Need a Down Under Clarification

[TAQuickness]

Pie & Chips. What is it?

From previous post, I gather chips are fries and crisps are chips. Is a pie a pie?

[mnotx]

Watching those lizard commercials, too? I'm betting it's Sheppard's Pie or some sort of meat pie. Fried potatoes just ain't going to go with cherry pie.

[Delco]

Pie & Chips. What is it?

From previous post, I gather chips are fries and crisps are chips. Is a pie a pie?

pie is generally a meat pipe , eaten usually at the footy with tomato sauce on it - held in the hand.

Chips are hot fries but generally a little thicker than the macdonald version, crisps,potato chips are what we get out of a little bag , very thin slices cold and crispy

[TAQuickness]

Watching those lizard commercials, too? I'm betting it's Sheppard's Pie or some sort of meat pie. Fried potatoes just ain't going to go with cherry pie.

There's Pie, there's chips, and it's free. Of course I want it.

pie is generally a meat pipe , eaten usually at the footy with tomato sauce on it - held in the hand.

Chips are hot fries but generally a little thicker than the macdonald version, crisps,potato chips are what we get out of a little bag , very thin slices cold and crispy

Ok.... What's the footy?

And thanks for the pie clarification. I was thinking the same thing as mnotx - cherry pie and fries

[joecar]

"Footy" is football, and this could be either Aussie Rules, Rugby League, or Rugby Union.

Meat pie is similar to shepherds pie, but with more gravy and uniform meat chunks;
As Delco said, held in the hand, drips out as you bite into it.

Meat pies are traditional at the footy, same as hot dogs at the baseball game.

Some people dowse the top of their pie with 'tomato sauce' ('Ketchup' in the USA),
while other people squirt tomato sauce inside under the top pastry layer.

Chips are hot fries; these can also be eaten by dipping in tomato sauce.
Crisps are potato chips cold out of a bag.

Variation: you smash up your crisps in the bag and pour them over your tomato sauce dowsed pie.

[TAQuickness]

"Footy" is football

Football or Soccer (futbol)?

Thanks for all the info

[joecar]

Football or Soccer (futbol)?

Thanks for all the info

Traditionally (when I was a kid) in Oz, Football meant either 'Aussie Rules', 'Rugby League' or 'Rugby Union'.

In more recent times, it includes Soccer also.

Cheers

[joecar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aussie_Rules
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Union

[Delco]

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Meat pie is similar to shepherds pie, but with more gravy and uniform meat chunks;
As Delco said, held in the hand, drips out as you bite into it.

Meat pies are traditional at the footy, same as hot dogs at the baseball game.

Some people dowse the top of their pie with 'tomato sauce' ('Ketchup' in the USA),
while other people squirt tomato sauce inside under the top pastry layer.

Shepherds pie to me is a pie with no pastry top but a layer of mashed potato on top - dont really ever see them over this side of the country.

the traditional pie is a meat pie with a pastry top on , just the right size to hold in one hand and leave the other free for the "tinny" ( can of beer) , a good one will stay in shape so you can eat it while driving , using the knee and rh forefinger to steer as the tinny is in the right hand

[joecar]

Shepherds pie to me is a pie with no pastry top but a layer of mashed potato on top - dont really ever see them over this side of the country.

the traditional pie is a meat pie with a pastry top on , just the right size to hold in one hand and leave the other free for the "tinny" ( can of beer) , a good one will stay in shape so you can eat it while driving , using the knee and rh forefinger to steer as the tinny is in the right hand

LOL...

I was trying to illustrate what it was like, so it wasn't the right illustration to everyone;
I've tried explaining a meat pie to my wife's family and just they look at me with a far away stare...

Oh yeah, a tinny or two is important, can't do anything without beer.

I'm going to have to try your tinny assisted steering method.