Jock Pies
Ahhh! Jock Pies;the staple of the line crew room.
Three ways of eating a warm or hot JP.
1 As it is and end up with scalding fat juices searing the inside of your mouth
2 Buy a soft white roll and put the pie in the roll. Result: Tasty roll and edible JP
3 To avoid 1: Carefully bite the edge of the pastry then VERY carefully tip the pie over a receptacle to catch the liquid fat. Do not tip too much or the contents in the pastry will rapidly join the fat. ( As happened on many an occasion)
Camlobe has it about right but I would include Nimrods in that statement as well.
Three ways of eating a warm or hot JP.
1 As it is and end up with scalding fat juices searing the inside of your mouth
2 Buy a soft white roll and put the pie in the roll. Result: Tasty roll and edible JP
3 To avoid 1: Carefully bite the edge of the pastry then VERY carefully tip the pie over a receptacle to catch the liquid fat. Do not tip too much or the contents in the pastry will rapidly join the fat. ( As happened on many an occasion)
Camlobe has it about right but I would include Nimrods in that statement as well.
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Taste Buds & Mars Bars
Obviously Jock pies tasted better 40 or even 30 years ago - we had taste buds then. As for Deep fried Mars bars, I think our colleagues in the Andrew would know about that. I think it was a relatively new thing, fashionable in the Glasgow area starting about 15 years ago.
Our taste buds at Lossie improved after a chef was parachuted into the junior Ranks restaurant from HQ STC after, it was rumoured, that a certain person/team responsible for local fresh goods was found paying class 1 prices for class 4 produce and splitting the difference with the supplier. Posting(s) to Colchester come to mind IIRC
Our taste buds at Lossie improved after a chef was parachuted into the junior Ranks restaurant from HQ STC after, it was rumoured, that a certain person/team responsible for local fresh goods was found paying class 1 prices for class 4 produce and splitting the difference with the supplier. Posting(s) to Colchester come to mind IIRC
But to soak up the alcohol properly and give you the energy to walk home at 2 in the morning in the pissing rain because you're too mean to pay for a taxi you need carbs. Carbs and cheese. You need the macaroni pie:
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PCD deep fried I presume.
I remember calling at a chippy very late at night on a long drive home, a very dark night. I opted for a steak pie.
It was dropped into the boiling fat and sank without trace. A short while later it resurfaced, was fished out and given to me, all golden brown puff pastry.
Actually delicious and no trace of fat.
I remember calling at a chippy very late at night on a long drive home, a very dark night. I opted for a steak pie.
It was dropped into the boiling fat and sank without trace. A short while later it resurfaced, was fished out and given to me, all golden brown puff pastry.
Actually delicious and no trace of fat.
Which reminds me of a tale from pre-H&S days...
At a rather tatty chippy, hungry customers were rather perturbed to see a mouse suddenly appear and race along the back of the range. Which was bad enough, but said rodent was being hotly pursued by a diligent mouser intent on capture.
Unfortunately though, Tiddles the mouser lost his/her footing chasing the mouse, slipped and fell into the boiling chip fat, the poor little blighter. Whereupon the cook simply scooped out the rather deep-fried late Tiddles, slung him/her in the bin, then carried on cooking without any comment...
At a rather tatty chippy, hungry customers were rather perturbed to see a mouse suddenly appear and race along the back of the range. Which was bad enough, but said rodent was being hotly pursued by a diligent mouser intent on capture.
Unfortunately though, Tiddles the mouser lost his/her footing chasing the mouse, slipped and fell into the boiling chip fat, the poor little blighter. Whereupon the cook simply scooped out the rather deep-fried late Tiddles, slung him/her in the bin, then carried on cooking without any comment...
"Tiddles the mouser lost his/her footing chasing the mouse, slipped and fell into the boiling chip fat, the poor little blighter. Whereupon the cook simply scooped out the rather deep-fried late Tiddles, slung him/her in the bin, then carried on cooking without any comment..."
Hence, the "tail" behind the "meat JC"? Pass the curry please.
Hence, the "tail" behind the "meat JC"? Pass the curry please.
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And the Winner was ...
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The Kandy Bar of Saltcoats won the top prize at the 17th World Scotch Pie Championships ...
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I know a guy who took a good few medals (again) at the championship yesterday, unfortunately the big award has eluded him so far.
I'm in the lucky position that I can request Scotch, Steak, Brue, Macaroni or whatever pie from the better half & they will magically (& legitimately) appear at no cost!
I'm in the lucky position that I can request Scotch, Steak, Brue, Macaroni or whatever pie from the better half & they will magically (& legitimately) appear at no cost!
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Originally Posted by ACW342
As for Deep fried Mars bars, I think our colleagues in the Andrew would know about that. I think it was a relatively new thing, fashionable in the Glasgow area starting about 15 years ago.
A chippy in Auchterarder (The Happy Hamburger, or The Happy Haggis, iirc; certainly The Happy Something) was serving these delicacies in the late 1970s, and the place was a regular halt on the great haul north up the A9. 
I'm not sure that > 37 years later, that these can still be described as "relatively new"...
I'm not sure that > 37 years later, that these can still be described as "relatively new"...
Come on Beags, deep fried cat? It can't be true, they would have sold it!
Jock pies: ASF Kinloss tea bar duty, '70's. Do not forget to turn on the hot cabinet for the Jock pies!
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Jock pies: ASF Kinloss tea bar duty, '70's. Do not forget to turn on the hot cabinet for the Jock pies!
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Or a big mac
"Tiddles the mouser lost his/her footing chasing the mouse, slipped and fell into the boiling chip fat, the poor little blighter. Whereupon the cook simply scooped out the rather deep-fried late Tiddles, slung him/her in the bin, then carried on cooking without any comment..."
Hence, the "tail" behind the "meat JC"? Pass the curry please.
Hence, the "tail" behind the "meat JC"? Pass the curry please.
Apparently it is OK to poison your customers before that hour!
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Jock pies were a staple part of the diet when I was growing up, at home they were oven heated and the lid filled with hot baked beans as a favourite. Cold they were put into lunch boxes or bought out of the bakers before day trips out.
Getting them deep fried from the chip shop was a great way of keeping the cold out (before cholesterol levels were invented), the trick of eating them was to open one end of the newspaper so the pie was on top and the chips were below, so as you picked the pie apart any fats or juices were absorbed by the chips below.
Back when I grew up there were two "fast food" options, the local chippie and the Chinese restaurant across the road from it. Chinese was only for special occasions, chip shop meals were a little more affordable. Chip shops in my part of the world didn't just do fish and pies, we had a whole selection of meals including scampi, fish cakes, puddings (black, white, red and haggis), sausages (including savaloy which foreign) and pizza, all of which were deep fried.
I admit that I was 11 or 12 before I found out that pizza wasn't supposed to be deep fried.....
Getting them deep fried from the chip shop was a great way of keeping the cold out (before cholesterol levels were invented), the trick of eating them was to open one end of the newspaper so the pie was on top and the chips were below, so as you picked the pie apart any fats or juices were absorbed by the chips below.
Back when I grew up there were two "fast food" options, the local chippie and the Chinese restaurant across the road from it. Chinese was only for special occasions, chip shop meals were a little more affordable. Chip shops in my part of the world didn't just do fish and pies, we had a whole selection of meals including scampi, fish cakes, puddings (black, white, red and haggis), sausages (including savaloy which foreign) and pizza, all of which were deep fried.
I admit that I was 11 or 12 before I found out that pizza wasn't supposed to be deep fried.....
Jock pies were a staple part of the diet when I was growing up, at home they were oven heated and the lid filled with hot baked beans as a favourite.
With a "bulwark" of mashed potato to allow for more beans, I trust.
Chip shops in my part of the world didn't just do fish and pies, we had a whole selection of meals including scampi, fish cakes, puddings (black, white, red and haggis), sausages (including saveloy which foreign) and pizza, all of which were deep fried.
Deep fried white pudding - absolute bliss, immortalised to the tune of "Blaze Away!" in the words of the song, well, some of them:
"When all of a sudden a great mealy puddin' came flying through the air..."
Jack
With a "bulwark" of mashed potato to allow for more beans, I trust.
Chip shops in my part of the world didn't just do fish and pies, we had a whole selection of meals including scampi, fish cakes, puddings (black, white, red and haggis), sausages (including saveloy which foreign) and pizza, all of which were deep fried.
Deep fried white pudding - absolute bliss, immortalised to the tune of "Blaze Away!" in the words of the song, well, some of them:
"When all of a sudden a great mealy puddin' came flying through the air..."
Jack
Actually, ogre.....
.....deep fried pizzas were invented in the old part of Napoli a looooong time ago. I have a sepia tinted photo of it being enacted in the late 19th century.
And as a lot of the chippies in Scotland were set up by Italian immigrants they took the old knowledge with them.
The Ancient Mariner
And as a lot of the chippies in Scotland were set up by Italian immigrants they took the old knowledge with them.
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Dont forget the "Bean and Tattie Pie". Mashed tatties piped round the rim. Beans spooned in the middle, and the mince underneath. Definately not thrown in the fryer though.
Local chippy [Cromars - up for the chippy of the year award next week]. Puts steak and gravy pies in the fryer. BEAUTIFUL
Local chippy [Cromars - up for the chippy of the year award next week]. Puts steak and gravy pies in the fryer. BEAUTIFUL