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Do you think that this steak pie looks really appetizing? Can you see the tender pieces of juicy steak in a rich gravy as advertised on the packaging?
Nope, I didn't think it was that appetizing either and I certainly didn't find many chunks of juicy steak in there. It has to be said though, there was plenty gravy. In fact I think the filling was MOSTLY gravy with a few gristly bits of meat and fat and goodness knows what else!
This particular steak pie wasnt meant to be a deep fill one, but I had hoped for a bit more filling than I ended up with. I reckon I could easily have nailed this thing to the outside wall and picked up some television channels it was so flat and devoid of any substance.
I was so looking forward to my dinner, a lovely meaty steak pie and mashed potato - this is my all time favourite by the way and I can tell you that I was sorely disappointed on this particular occasion. It really annoys me when I buy a product and once I open up the box its nothing like the product I saw in the photo. Isn't that false advertising and is there not some law against that?
Pictures of delicious mouth-watering food
I've noticed that this seems to happen more often with food bought from the big supermarkets. Stuff from the freezer, ready meals, pies, pastries and deserts etc. all come in these fancy colourful boxes. Its all very well to advertise using pictures of delicious mouth-watering food, but youve got to follow that up with actually having a product in the box that resembles those images.
I guess if you want a really good meat filled steak pie, the best bet is probably to dig out a recipe, your rolling pin and go make one yourself! Alternatively, there are still a few specialist pie and pastry shops that make their own on the premises.
Ive had some really nice steak pies from the butcher shop where I grew up, but there again Im naturally biased towards Scottish steak pies they're the best in my opinion! Perhaps thats why my expectations are so high.
By: Simple Pieman
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I hadn't made up my mind what to do for dinner, decided after reading your posting to make a pie ...... it's in the oven. It took me about 20 minutes to assemble and prepare the ingredients and roll out the pastry, put it all into a pie dish and it's now in the oven.
Thank you!
ajp - 31-Oct-10 01:52 "
Amazingly this essentially reasonable post gets a negative vote of 104!! Why?
Whilst the first sentence could be debated, the second and third ones are definitely true.
People are such morons.
PS - Grumpy, that sounds delicious - quite hungry after reading that!!
Because they are lazy, have no imagination, don't know how to cook, can't organise themselves to have the hour or so it takes, they'd rather shove some muck into the microwave and have a 'meal' ready in 5 minutes.
Also because they succumb to clever marketing and advertising.
It takes about 20 mins at best to prepare; 30 mins to cook (or until brown)
Why, oh why do people buy this overpriced, overpackaged garbage? The only pies I ever buy are pork pies because it's next to impossible to replicate a Melton Mowbray from home.
Even if you try to make one yourself, nowadays the cows themselves have been fed on "dumbed down" crud food. Yuk.
I have seen the factories where processed food is made. Huge vats of slush and dough and tons of bags of 'flavourings', enhancers and edible powders are added to make it "tasty" because there is nothing much in the main ingredients.
Following, this, storage of the items and finally sitting on the supermarket shelf - makes this a very "old" pie. If we continue to feed our kids crap - don't blame them when they grow up and want the same crap.
Pieman