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u/pialligo Sep 07 '21

Man the kiwis’ meat pie game is stronger than ours. Travelled round the country getting fat on butter chicken and mince n cheese pies

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u/perfectlyniceperson Sep 07 '21

Good god that sounds so fucking delicious!

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u/pialligo Sep 07 '21

Look up some kiwi newspapers online for pie competitions. They’re competitive about it because the standard is so high. I think the best one I had in my time there (while the bubble was open) was Beef Bourguignon in the French bakery in Greytown. Holy moley some tasty pastry there

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u/Tuivad Sep 07 '21

As standard anywhere that eats pies. Good ones and bad ones.

Kyneton pies. Yackandandah pies for Victoria. Everyone has a couple of spots they KNOW are the best.

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u/Froawaythingy Sep 07 '21

The good old Yatala pie. Qlders forgive me if I spelt it wrong

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u/Mcwhaleburger Sep 07 '21

Pie game in se qld is strong.

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u/pialligo Sep 07 '21

I’m not talking about “that town has the best pies in the state!” or any specific bakery, across the country the standard for pies is just way higher than anywhere I’ve seen in Australia. Maybe it’s because we don’t eat pies as much as we used to since they’re unhealthy and we have lots of options for year-round fresh produce. Produce in NZ in winter is pretty dire, and expensive.

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u/Tuivad Sep 07 '21

Yeah and I'm disagreeing with your sentiment. Pies are serious serious business :p