I really should know better… and I do… but sometimes… sometimes I just can’t resist.
I made something new for dinner tonight.
Since we are on a super tight budget most of the time the only meat I can afford to feed my three meat lovers is boring old mince, so in a quest to not die of boredom cooking the same thing night after night I bought a little recipe book today all about cooking with mince. It just so happened that we had all the ingredients to make the meat pie recipe so I figured ‘why not?’ After scrambling though the cupboards looking for something to cook it in (cooking is not my thing so surprisingly enough I didn’t just happen to have a 24 cm pie dish!) all is going well.
I got the filling cooking and the pastry defrosting nicely, I chose to cheat and use ready made pastry sheets rather than attempting my own! Then I wacked the pastry sheets into the dish, poured in the filling, put more pastry on top… cut off the excess… even made little leaves to go on the top out of the pastry just like the photo in the book. I put it in the oven with plenty of time to spare and all is good and right in my kitchen.
I turn back to the bench and see the little pile of left over pastry scraps. I remember as a child waiting and waiting while my Nan made pasties, complete with hand minced meat and handmade pastry, when she was all done and would let me eat a small scrap of raw pastry dough. It was always sooooooo yum and I always wanted more, but she never let me, told me it wasn’t good for me. My Nan was a wise woman, but I somehow forgot that today. Yes you guessed it, I ate a little bit of the pastry dough, them some more , then more, then the whole damn thing. Yum yum yum AND YUM!
I clean up and the pie cooks and I am feeling pretty damn proud of myself at this stage. I am suddenly really thirsty and have a big drink of water….. Then it happens. It feels like the pastry is swelling up inside of me and I feel bad, really bad.
Just the site of the crisp golden pastry on my beautiful pie is enough to make me want to hurl and serving it up for the meat lovers was torture. I had to sheepishly explain to Si why I wasn’t going to eat with him and the girls and went to have a quiet lie down. I still feel icky now more than 2 hours later!
My Nan turned 95 yesterday. She doesn’t make pasties anymore, not after the time a few years ago that she put apple instead of turnip in them. Her wisdom is much harder to come by now since she is now a young girl again worrying that her mother might scald her for ruining her best dress. But my Nan was a wise woman and next time I make a pie, I would do well to remember her wisdom!
This is my Nan, Jean, aged 2 and half.
Trish says
Oh you silly silly girl! I too learnt that the hard way, gross shit ain’t it when it starts to grow!
I am sorry you feel sick :( Hope your back to normal in the morning.
Peta says
I can’t help but laugh Katie – hope you are feeling a lot less bloated now but HAHA silly girl!! I love that photo of your Nan what a cutie!!!
Heather says
oh nooo!!! Sure hope you are feeling loads better! I did have a chuckle at the story, though, but {{hug!}} hope your tummy is better now!
Your Nan is adorable in that photo!
Kristie says
Such a warm and touching story!! At the same time, my belly churned at you mentioned yours… *ugh* I hope you feel better today!
Zebette says
Oh Kate, I feel sick for you, you silly girl!
I must what a stunning photo of your Nana that is, so much character shining through in that little face.
You never did say if the pie went down well with the rest of the family though?
Rae says
Oh dear..yech, your poor tummy. can understand the temptation though :) My nan was named Jean too!
fazzbech says
ohhh, your poor tum tum!! Hope it didn’t last too long, and that the family enjoyed the pie – yummo!
That’s a really gorgeous photo – very inspiring!
Retta says
Oh you poor thing! I feel sick just thinking about it.
Well done on your pie.
I love the photo of your Nan.
Lis says
Too funny…well, obviously not at the time…but it is as an after thought :)
Hope they enjoyed their pie though and your tummy is feeling a tad better :)
Trish says
That is so so sucky about your broadband!!! Telstra can lick my left one! they seriously suck, we cannot get cable up here, so we have to go with ADSL (townsville) or I would be going to Oputs, I had them in Sydney and they were way faster (at the time) and just better all over compared to bigpoof.
HipbubbyMama says
LOL! Thats the sort of thing I would do rofl..I hope you feel better now?! And what a lovely pic of your nan :)
Janie says
You know what I thought you had done whe I first started reading…I thought you might of baked the pie with the plastic sheets….LOL at you for eating it all…your poor poor tummy!
Sandra says
We are match Deb, my tummy is so so sore. So I know how you feel. What a precious photo to have.
Lisa says
LOL oh you poor thing!!! I would do something silly like that too :)LOL bet you’ve learnt your lesson though ;)
Sif says
Goosebumps (especially that last para about your nan today)…
I can see a strong family resemblance between you, your girls and your nan! Especially in your girls now and your nan then…
Chris says
Dear oh dear Kate as you said in this post your Nan is a wise woman and you will do well to listen to those wise words of wisdom!
I do hope all is well now and that the yummy pie you did make was a success with those that ate it!!!!
Gorgez photo of your nan too!
My nan will be 93 this year and she is just beautiful in all ways and she suffers with dementia so I hear ya!