On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:27:36 GMT, hahabogus > wrote:

>Boron Elgar > wrote in
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>> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:13:23 GMT, hahabogus > wrote:
>>
>>>ChattyCathy > wrote in news:ACc6k.29811
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>>>> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:24:03 +0000, hahabogus wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do they really eat fish pie in S Africa?
>>>>
>>>> Yes
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't get me wrong I enjoy a bit of Haddock every now and then.
>>>>
>>>> Oak smoked Haddock is quite popular here. It's available (frozen) in
>>>most
>>>> supermarkets, as is hake.
>>>>
>>>> Kingklip is another favorite - it's a firm white fish, bit like cod
>but
>>>> not as 'fishy', IMHO.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I is just that I still have the occassional nightmare of the salmon pie
>>>my newly married wife expected me to eat.
>>
>> There is a Russian dish, koulebiaka, or the French coulibiac, that is
>> a long sort of salmon pie. Quite a nice dish, actually.
>>
>> Boron
>>
>
>I'm am quite sure that normally fish pie is a good thing, a wholesome
>thing, a thing like noodle salad at the lake or uncle Jake's
>overbite...It is just, well you've never met the Ex....on a good day she
>burnt water. I figure after another year of therapy or so I'll be able to
>look at boiling water without needing to have a fire extinguisher at
>hand, gasp in wonder at frozen Ice Cream or stop putting clark bars in
>public swimming pools.
>
>(Cue over-dramatic music) And she made me...TUM TUM TUM the pie that
>contained a fish-like substance floating in a greasy mess of burnt peas,
>clumps of flour and spinach......I had to make bullets melted down the
>silver Madonna to kill it as it was totally unflushable. And just thank
>god there wasn't a full moon that night. Thus began the 28 year saga of
>my married life...Me, my new wife and the pie from hell TUM TUM TUM.


As Emily Litella used to say, "Never mind."

boron