Controversy as pasty wins the British Pie Award

[Markymark]

I prefer sushi anyway.

 

[PK99]

cant beat a good pork pie as long as its got some gooey jelly

Anything else isn't a pie.

The pork pies from the late lamented Thornley's Pork Butcher in Chorley were in a class of their own - just the perfect pepperiness and great tasting jelly. Pie, mustard and a pint! Eee, it were reet grand!

 

[theclaud]

I just bought a pie.

 

[vernon]

I just bought a pie.

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If ever a posting deserved multiple likes.....

 

[growingvegetables]

Why is the general feeling that a pasty is inferior to a pie and not the other way round?

Didn't pick that up. I suspect nobody would have the slightest objection to that pasty winning Britain's Best Pasty Award.

But it's not a pie. Any more than a Scots macaroni pie is a pie ................ Ah .........
[Apologies to Vernon for today's double shock ]

 

[NorthernDave]

Bloody pasties, coming over here and taking our awards, etc...

Of course it's not a pie - if it were a pie, it wouldn't be called a pasty, would it?

 

[Haitch]

A touching tale of family rivalry and pies on Teesside:

When Upex pies re-launched last November after a twenty year absence from Teesside’s culinary landscape, hungry punters practically knocked the shop over in their clamour to get one. Owner Steve Davies sold 1,400 in a matter of a few hours. Personally I am not surprised. Upex pies have been around for over a century and there are few things that attract brand loyalty like a pie. I should know, my own family was savagely divided by what can only be described as pork pie civil war. [read more]

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

<Lawyer mode>
The general meaning of "pie" is irrelevant here. The rules of the competition give a definition. Any entry that complies with the definition is valid.

3. All Pies in all Classes of the British Pie Awards must comply with being ‘a filling totally and wholly encased in pastry’. Entries which do not comply e.g. lattice topped, fruit topped, potato topped etc will not be submitted for judging.

Thus, in this instance, a pasty IS a pie.
</Lawyer mode>

Things are bound to get flaky once lawyers get involved.

 

[FrankCrank]

....last Xmas I stayed in a small town called Pai, in the north of Thailand. No pies to be seen, but they had kebabs.

Doubt this helps in any way.....

 

[jefmcg]

I prefer sushi anyway.

But surely you should be thinking of gyoza in this context

 

[NorthernDave]

But surely you should be thinking of gyoza in this context

Where are the chips?

 

[jefmcg]

Where are the chips?

 

[winjim]

The pasty is a patsy.

 

[vernon]

I've eaten an egg salad for lunch in protest.

 

[Crackle]

I just bought a pie.

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Can you allay my suspicions and confirm its meat content?