would you consider a macaroni pie to be vegetarian

quote:Originally posted by LouM
There's a legal case called donoghue v stevenson which springs to mind. ? Have you kept the icky thing? You should definitely complain. Did you buy it fomr abaker or a supermarket?

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Slug or snail? ?

quote:Originally posted by SophieM
If you've found a piece of finger in it I'm not sure that whether it's vegetarian or not is relevant in any way whatsoever ? Unless it's part of a special line marketed at cannibals.

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I would like to point out that I'm not an expert on cooked finger so not sure what exactly it is? Its like no meat I've or H has ever seen though?[xx(]

quote:Originally posted by peanut
I would like to point out that I'm not an expert on cooked finger so not sure what exactly it is? Its like no meat I've or H has ever seen though?[xx(]

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You should taste it.



Diefer ?

quote:Originally posted by peanut
Sorry, it must be a north scotland thing.

they look vile but did taste rather yummy in the oven with some sauce on the top? until I just found something rather disturbing in one.

HH, the reason I said eh, I thought macaroni pies were common over the place. Didn't realise that they weren't and as I am one hand typing with my 6 month ol, my reply was taking longer to write than it would have, so I cross posted.

Apologises to those that require it

(and yes you can get them deep fried at chippies up here but they are[xx(])

Its just macaroni cheese in a pie crust

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what an odd thread

* chicken sandwich

I love macaroni pies! (i am scottish though!)

they really are a lot tastier than they sound to be honest.

another scottish "delicacy" is the tattie and bean pie. which is basically, mince, topped with a layer of baked beans, mashed tattie all in a pie case.

the pie casings in question for both macaroni and tattie and bean pies are the same as used in a scotch pie. does that help anyone in their visualising?

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why would you want a meal which is carbohyrdate and fat, wrapped in carbohydrate?

* last bit of sandwich, on to cup of coffee

[xx(] has it got a fingernail on it?

It could be a toe or something? (or a mans winky wee)id="size1">id="beige">[xx(]

Roobee- that doesn't help me much, I have never heard of a Scotch pie, either! ?

peanut- Send off the finger, get loads of free pies and spread the pie love throughout the world of Hitched. (Not me, though, for I think they sound rank!)

? @ NickJ!

quote:Originally posted by roobee
i love macaroni pies! (i am scottish though!)

they really are a lot tastier than they sound to be honest.

another scottish "delicacy" is the tattie and bean pie. which is basically, mince, topped with a layer of baked beans, mashed tattie all in a pie case.

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I loved Haggis pies in my lardy youth.

No nail.. ? its like a large chunk of some sort of meaty thing. I'll just send it off and when I get a truck load back I'll do a RAHK here.

I'm tempted to offer a pie sending service to those that haven't had the pleasure?

thanks all, off to feed the baby some finger foods?

That sounds revolting - but then i hate cheese!

Anyway you ought to send it/take it to your councils Environmental Health Services department - they should have a lab that deals with 'foreign objects' in foods.
I should know I worked on the same floor as them once, and believe me you DO NOT want to know about some of the things that get found in food?[xx(]

I'd expect it not to be vegetarian in terms of the cheese and fat used. I'd not expect to fine lumps of meat in it though.

It does sound rank, sorry.

quote:Originally posted by Heidi
That sounds revolting - but then i hate cheese!

Anyway you ought to send it/take it to your councils Environmental Health Services department - they should have a lab that deals with 'foreign objects' in foods.
I should know I worked on the same floor as them once, and believe me you DO NOT want to know about some of the things that get found in food?[xx(]

id="quote">Yes we do. ? I want to know what to look out for.

quote:Originally posted by LouM

quote:Originally posted by peanut
eh?

I mean bells macaroni pies the ones you get in the supermarkets.

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I just googled-http://www.bellbakers.co.uk/products/pies/macaroni/macaroni

They look absolutely minging.

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Blasphemy! They are God's own junk food!

I'd say yes except that I think sometimes the pie crust *might* be made with lard...

I knew what they were, but I also grew up in the north of Scotland.

They are beautifully filthy.

And no, I would not believe for a second that they were suitable for vegetarians, with or without finger.

quote:Originally posted by emma numbers

quote:Originally posted by Heidi
That sounds revolting - but then i hate cheese!

Anyway you ought to send it/take it to your councils Environmental Health Services department - they should have a lab that deals with 'foreign objects' in foods.
I should know I worked on the same floor as them once, and believe me you DO NOT want to know about some of the things that get found in food?[xx(]

id="quote">Yes we do. ? I want to know what to look out for.

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Ok...you asked for it?

On my first day, the microbiology department had a new 'case'. It was found in a major supermarket chain's tin of vegetable soup...
....it was the head of a Starling![xx(]
And as the lady who brought it in said, "if this is the head, what happened to the rest of it?"[xx(]

Other things were:
cysts in meat [xx(][xx(]
this massive bug with a huge sting, that was found in a piece of raw tuna?
parasites
insects
bits of glass/plastic

Waaahhh, can't believe this thread, i've just finished watching Sweeney Todd ?

I'm quite partial to a macaroni pie, lovely baked with some Lee & Perrins sauce (not finger).

quote:Originally posted by LouM
There's a legal case called donoghue v stevenson which springs to mind. ? Have you kept the icky thing? You should definitely complain. Did you buy it fomr abaker or a supermarket?

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That put me off ginger beer for life. ?

I'm quite shocked that some of the Scottish hitchers haven't heard of Macaraoni pies.

They are a delicacy, up there with Scotch Pies, and Mince Pies (with a mash topping)

I would imagine that being Scottish, the pie crust contains Lard, and is therefore not vegetarian.

I think I must have left a sheltered life duggo. ? I don't think anything in the world could convince me to eat one of these macaroni shell things (or for that matter a scotch pie. *vomits copiously*). Have never heard of the mince and mash pie either. <goes back into bunker>

I have emailed ths thread to Lizbeth, with the helpful suggestion that she procures said pie (sans finger) forthwith and then does one of her legendary pie reports for the benefits of southern jessies Hitchers.

quote:Originally posted by LouM
I think I must have left a sheltered life duggo. ? I don't think anything in the world could convince me to eat one of these macaroni shell things (or for that matter a scotch pie. *vomits copiously*). Have never heard of the mince and mash pie either. <goes back into bunker>

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How about a mince pie with beans topped with mash? A veritable feast in pastry ?

quote:Originally posted by LouM
I think I must have left a sheltered life duggo. ? I don't think anything in the world could convince me to eat one of these macaroni shell things (or for that matter a scotch pie. *vomits copiously*). Have never heard of the mince and mash pie either. <goes back into bunker>

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[V]Call yourself a Scot.







?I thought all Scottish people were genetically programmed to love scotch and macaroni pies

<Nessa>I won't lie to you. That sounds mingin<nessa>

[xx(] I have only ever seen these in Greggs. On a very brief look at them in the shop they appear to consist of Scotch pie pastry filled with macaroni cheese and baked in the oven [vomits] and my understanding is that Scotch pie pastry is made of lard, so if that is so then obv not veggie.

They look wronger than a wrong thing. The only thing I can think of that is comparably [xx(] is a Greggs quiche, which again I've only ever seen in the shop, which appears to be Scotch pie pastry, filled with some kind of cheese/egg mixture with a slice of tomato on top [xx(]

No wonder the Scots have such an abysmal reputation for what they eat - we don't all eat this kind of cr@p, you know ?? although I do fess a penchant for the odd Scotch pie once in a blue moon - I just try not to think about what has gone into them ?[xx(]

That sounds revolting! You should certainly complain about the finger-like thing!

(As for the pies, as a vegetarian I would certainly be checking the ingredients of something like that before I bought it as I would wonder if it might have lard or non-veggie rennet in it).

quote:Originally posted by NickJ
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why would you want a meal which is carbohyrdate and fat, wrapped in carbohydrate?

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when it's a chip butty?

What's a scotch pie/scotch pie pastry? Is it like pork pie pastry?

This is a scotch pie! Being born of Scottish parents, I grew up on these - don't think I could eat one now though!
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mcphies-craft-bakers.co.uk/Images/pie.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.mcphies-craft-bakers.co.uk/pie.htm&h=1944&w=2592&sz=494&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=7NcCbbjo_r6p7M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscotch%2Bpie%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26cr%3DcountryUK%257CcountryGB%26sa%3DN

Any Scots who care to send me some Aberdeenshire rowies/morning rolls, feel free!!!

Well since I had to pop into asda for milk on my way home anyway I sauntered over to the pie aisle for a quick scan of the ingredients list and it turns out the fat in the pastry is hydrogenated veg fat but the cheese doesn't specify that it's veggie cheese so I guess we're back to it depending what kind of veggie you are.
I should say I live in the home of the 'peh' Dundee so have seen many an odd pie in my time but even the Wallace's famous macaroni pie never tempted me. Give me a Forfar Bridie any day!

Scotch pies - are they those ones shaped like the pies that Pieface from the Beano used to eat? Pale, clammy pastry with a hole in the top leading to a filling of spicy, grey minced meat? I stayed with a Scottish friend for a month while I was doing exams once and she served these up two or three times a week. I never did get used to them, but at least it made a change from slice or fish fingers - all served with chips and beans or peas - every day for 4 weeks.