Thread: Bacon and egg pie question

Originally Posted by big_foot

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Yas damn near had me last time this thread died down, I was prepared to accept the fact that the bacon and egg pie I grew up with, peas, onions and all was not in fact "traditional".

But after reading the last couple of pages, I thought na fuck it, how on earth do you decide what a "traditional" bacon and egg pie is?

I started at wikipedia, well go ahead have a look but in fairness thats an international website.

Then I thought what about Alison Holst, the mother of all thats is kiwi culinary, what does she put in her bacon and egg pie? Ill save you the google search on that one, this is the very first result- Pie an old family tradition | Stuff.co.nz

It was at this point I spotted the Edmunds cookbook, the foundation of every kiwi kitchen, surely that will give me an idea of what a b+e pie should have, go and dig it out we've all got one

So in veiwing the damning evidence that even suprised me, Ive decided that all along I have been enjoying bacon and egg pie as tradition has dictated. An those that leave half of the ingredients out are the ones committing sacrilege on our countries fine and unique pie.

Lets face it just because an ingredient isnt listed in the title doesnt mean it has no place in the finished product, if that was the case our custard squares would just be unstable cubes of bland yellow jelly an our pavlovas might as well be "oversized merangues" and not be adornerd with fresh cream, strawberrys and kiwi fruit.

Well said Burt