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[Triple B]

They're pretty good I agree. Can't remember when it was or even if it was the SCG or at a League ground but I used to love the Big Ben pies (you know the square ones). A nice hot one of those babies on a cold night was just the ticket.

Yeah Al, I was a fan of those square Big Bens's as well.

Shouldn't these posts be in the Swans v Pies thread??

[Big Al]

Yeah Al, I was a fan of those square Big Bens's as well.

Shouldn't these posts be in the Swans v Pies thread??

[Matty10]

They're pretty good I agree. Can't remember when it was or even if it was the SCG or at a League ground but I used to love the Big Ben pies (you know the square ones). A nice hot one of those babies on a cold night was just the ticket.

I used to like those square ones that had the yellow pastry (I assume it was a some sort of corn base), but I cannot remember the brand. One of the best parts of suburban (or country football) for me as a kid was going to each of the grounds and trying out their selection of pies and pasties (no two grounds were ever the same).

[satchmopugdog]

One of the best parts of suburban (or country football) for me as a kid was going to each of the grounds and trying out their selection of pies and pasties (no two grounds were ever the same).

I used to be married to an umpire and I followed him all around the state so am an expert on all the areas of Tasmania...Scottsdale had the best Pasties, Smithton had the best saveloys, Campbell Town had the best Pies, Avoca had the best Kangaroo patties and Ulverstone has the best oak tree for drinking beer under. The urban grounds just don't cut it against the country grounds.

[SwansFan1972]

Yeah Al, I was a fan of those square Big Bens's as well.

Shouldn't these posts be in the Swans v Pies thread??

For sure, if it's pies we don't like!

I used to like those square ones that had the yellow pastry (I assume it was a some sort of corn base), but I cannot remember the brand. One of the best parts of suburban (or country football) for me as a kid was going to each of the grounds and trying out their selection of pies and pasties (no two grounds were ever the same).

Square ones much better (Big Ben's most likely - and available at supermarkets in their modernised form, which of course is not a patch on the old days)!

Villi's are soggy floppy oily flaking maggot bags ... and the meat doesn't even taste right, too peppery!

All completely subjective of course, and for those who like eating em, lucky you!

As far as footy fare goes, the pizzas on sale at the top of the stairs at the randwick end of the O'Reilly are pretty good ... not great compared to your local italian place, but against a villi's pie, or a four hour hotdog (how long the taste stays in the mouth) they stack up pretty well!

[Matty10]

I used to be married to an umpire and I followed him all around the state so am an expert on all the areas of Tasmania...Scottsdale had the best Pasties, Smithton had the best saveloys, Campbell Town had the best Pies, Avoca had the best Kangaroo patties and Ulverstone has the best oak tree for drinking beer under. The urban grounds just don't cut it against the country grounds.

I love it - more reasons why I should take a trip down to Tassie!

Villi's are soggy floppy oily flaking maggot bags ... and the meat doesn't even taste right, too peppery!

I understand what you are saying, but in my experience they are only like that when some twit behind the counter does not know how to operate a pie warmer correctly (or they ran out too quick, so some nuff-nuff put them in the microwave to heat them up).

But, hey, as you said it's all subjective.

[ROK Lobster]

Patrick White knew how to heat up a pie, there is no doubting that. Probably because he was a NSWelshman. Betty Jolley's pies were crap.

[Hartijon]

But can Jesse White heat up a Pie? We need him too in a couple of weeks.Eat one as well would help even up the odds.

[royboy42]

If we can turn this thread into pies and nobel prize winners, I can mention chiko rolls.
One sad day at the old Footscray footy ground in 1953..middle of winter..freezing and bucketing rain..ground a mudheap as only that ground could be.
Roys kicked one solitary goal for the day (Baron Ruthven off the ground in goal square..I can see it now) rode my bike from fitzroy ..AND had my first chiko roll, called cabbage rolls in those days..and threw it up on the bike ride home in the rain!!!
Never had one in my mouth since.

[Matty10]

If we can turn this thread into pies and nobel prize winners, I can mention chiko rolls.
One sad day at the old Footscray footy ground in 1953..middle of winter..freezing and bucketing rain..ground a mudheap as only that ground could be.
Roys kicked one solitary goal for the day (Baron Ruthven off the ground in goal square..I can see it now) rode my bike from fitzroy ..AND had my first chiko roll, called cabbage rolls in those days..and threw it up on the bike ride home in the rain!!!
Never had one in my mouth since.

That is hilarious.

So I can take that as 1 'No' vote for the new Chiko Roll Stand at the SCG?

[top40]

Patrick White knew how to heat up a pie, there is no doubting that. Probably because he was a NSWelshman. Betty Jolley's pies were crap.

Actually White was born in London. Someone should return his Nobel Prize for Literature, the guy was a fraud, as he wasn't a true blue New South Welshman!

[ROK Lobster]

Actually White was born in London. Someone should return his Nobel Prize for Literature, the guy was a fraud, as he wasn't a true blue New South Welshman!

But his folks were only there on holidays. He was back in Sydney before he was 12 months old. You can't say that for Jolley, Goodes or Micky O.

[Primmy]

Sheeze. The amount of trivia crap that is cluttering up your minds is breathtaking!!!!

So is the vision of chiko roll covered handlebars.

[Big Al]

O'Loughlin 1 Goodes 2

Sheeze. The amount of trivia crap that is cluttering up your minds is breathtaking!!!!

So is the vision of chiko roll covered handlebars.

This is one of the most entertaining threads ever. We've covered everything from the meaning of brewongle to pies and thanks to Royboy a visual of a Chiko Roll in reverse that won't soon be erased from our minds.

[AnnieH]

A microwaved meat pie is microwaved crap.

Bring back the pie warmers ... and don't wrap my pie in pastic!!!