What's for Dinner?

[alphabassettgrrl]

Made pasties tonight- including making the pie crust. Haven't done that in a long time. May try again tomorrow night. They could be better. (got lots of pie crust already mixed and chilling in the frig)

[lashbear]

ABG: Sriracha. Making pasties better.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Ha! Husband doesn't do spicy. (and sriracha on what is basically a meat pie? seems odd)

Second attempt tonight- pot pies- the gravy I'd made the first time was... not so good. Bought a jar of gravy this time, and I have the little dishes to bake them in.

Learned that when pie crust sits in the fridge, it gets hard as a rock. But if I "knead" it a few times, it loosens up and can roll out a little better. I learned to do that by working with clay- same deal; it's stiff, you work it a little and it loosens up. When we were learning, the teacher said to wedge the clay like you were kneading bread. Well, I've never kneaded bread, but I got the clay thing.

So now I wonder if I would have success making bread.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

Made pasties tonight...

Originally Posted by lashbear

ABG: Sriracha. Making pasties better.

Oh how I wish I had Photoshop right now…




In case your still not seeing it, note the missing "r" in the highlighted word.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I believe that's not a missing R - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty

[alphabassettgrrl]

Pasties- meat pies. A staple, growing up, but something I never made. And which apparently take some practice.

Will try again using beef. Used chicken this time, and they were dry. Pot pies with gravy worked much better.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I believe that's not a missing R - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty

Thanks for the article! Apparently my Finnish relatives learned about pasties from the Cornish miners. My grandpa used to take them when he worked in the mines in Minnesota.

[Kevy Baby]

I still maintain there's a missing 'r' - facts be damned

[lashbear]

ABG: Not really pies - there's no top and bottom crust, just a folded circle. It's closer to a Calzone than a pie, really. The only REAL pie is, of course, the Australian Meat Pie.

...and Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pies, of course.....

[lashbear]

PS: Just to stay on topic, tomorrow night is indulgence night, and in true spirit of preparation for our upcoming USA trip, I'm making Fried Chicken with Biscuits and Country Gravy.