NSWP Posted October 11, 2020 #4626 Share Posted October 11, 2020 6 hours ago, MicCanberra said: Gearing up for halloween? Scary. Like eating dead people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted October 11, 2020 #4627 Share Posted October 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, NSWP said: Scary. Like eating dead people. They are seriously look pies........ enough to scare children and adults alike.... Could you imagine without warning having one the those plonked in front of you and being asked sauce with that.........lol Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted October 11, 2020 #4628 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Even worse, they look like Dutton! 😱 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted October 11, 2020 #4629 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Halloween is stupid anyway. Another bit of the USA culture we inherited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted October 11, 2020 #4630 Share Posted October 11, 2020 It's very popular in our area but they only go to houses that put up decorations. We did for a few years but it got too expensive. I think a lot of families from streets that had lots of apartment buildings were targetting our street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted October 11, 2020 #4631 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, NSWP said: Halloween is stupid anyway. Another bit of the USA culture we inherited. In both my parents culture they have a day of the dead. It is very different to Halloween though, it is a much more revered day for remembering your lost loved ones and taking care of their resting places. Coming from this perspective Halloween has always seemed a bit discourteous to me. Edited October 11, 2020 by ilikeanswers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted October 11, 2020 #4632 Share Posted October 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said: Even worse, they look like Dutton! 😱 OHHHHHHHH..... I just realised....... enough to put you off meat pies for ever.....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted October 11, 2020 #4633 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, getting older slowly said: OHHHHHHHH..... I just realised....... enough to put you off meat pies for ever.....lol Cover the face pies with a couple of litres of this...less scary then. Edited October 11, 2020 by NSWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted October 11, 2020 #4634 Share Posted October 11, 2020 1 hour ago, ilikeanswers said: In both my parents culture they have a day of the dead. It is very different to Halloween though, it is a much more revered day for remembering your lost loved ones and taking care of their resting places. Coming from this perspective Halloween has always seemed a bit discourteous to me. What culture was that? I just wondered because I took a friend back to Poland to visit her elderly relatives who she hadn't met. We visited a number of graveyards with well tendered graves of her deceased relatives (equipment kept near graves to use to keep the grave looking well cared for). You could buy fresh flowers to put on the graves. Impressive! I don't like how Halloween has become Americanised here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted October 11, 2020 #4635 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, MMDown Under said: What culture was that? I just wondered because I took a friend back to Poland to visit her elderly relatives who she hadn't met. We visited a number of graveyards with well tendered graves of her deceased relatives (equipment kept near graves to use to keep the grave looking well cared for). You could buy fresh flowers to put on the graves. Impressive! Ironically Polish is my mother's side, they celebrate Dzień Zaduszny what you might call All Souls Day, my father's side is Chinese Malay and they celebrate Qingming (Tomb Sweeping Day) but there is also the Ghost festival which I guess would be closer to Halloween however you don't make fun of the ghosts you are suppose to relieve their suffering. Edited October 11, 2020 by ilikeanswers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted October 11, 2020 #4636 Share Posted October 11, 2020 1 hour ago, ilikeanswers said: Ironically Polish is my mother's side, they celebrate Dzień Zaduszny what you might call All Souls Day, my father's side is Chinese Malay and they celebrate Qingming (Tomb Sweeping Day) but there is also the Ghost festival which I guess would be closer to Halloween however you don't make fun of the ghosts you are suppose to relieve their suffering. What an interesting history you share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted October 11, 2020 #4637 Share Posted October 11, 2020 I made a bacon and egg pie tonight, the first in many years. It was yummy. I bought a new pie dish from Willlams Sonoma. It's really good but the Pampas pastry sheets are a bit too small. Is it a US v Australian sizing problem? Who knows! Anyway a bit of rolling and patching on the bottom layer of pastry and it worked OK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackduck59 Posted October 14, 2020 #4638 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Well it is an easy thing to throw together so I used the left over mashed spuds from last night's "Thanksgiving" dinner and slammed together a nice Shepherd's pie. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted October 15, 2020 #4639 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) On 10/14/2020 at 12:28 PM, Blackduck59 said: Well it is an easy thing to throw together so I used the left over mashed spuds from last night's "Thanksgiving" dinner and slammed together a nice Shepherd's pie. Do you have Thanksgiving dinner like DT's mob, Lyle? I did not know Canadians were into that. Nice pie by the way, so turkey and veg inside? Edited October 15, 2020 by NSWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted October 15, 2020 #4640 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Thanksgiving = excuse to pig out, especially on pumpkin pie. Hmmmm, maybe I should bake one to be thankful I don't live in the US. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 15, 2020 #4641 Share Posted October 15, 2020 28 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said: Thanksgiving = excuse to pig out, especially on pumpkin pie. Hmmmm, maybe I should bake one to be thankful I don't live in the US. 🤣 That is one thing to be truly thankful to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackduck59 Posted October 15, 2020 #4642 Share Posted October 15, 2020 33 minutes ago, NSWP said: Do you have Thanksgiving dinner like DT's mob, Lyle? I did not know Canadians were into that. Nice pie by the way, so turkey and veg inside? Funny thing Les, I think our "Thanksgiving" was an actual "Holiday" (Day off with pay) before the one in the US. Personally I am having a hard time getting excited about many of the "Holidays", unfortunately the rampant marketing in North America has sucked all the joy out of these events. I did make Turkey dinners as seems to be the requirement, I used the left overs for a delightful thing called a Turkey bun. The Shepherd's pie is more traditional (at least in my world) it has ground beef, mixed veg and gravy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 15, 2020 #4643 Share Posted October 15, 2020 When he was younger (aged 4) my son refused to eat Shepherd's Pie, so after that we called it Casserole and it still remains his favourite meal 26 years later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted October 15, 2020 #4644 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Blackduck59 said: Funny thing Les, I think our "Thanksgiving" was an actual "Holiday" (Day off with pay) before the one in the US. Personally I am having a hard time getting excited about many of the "Holidays", unfortunately the rampant marketing in North America has sucked all the joy out of these events. I did make Turkey dinners as seems to be the requirement, I used the left overs for a delightful thing called a Turkey bun. The Shepherd's pie is more traditional (at least in my world) it has ground beef, mixed veg and gravy. Yes Lyle, our shepherds pie has your ingredients. Edited October 15, 2020 by NSWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docker123 Posted October 15, 2020 #4645 Share Posted October 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, NSWP said: Yes Lyle, our shepherds pie has your ingredients. It could be because I have Irish ancestry on both sides, but to me shepherd’s pie Is made with lamb or mutton. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted October 15, 2020 #4646 Share Posted October 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, Docker123 said: It could be because I have Irish ancestry on both sides, but to me shepherd’s pie Is made with lamb or mutton. Yep shepherds pie, lamb, (hence shepherd) cottage pie beef 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 15, 2020 #4647 Share Posted October 15, 2020 18 minutes ago, GUT2407 said: Yep shepherds pie, lamb, (hence shepherd) cottage pie beef And both of them are mislabeled. No shepherds or cottages in either. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbenjo Posted October 15, 2020 #4648 Share Posted October 15, 2020 2 hours ago, MicCanberra said: And both of them are mislabeled. No shepherds or cottages in either. Cottage pie with a glass of house red perhaps 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted October 15, 2020 #4649 Share Posted October 15, 2020 3 hours ago, MicCanberra said: And both of them are mislabeled. No shepherds or cottages in either. I’ve had some meat pies that I wasn’t sure had meat in them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted October 15, 2020 #4650 Share Posted October 15, 2020 17 minutes ago, GUT2407 said: I’ve had some meat pies that I wasn’t sure had meat in them. There was a farmers market I once visited with a vegan food stall, they had pies with sietan (a south east Asian fake meat). It wasn't half bad though it was probably the curry style sauce that made it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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