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Rhonda Anderson
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Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in
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> On Wed 05 Apr 2006 02:34:23p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
> LadyJane?
>> The worst thing I've heard of is the Pie Floater - which I believe
>> originated in South Australia. It's essentially a shallow bowl half
>> filled with tomato sauce (ketchup) and the pie is placed face down
>> into it. Salt content must be horrendous!!
>> (Admits to preferring sauce WITH my pie, rather than pie WITH my
>> sauce!!)
>>
>
> Some nice and interesting options. I'v never had mushy peas. Don't
> think they'd be easy to find here. I have to agree, the Pie Floater
> sounds dreadful!
That is NOT a pie floater. The pie is placed upside down in pea soup, not
in tomato sauce. Tomato sauce may be put on the pie, but there's
certainly not half a bowl of it. Personally I prefer my pie with the
sauce, but without the pea soup - I've never tried a floater myself.
http://www.nationaltrustsa.org.au/heritage_icons_2003.htm#Pie
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Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
news:[email protected]:
> On Wed 05 Apr 2006 02:34:23p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
> LadyJane?
>> The worst thing I've heard of is the Pie Floater - which I believe
>> originated in South Australia. It's essentially a shallow bowl half
>> filled with tomato sauce (ketchup) and the pie is placed face down
>> into it. Salt content must be horrendous!!
>> (Admits to preferring sauce WITH my pie, rather than pie WITH my
>> sauce!!)
>>
>
> Some nice and interesting options. I'v never had mushy peas. Don't
> think they'd be easy to find here. I have to agree, the Pie Floater
> sounds dreadful!
That is NOT a pie floater. The pie is placed upside down in pea soup, not
in tomato sauce. Tomato sauce may be put on the pie, but there's
certainly not half a bowl of it. Personally I prefer my pie with the
sauce, but without the pea soup - I've never tried a floater myself.
http://www.nationaltrustsa.org.au/heritage_icons_2003.htm#Pie
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Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia