Meat pies!

[sbishop]

Anyone here ever have them? meat is going into the oven in few hours for about 9hrs or so. Got deer, moose, beef, pork and chicken.

Then the meat gets broken up, little bit more spices...then into a pie crust! more pics to follow!

Sbishop

[Mooseherder]

You lucky dawg. digin_2
Are you at the Cabin?

[sbishop]

MH...how's it going?

Nope at home...next trip to cabin will probably at Christmas!!!

[WDH]

I am awaiting the results  8).

[Mooseherder]

We're waiting for your return trip.
That pie looks delish, and your cabin ain't bad either.
How's baby girl?

[sbishop]

MH, you know i will make an appearance when you least expect it!!!!
Wife wants to go to fld awful bad...keeps sending me airline specials...HAHAHA will be down there sometime 

Rayne has been doing great for the past year or so, her meds are working great. But (there is always a but eh) right now we are just waiting for the call for her to head to the children's hospital for surgery...2 things...her medical port is no longer working, it has a crack up by her neck so they are planning on removing it as she as grown now that it is easier to get an IV in. Second she needs to have her tonsils removed...not a big deal...except with her condition and risk of infection..it is an elevated risk...haven't heard if they can perform both surgeries at once...not sure how many days we need to be there before and after....unknown right now.....but she's a busy bee and a trooper!!!!

[Al_Smith]

Meat pies in varied forms were a part of my diet as I was growing up .My mother was a  farm girl and my fathers mother was German so it just kind of came with the territory .

One variation was English steak and kidney pie which to many would not sound appetizing at all .  .The secret is you have to literially boil the pizz out of them first .It really is quite tastey .I haven't eaten meat pie in decades though .

[sbishop]

Here is the finish product.... mmm..mmmmm   8)


Sbishop

[Norm]

Wow those look delicious!

Very nicely done crust too. 

[sbishop]

Norm, thanks..i'll take all the credit.... 

The misses will have to take all the credit on this batch!!!!  8)

[WildDog]

Great looking pies, classy finish on the pastry. I havn't tried a mix of all those meats in a pie before, sounds good. I will have to remember it when winter comes and Nicky starts making pies again.

Australians eat a lot of pies, my town is only small with a main street and we have 3 pie shops. There was a TV add in the 70's that had a hit jingle, "Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Holden Cars"

[SwampDonkey]

That's interesting meat pie. Nice touch on the crust with the little stars, classy. ;D In these parts it's minced meat pie from the neck of deer or moose roast ground up with fruit and spices..mm. ;)

[Al_Smith]

Well yeah you have mince meat too but it really isn't quite the same as meat pie .Although quite frankly I've never had it made from moose simpley due to the fact we are mooseless in these parts .Mice we got mooses we don't .

I am however a member of the moose club if that accounts for anything .

[SwampDonkey]

Shepherd's pie or chicken pot pie is about the only "meat" pie I'm used to. ;)

[woodsteach]

Man those sure look good.  So you cook the first pix for 9 hrs or so?  Then add that to the pie crust and bake?  Any more directions as I'd like to give it a try with our next deer.

[sbishop]

yes, cook your meat for 9hrs at 225...with whatever spices you want...

then breakdown all the meat...back into a pot with onions or whatever you like....then into a pie crust...

eat it warm or cold...with gravy or catsup...or not!  ;D

[Stephen1]

Hey steve, those look real good, good enough to eat. i'm at the cabin now, was cutting down some christmas trees today. eating beans for dinner though.

[Al_Smith]

There's probabley more variations to "meat " pies than you can shake a stick at .Just shepards pie alone probabley has a dozen .

You've got the kind that actually looks like a pie .Several which are slowed baked in a casseroll dish or Dutch oven in the oven with a biscuit  type crust and a zillon others .Most of them are good to eat so I guess that's all that counts .

Meat pie aside I'd certainly like to know who ever named pizza a pie ? There's nothing in a pizza that remotely resembles a pie other than some are round .What tomato sauce  ,some cheese , pepperoni sausage and they call that a pie ? Nonsense .

[SwampDonkey]

I don't think of pizza as pie either. I always thought of them as a bread dish. ;D

[beenthere]

Pizza is pizza, not sure what pizza pie is.  :

[WDH]

Wilddog,

I had some awesome meat pies in Tumut, New South Wales  8).

[Al_Smith]

Pizza is pizza, not sure what pizza pie is.  :

Well God fathers for example --pizza pie piled high ---With what more crust and tomato sauce for heavens sake ? Lawdy you about need a bib to eat the stuff already without putting more sloppy tomato sauce all over it .--mumble grumble ---Put it in a bowl maybe and eat it with a spoon .

[Okrafarmer]

Wilddog,

I had some awesome meat pies in Tumut, New South Wales  8).

And I had awesome Aussie meat pies from Cobram to Mt. Gambier-- of all the things I miss about Austraila, the meat pies are probably #1! Australians might think it's funny, but the meat pies are the ultimate Aussie cuisine in my book.

[WildDog]

.Just shepards pie alone probabley has a dozen

Al my MIL makes her's with the left over baked leg of lamb, at 1st I thought turning good roast lamb into shepherds pie was sacrareligious, but after tasting the pie I changed my thinking. I usually use the left over roast for battered meat fritters or lunch meat.

Australians might think it's funny, but the meat pies are the ultimate Aussie cuisine in my book.

The most memorable meal I had was in Tasmania, my secondf born was due and I was working hard to convert a hayshed into some sort of habitation on our new farm, I pushed myself for 36 hrs without sleeping or eating and then got the call "my waters have broken"  I had a 4hr drive to the hospital, on the way I bought and ate 6 hot meat pies on the way, the baker had one the country's pie award and they were delicous


I had some awesome meat pies in Tumut, New South Wales 

My mum grew up in Tumut untill the government built the Blowering Dam and flooded the family farm.

[SwampDonkey]

Well God fathers for example --pizza pie piled high ---With what more crust and tomato sauce for heavens sake

Mom's uncle wouldn't touch pizza. One time it was made by the kids, and his taste tester was the dog. The dog wouldn't eat it. So he declared if a dog won't eat it, it's not fit to eat. :D :D

My grandfather on the other hand wanted home made pizza every Sunday evening. Loved it. ;D

[Al_Smith]

  The dog wouldn't eat it. So he declared if a dog won't eat it, it's not fit to eat. :D :D

Polite dogs would have at least tasted it then if it was nastey they lick their butts to get the taste out of their mouth .

[Okrafarmer]

That's very observant, Al!

[Al_Smith]

Well you know dogs will just be dogs ,they can't help themselves  .Lick their butts then want to llck you ,rather annoying to most .

Now this Oz /NZ thing with lamb ,that meat never really went big this side of the pond .It has a different taste which some don't care for albiet they don't lick their behinds that I am aware of .

The shepards pie I was refering to is a mixture of ground beef ,with a gravy of sorts and some times some vegatables baked in the oven with a layer of mashed potaoes over the top .Tasty !

Now the traditional shepards dinner is a glass of milk and a piece of  ewe  but using a slightly different spelling and suggesting a slightly different meaning excluded due  to content .

[Okrafarmer]

Yew? I've heard that can be poisonous. My friend lost a small beef herd when they munched on Japanese Yew. Only the bull survived-- friend said it was only because he was too ornery to die.  :(

[Al_Smith]

Only the bull survived-- friend said it was only because he was too ornery to die.  :(

Well truth be known it because he was the "old " bull of the old story .Which goes like this --

Once upon a time a young bull and an old bull were surveying the herd  from a hill top .The young bull says to the  old bull ,let's  run down the hill ,jump the fence and  romance one of those heifers .

The old bull replied no lets walk down the hill go through the gate and romance them all .That sports fans is no bull,well sort of I guess . ;)--remember the first BS artist doesn't stand a chance---

[WH_Conley]

I'm some what of a Bulls***er myself, but sometimes I enjoy lisenting to a professional. Please carry on. :D :D

[Al_Smith]

  :D Well internet forums have a certain amount of usefull information but a little dash of humor now and again kind of livens things up a tad bit .

Now if I could just figure out what in the world the equine from the swamps of NB Canada is talking about just half the time I could come back with a lively retort every so often .

How in the world could one language get so screwed up depending upon where it's comng from .My heavens we got Brits ,Aussies ,eastern Canadians and flat land hillbillys like me and it's wonder any number of us has any idea what the other is talking about .--carry on have a little piece of meat pie for Sunday brunch or a big slice if you want to .

[WH_Conley]

This is the way we do it. A slice? The one on the right was mine.



 

Sometimes it takes some ciphering to understand that guy. ;D

[thecfarm]

The one on the left is mine.   ;D ;D  ;D

My wife will cut out an apple with a cookie cuter and paint food coloring on it with a fine brush. The color really makes the apple stand out.

[sawguy21]

Meat pies in varied forms were a part of my diet as I was growing up .My mother was a  farm girl and my fathers mother was German so it just kind of came with the territory .

One variation was English steak and kidney pie which to many would not sound appetizing at all .  .The secret is you have to literially boil the pizz out of them first .It really is quite tastey .I haven't eaten meat pie in decades though .

Mom was of English descent so we ate meat pies too. The one thing she would not make was steak and kidney pie, I was the only one that would eat it.  :D It is an acquired taste. DanG, just finished breakfast and you guys are making me hungry again.

[Al_Smith]

Well steak and kidney have a rather strong flavor but so does lamb .Now I can't help but wonder what would happen if you stirred a little bit of grits in the mixture for the grit crowd .

I don't know some people never get passed hamburgers and some can eat about anything without being squemish .I believe my deceased  father could eat about anything that smelled nasty or looked awfull .

Beef tongue !So it licked a cows butt but it tastes good .Now liver on the other hand is something the cat is fond of and he can have my share or the dog one .Liver and grits would be a hoot . :D

[Okrafarmer]

I just had pizza pie. 

[Al_Smith]

With grits or gritless .

[Ianab]

If you fly Air New Zealand you might get lucky and be given a Steak and Mushroom pie as your inflight meal  :D  Even comes with a little tub of Tomato sauce, and an icecream on a stick for desert  ;D

[Okrafarmer]

With grits or gritless .

Little Squeezers are usually gritless.  ;D

[Okrafarmer]

If you fly Air New Zealand you might get lucky and be given a Steak and Mushroom pie as your inflight meal  :D  Even comes with a little tub of Tomato sauce, and an icecream on a stick for desert  ;D

Ian, I wish all the airlines were that generous!

[SwampDonkey]

I don't think I got as much as Lil for $12.  Just ate out on Thursday at a restaurant, with the folks. We all ordered the same dish. For %@^% sake, when it arrived I commented to mother I think they took one fillet of haddock from the freezer and cut it into thirds for us all. Two table spoons of coleslaw, a bun that was shipped in from the far side of Quebec,two table spoons of peas and carrots, and one dollop of mashed taters. I full expected a whole fillet of fish not a third. Don't come to NB expecting generous portions at a restaurant. And this is the same all over the province, very few exceptions. No wonder we all go to Maine for eating out. ;)

[beenthere]

SD
Maybe the restaurants are governed by a marketing board too?
;)

[SwampDonkey]

 :D :D Not that I'm aware of.  Just plain old cheap. It's not like there is a shortage of food or that any of the items are all that expensive to get at the grocery store. I figured they made $36 on a $2 fillet.

[SwampDonkey]

I woulda showed ya pictures of my squash pie, but it's all gone I'm afraid. Mmm some good. Made the old fashioned way, thickened on the stove top then baked. None of that condensed milk stuff from cans. If I said it was pumpkin you wouldn't know the difference. ;D

[thecfarm]

The best pumpkin pie is made from squash.

[Al_Smith]

Well look at like this Swamp you might have high priced fish  but at least you have mooses .Now come on you can't have everything . ;)

Say I knew a girl once they called moose lips ,why I have no idea .There wasn't anything moosish about her .

[SwampDonkey]

You remember M*A*S*H with Allan Alda? Well according to one episode, a lady Korean who was called a moose by a GI was something a little different. ;)

[beenthere]

The best pumpkin pie is made from squash.

Just like grits, you can make the squash taste like any or all the things ya add to it. ;)

[Al_Smith]

Well that term of "Moose" I was rather niave about at15-16 years of age but you might be on to something .

[SwampDonkey]

You can make the same pie from sweet potato or even carrots. Nothing unique about pumpkin other than Halloween. Yet, a Halloween pumpkin, doesn't make a very good pie. A wet mess of slop more like it. Need a good variety meant for pie making. Same can be said for squash. ;)

[Okrafarmer]

Well that term of "Moose" I was rather niave about at15-16 years of age but you might be on to something .

Oh great, something else I'm naive about. I just thought referring to someone, man or woman, as a moose, was a mild insult meaning they were big, ugly, and maybe a little bit stupid. And I grew up in Maine, where (I suppose) we had every kind of moose.

[thecfarm]

Okrafarmer,do I need to tell you to stop posting again?  ;D

[Okrafarmer]

Okrafarmer,do I need to tell you to stop posting again?  ;D

I was home-schooled; I could read at age 3, but I was spared from a lot of the ugly secrets of the world! 

[sandhills]

You're lucky  .  To be honest I'd never heard that definition for "moose" either.

[thecfarm]

I understand the home school part. BUT no friends,cousins,brothers,sisters either. 

[Al_Smith]

It's Koeran slang for a paid hooker .Now moose lips you're just going to have to Google it .There's just somethings you don't learn being home schooled but then that could  be determined in whos home I suppose .

Speaking of moose though omitting the lip portion I've never had it.Deer ,elk ,buffalo ,antelope but no moose .

[Okrafarmer]

I understand the home school part. BUT no friends,cousins,brothers,sisters either. 

I had 4 sisters, one brother, many cousins (a few of whom lived nearby), quite a few friends, and a large number of acquaintances. Most of them didn't use bad words on a regular basis. Naturally, I learned quite a few, but not all.   ;D

I did go to summer camp four different years, learned some interesting things from the city kids.  :-\

[Al_Smith]

Oh ya done did it now I'm on a roll ,my favorite moose story .

I was in the navy with a guy from Rangley Maine  nearly on the Canadian border .While in high school him and his buddies would run their trap lines early in the morning before school.One crisp morning standing the middle of a gravel road was a big old bull moose so his buddy plugged it right between the running lights with a 30:06 ,plop .

Then they realized that thing was in Canada by about 100 feet,oh no .Real quick they field dress it,hid the  evidence
as best they could and pulled that heavy rascal over the border with a pick up truck and hid it .
Well they didn't have a moose permit in Maine either .So they sneak back about dark and retrieved bullwinkle and hung him in a barn so they could butcher it .

Okay here it is all 1500 pounds or whatever they weigh with a back as wide and thick as a Georgia mule .They had no way to cut him into .Aha ,chainsaw ,Homelite as a matter of  fact .So they butcher the moose with a chainsaw and picked his bones all winter and no one was the wiser .And so it went in Rangley Maine probabley around 1965 .

[Okrafarmer]

He's lucky my grandfather didn't get ahold of him. But back in '65 I think he was working around Belgrade Lakes, then in the '70's or so, he went up to Daquam and worked the border a good long while. He told lots of tales of moose poaching. Usually it was Canadians sneaking across and poaching moose and dragging them back across. (I say usually, what I mean is, that is what I usually remember him telling about). He caught quite a few poachers in his day.

I think your buddy is beyond the statute of limitations now.  ;D

[SwampDonkey]

Probably back in 1965 the border wasn't all that well brushed out and they didn't know where they was to begin with. Around that time some folks began invading old abandoned farms here in NB living in makeshift camps and shelters to escape a war.  A little piece of moose meat probably tasted pretty good that first winter. ;)

[Al_Smith]

Well poor old Greg never made it ,auto accident 7 mile bridge Marathon Florida Christmas eve 1967 .

That aside I heard some interesting stories of life in the far northern portions of Maine .Truth be known other than the terrain it probabley didn't differ that much from life in rural Ohio during that same period except the winters were a little more harsh in Maine plus the mooses Bullwinkle and all .

[thecfarm]

Al,I have no idea where Northeast,OH is. But we went to Sugarcreek,Holmes County, and if someone got me there without me knowing it,I would still think I was in Maine.Even the homes and farms were the same way. The trees looked a lot like Maine too.

[Al_Smith]

Holmes county has a large settlement of Amish and probabley the most dense growths of oaks in the state of Ohio . Little towns like Berlin and Kidron just abound with "Amish style "furniture stores which attract big money spenders out of Cleveland,Pittsburgh etc .

One praticulary interesting place is Lehmans non electric ,a hardware store that is like going back in time to about 1920 .https://www.lehmans.com/?partner_id=bcbgoog&9gtype=search&9gkw=lehman's%20non-electric&9gad=6504658604.1&9gag=1868051564&gclid=CPu0qrCX_rMCFegWMgodA2AA8A .

You can get off the beaten path and drive country roads mostly gravel and find literally millons of board feet of the finest furniture grade oak being air drying  at the many sawmills in the area .

Interestingly though  although they advertise the fine furniture as "Amish "style truth be known probabley 98 percent of it is made on CNC machinery .

That side of the state BTW is not flat ground like the side I live on .It looks more like West Virginia than Ohio .Very beautiful country though and well worth the time to make a little trip if you ever get  the occasion to .

[sbishop]

Not sure how we went from meat pie to moose lips.... :D

[Al_Smith]

It all started out with Bullwinkles  second cousin George  being baked in a meat pie .Not to be confused with 4 and 20 blackbirds .

On that it was never specified if they were greckles or crows or turkey buzzards for that matter . Depends on the size of the pie I suppose ,moose lips optional .--grits on the side for some --and a partridge in a pear tree .

[thecfarm]

That's why we went, to see the Amish.Took a BIG step back in time there. They were still using the old horse drawn equipment there. I think I even saw a 4 foot sickle bar mower like what I have here. They was even putting hay in loose and was using a hay loader too. I really enjoyed going there.We went to both lehman's. A cow got out on main street of Kidron and headed for the wife brand new VW bug.
Al,you must live over by Sydney,OH? Think I spelled that wrong. The place I use to work for had a plant over in Sydney,Formed Fiber. The guys that went out there said it was flat.

[Al_Smith]

About 30 miles north of Sidney ,near Lima .Even more flat if you can imagine that .

[SwampDonkey]

Not flat here, we have rolling hillsides because we are on the edge of the Appalachians. But further south it turns to undulating as the ocean used to cover it.

[Okrafarmer]

Not flat here, we have rolling hillsides because we are on the edge of the Appalachians. But further south it turns to undulating as the ocean used to cover it.

Funny how it all flattens out at sea level-- the ocean's really flat! Or curved, to be even more accurate. Then again, in the Bay of Fundy, it's hard to say just where sea level is.

[Okrafarmer]

But meat pies are really really yummy.

[SwampDonkey]

The tide comes up the Saint John River to Fredericton actually. The bottom of the river is about 3 metres below sea level.

[sbishop]

SD, the tide goes out of Frediricton twice has high when a policitian double flushes... :D

[Okrafarmer]

SD, the tide goes out of Frediricton twice has high when a policitian double flushes... :D

Ohhhh, is THAT what happened to Maine over the years?! Was on the wrong end of Bay of Fundy!

[martyinmi]

Here's my example of a meat pie. Seared pork and beef roasts, then slow cooked on the Kamado grill at 250 for 6 hours. Added carrots, potatoes, onions, and seasonings, then baked for @ 350* until golden. Made it last Sunday. Gone by Tuesday.
Eatin' Kamado grilled t-bones today! Time for a jog I'm afraid!


 

[Magicman]

Marty, I guess that yours is maybe, kinda, sorta, almost like Jeff's Troll Pies, except no rootabeggers ???

[Magicman]

Maybe it was a subliminal message, but today PatD decided to have Pasties.


 
In the oven.


 
And ready to make a meal. 

[Okrafarmer]

Or maybe she's been reading the Forum more than you realize!