the Old Road. They've got a good selection, and the all important "chunky beef". It's got to be chunky, it's the only way to have your beef in a pie! 

 

I also favour pie shops that don't charge for sauce, though they're getting rarer these days. One sachet is just not enough for a pie

 

I concur wrt to Robertson - but their large fruit pies are ok esp the blueberry ones.

I have a memory of larger pies as well. I also can remember getting pies from the tuckshop at primary school. Originally they were Peters (Peters pies are full of flies, don't be nasty have a pasty), but one day they changed to Bakewell, this was in WA, a change that wasn't for the better. Peters were full of meat whereas Bakewell were all gravy, gelatinous gravy at that*. From that day forward I never had another Bakewell pie.

 

 

*That's what I remember. Is it the reality? Who knows, it was a long time ago.

Edited May 27, 201411 yr by JukKluk2

When you're a kid and hungry............it's amazing the crap you will eat!

 

I really used to like the cream buns though.........................and hot chips after school.................we'd walk a long way out of the way for the greasy double cooked ones too.

.........................and hot chips after school.................

 

Nah, that's what potato scallops were for.

I concur wrt to Robertson

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