The boys in my family, or that I knew, always played football in Winter and cricket in Summer. I played netball in Winter and tennis in Summer. Swimming wasn't considered a sport in my vocabulary, it was something I did for fun. These days, all sports seem competitive.
Times have changed, but one thing that stays the same is food. People love to watch sport and either take food, or buy it at the sporting event they are watching. Today, we are encouraged to eat healthier food, but some still like the traditional food.
While in America, I saw they associated the hot dog with most sporting events. After researching, I found the hot dog, the red hot, the wiener, or frankfurter have been around in some culinary form for a long time. It is believed to have been taken to America by immigrants from Europe.
They said a gentleman by the name of Harry Stevens, who had rights to serve food at the Polo Grounds in New York where the New York Giants played until 1958, was the one with the idea! He apparently, on a cold day in 1901, purchased a pound of sausages from somewhere in New York, encased them in a bread roll and sold them in the stand. The crowd loved them and they became popular.Some claim that story is a myth and it was another man, Anton Feuchtwanger, who created and sold them at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904. By 1910, it was a big hit and sold at all baseball parks. Cost in 1910 at the baseball parks was a nickel, then with inflation to 25c in 1950. Today, the same hot dog is sold from $2 to $4. Other sporting events such as football and basketball sell them, but the hot dog is mostly associated and sold at baseball games!
In 1964 the tavern moved and was renamed "The Billy Goat Tavern". It has several locations throughout Chicago and is known for great cheese burgers, or cheezborger as some say!
Here in Australia, the meat pie is a tradition at most sporting events, especially football.
Basically,
this pie consists of a hand-sized pastry filled with minced meat (ground beef)
and gravy – although it may also be filled with onion, cheese, mushrooms,
chicken, seafood, crocodile, emu, vegetables or other fillings. Typically it is
smothered in tomato sauce or ketchup.
Its origins are thought to have developed amongst the early settlers who found the pie a good choice with its basic, readily available, ingredients. The English and Irish who came out to Australia already had their own pie versions – Cornish Pasty, Steak and Kidney and Guinness pies. For the English, the pie has been part of their cuisine since medieval times.
In Australia, mutton was mostly used in the first pies as it was cheaper than vegetables. Pies with golden crusts and gravy were available in Sydney from about the mid 1800's as a counter lunch in hotels. Not long after, they were distributed in pie carts to places of entertainment, holiday destinations and sporting events. Pies were often kept in tin boxes and warmed by a charcoal stove.
I am sure around the world each place has a traditional culinary cuisine enjoyed by many at sporting events.
Its origins are thought to have developed amongst the early settlers who found the pie a good choice with its basic, readily available, ingredients. The English and Irish who came out to Australia already had their own pie versions – Cornish Pasty, Steak and Kidney and Guinness pies. For the English, the pie has been part of their cuisine since medieval times.
In Australia, mutton was mostly used in the first pies as it was cheaper than vegetables. Pies with golden crusts and gravy were available in Sydney from about the mid 1800's as a counter lunch in hotels. Not long after, they were distributed in pie carts to places of entertainment, holiday destinations and sporting events. Pies were often kept in tin boxes and warmed by a charcoal stove.
I am sure around the world each place has a traditional culinary cuisine enjoyed by many at sporting events.
Bernadette's Meat Pies
Ingredients
500 grams of minced beef (ground beef) 1 onion, diced
1 cup of water
2 beef cubes
A quarter of a cup of tomato sauce or ketchup
2 teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce
Pepper and Salt to taste
A pinch of oregano
A pinch of nutmeg
3 tablespoons of plain flour
1 egg, beaten
2 sheets of puff pastry
Method
ith
the arrival of white settlement to Australia the British and Irish
brought with them a lot of their traditions to the new colony and one of
those was the meat pie. Both the English and Irish settlers, the
convicts as well as their guards, had their own versions of the pie.
The English pie dates back to medieval times and included such styles as steak and kidney pie and Cornish pastry. The Irish can lay claim to the Guinness pies.
The interesting fact is that the pie can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians' who made a sweet pie from rye, wheat and barley filled with honey. Maybe a long distant relative to the apple and apricot pie perhaps?
Our meat pie was originally made from mutton because it was far cheaper to produce than vegetable ones were at the time.
Our famous Aussie pies have stood the te
- See more at: http://www.australian-information-stories.com/meat-pie.html#sthash.YUUsRCDT.dpuf
The English pie dates back to medieval times and included such styles as steak and kidney pie and Cornish pastry. The Irish can lay claim to the Guinness pies.
The interesting fact is that the pie can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians' who made a sweet pie from rye, wheat and barley filled with honey. Maybe a long distant relative to the apple and apricot pie perhaps?
Our meat pie was originally made from mutton because it was far cheaper to produce than vegetable ones were at the time.
Our famous Aussie pies have stood the te
- See more at: http://www.australian-information-stories.com/meat-pie.html#sthash.YUUsRCDT.dpuf
ith
the arrival of white settlement to Australia the British and Irish
brought with them a lot of their traditions to the new colony and one of
those was the meat pie. Both the English and Irish settlers, the
convicts as well as their guards, had their own versions of the pie.
The English pie dates back to medieval times and included such styles as steak and kidney pie and Cornish pastry. The Irish can lay claim to the Guinness pies.
The interesting fact is that the pie can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians' who made a sweet pie from rye, wheat and barley filled with honey. Maybe a long distant relative to the apple and apricot pie perhaps?
Our meat pie was originally made from mutton because it was far cheaper to produce than vegetable ones were at the time.
Our famous Aussie pies have stood the te
- See more at: http://www.australian-information-stories.com/meat-pie.html#sthash.YUUsRCDT.dpuf
The English pie dates back to medieval times and included such styles as steak and kidney pie and Cornish pastry. The Irish can lay claim to the Guinness pies.
The interesting fact is that the pie can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians' who made a sweet pie from rye, wheat and barley filled with honey. Maybe a long distant relative to the apple and apricot pie perhaps?
Our meat pie was originally made from mutton because it was far cheaper to produce than vegetable ones were at the time.
Our famous Aussie pies have stood the te
- See more at: http://www.australian-information-stories.com/meat-pie.html#sthash.YUUsRCDT.dpuf
Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
In a deep fry pan brown meat and onion.
Add three quarters of the cup of water, bouillon cubes,tomato sauce (ketchup) and Worcestershire sauce, pepper, salt, oregano, and nutmeg.
Boil and cover for 15 minutes.
Blend flour with the remaining water until it becomes a smooth paste and add to the meat mix.
Put to aside and let cool.
Grease a pie dish and line with one sheet of puff pastry.
Add the cooled filling mixture. Brush edges of pastry with milk or beaten egg and put the other sheet of pastry on top. Press edges down with a fork.
Trim edges and glaze top with milk or beaten egg.
Bake in a moderate oven, 180 degrees Celsius for 35 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve with tomato sauce or Ketchup and Enjoy!
