Excuse the grammar but the gag doesn’t work otherwise so on today’s National Pie Day let’s say Pie are squared and round.
And we’ll pick out six pies from around the world.
All because we’re an island here of pie lovers in Britain, and Scots up and down the country have grown up on Scotch pies and beans.
Then long before American fast food pork pies were the go-to snack in England, and not just for ploughmen.
Mr American Pie
Apple Pie: National Pie Day was started in the mid-1970s by a nuclear engineer, brewer and teacher (talented man) Charlie Papazian.
It was then that he declared his own birthday, January 23, to be National Pie Day and it took on.
So now fast forward to a Can’t Bake, Won’t Bake visitor to Ginger & Bake in nearby Fort Collins under the watchful eye of the ever-patient Deb.
Say it loud and say it stout
Beef and Guinness Pie: If you’re like me (and the Irish) and feel that drink is the food of life then read on.
You see this variation on the British steak and ale pie in Ireland naturally is enriched with Guinness and bacon and onions.
And it s on every bar menu in Ireland… and inevitably in the ubiquitous Jamie Oliver’s cookbook.
Custard with that?
Bobotie pie: It’s a different world in the one-track town of Cradock in the Eastern Cape In South Africa.
That’s where the owner of the Die Tuishuise & Victoria Manor has put on a buffet of Karoo food that fuses easy.
So let me give you Bobotie pie, a curried raisin-infused Shepherd’s Pie with a savoury custard topping.
Pie Irie
Macaroni pie: And something from the Old World embraced by the new in the Caribbean.
It is known there just as pie or Bajan Pie in Barbados this is island comfort food.
This tubed pasta with creamy cheese sauce is served either as a main dish in Bim.
Or more likely to the side of their favourite chicken and fish. Irie?
Pizza and understanding
Pizza pie: So when we first got a taste for the Italian staple on this island we would call it pizza pie.
The best pizzas which we know are in Pizza City, Naples.
But a tip here for those who might otherwise be stung dining out near the Spanish Steps or Pantheon in Rome.
Instead pick up the long miniature pezzos from stores scattered through the Eternal City.
Sweet pie
Key Lime Pie: Now just as many pies are sweet as are savoury.
And in the land of American pie there are as many variations as there are numbers after 3.14.
But as it’s darn tasty and the Florida Keys are on the radar.
For a long rescheduled road trip it’s Lime Key Pie for me.
And so whatever your pick it’s good to know pie are squared and round and make the world go round.
