Re: Pies, pies and more pies

Thankyou Bakerman,I shall save it to my recipes and give it a whirl
Why mustnt the egg whites be in contact with any plastic?

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Why do you think everyone is out to give you a hard time ?

Why don’t you keep a civil tongue in your head and think about the actual question and not jump down my throat

A pie encases a filling completely

In fact there was some controversy last year because a Cornish pasty won the national pie competition

Anything that is just a pastry base is usually called either a flan or a quiche

Hence my question

No one is getting at you and as a chef I would expect you to know a darn sight more about world cuisine then you do. Even I am capable of giving you an American definition for an English term without getting on my high horse

Re: Pies, pies and more pies

I have forgotten the exact chemical reason but plastic can interfer with the forming of a meringue.

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People, British people, have given me nothing but grief regarding what bacon is, what a sandwich is, and now Galty gave me a hard time about what a pie is. ie us "colonials" couldn't possible know as much as a Brit. You just did it TWICE !

Re: Pies, pies and more pies

No, you think we are giving you are hard time

We see it as a discussion

We have different cuts, we have different terminology

No one gave you a hard time, more that you jumped down the throat of anyone who dared disagree

These are discussion boards. If you only wish to dictate perhaps only have threads in self moderated so as you can pick and chose who replies and anything you don’t like you can delete

Re: Pies, pies and more pies

Aye that seems a sensible solution to all of this Bakerman as that's what the self moderated threads are there for..keeping the riff raff who don't agree with everything You say, OUT,

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I don't see it as a discussion. I see it as British arrogance attempting to dictate to an ignorant "colonial". Suggestion: don't try that with a French chef. He'll sort you out right quickly. And then hand you your head on a platter, in aspic.

Most posters have been polite and friendly, some however, have been exceedingly snobby.

The 1st thing I ever learned at the knee of my French mentor. "don't screw with the chef".

Re: Pies, pies and more pies

Apple pie etc are a dessert at the same time as being a pie. It's something you eat following your main meal.

A Cornish pastie isn't a pie, it's a savoury snack like a sausage roll.

What about a pork pie then?

Should I go away politely?

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Thank God, here is another person who knows what a pie is. I have no problem calling a meat pie, a pie. My only complaint is with those who insist that my pies are not real pies.

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So what's beef wellington then?

And what's cottage pie?

I'm waiting for a thread about ...Cakes.
Jaffa cakes and pontefract cakes.