Leo
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A friend took me to the F. Cooke pie & mash in hackney years ago, and yes I tried a bite of the eel.
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A friend took me to the F. Cooke pie & mash in hackney years ago, and yes I tried a bite of the eel.
luka
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A pie floater is an Australian dish that is most commonly consumed in Adelaide and Sydney. It consists of a traditional Australian meat pie that is usually submerged upside-down in green pea soup. It is believed that the origins of the dish lie in traditional English dishes of pea soup with eel and suet dumplings (dumplings in soups were known as floaters).
The usual accompaniments to a pie floater include tomato sauce or mint sauce, Worcestershire sauce, or malt vinegar. Pie floater has an impressive history that can be traced back to over 130 years. It was invented in Port Pirie, South Australia in the 1890s by a bakery operator named Ern "Shorty" Bradley.
The floaters became popular at many pie carts that were in function in Adelaide in the late 19th and early 20th century, with 13 carts operating in the city. Although the last pie cart was closed recently, in 2010, floaters are still present in numerous bakeries, available to everyone who wants a late evening meal.
The popularity of the dish is evident in the fact that it was recognized as a South Australian Heritage Icon by the National Trust of Australia in 2003.
The usual accompaniments to a pie floater include tomato sauce or mint sauce, Worcestershire sauce, or malt vinegar. Pie floater has an impressive history that can be traced back to over 130 years. It was invented in Port Pirie, South Australia in the 1890s by a bakery operator named Ern "Shorty" Bradley.
The floaters became popular at many pie carts that were in function in Adelaide in the late 19th and early 20th century, with 13 carts operating in the city. Although the last pie cart was closed recently, in 2010, floaters are still present in numerous bakeries, available to everyone who wants a late evening meal.
The popularity of the dish is evident in the fact that it was recognized as a South Australian Heritage Icon by the National Trust of Australia in 2003.
version
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I remember hearing a story about Burroughs' time in London where someone said they'd never seen anyone look quite as ill as William Burroughs after trying jellied eels.
Leo
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but I think pie & mash stores have been disappearing, right? I think the place I went to closed. maybe @john eden can confirm the status of hackney pie & mash shops.
luka
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They've been disappearing but there's still a few surviving. Seems like Cooke still have a branch left https://f-cooke-hoxton.business.site though possibly not the one you went to
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3. Punnet
The word is largely confined to Commonwealth countries (but not Canada) and is of uncertain origin, but is thought to be a diminutive of 'pun,' a British dialect word for pound, from the days in which such containers were used as a unit of measurement. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, parenthetically in its entry for geneticist R. C. Punnett (1875–1967), credits "a strawberry growing ancestor [who] devised the wooden basket known as a 'punnet.'"
The word is largely confined to Commonwealth countries (but not Canada) and is of uncertain origin, but is thought to be a diminutive of 'pun,' a British dialect word for pound, from the days in which such containers were used as a unit of measurement. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, parenthetically in its entry for geneticist R. C. Punnett (1875–1967), credits "a strawberry growing ancestor [who] devised the wooden basket known as a 'punnet.'"
sufi
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This is Prynne's favorite etymology dictionary so he says
Barnhart (ed.) - The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology (1995) : Allan R. Bomhard : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
English etymological dictionary.
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sufi
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stick it on your bookshelf next to:This is Prynne's favorite etymology dictionary so he says
Barnhart (ed.) - The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology (1995) : Allan R. Bomhard : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
English etymological dictionary.archive.org
Brewers Dictionary Of Phrase And Fable : Not Available : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.94120dc.contributor.author: Not Availabledc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-01T14:21:31Zdc.date.available:...
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Benny Bunter
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Cor, might have to invest in one of those some day.