Thread: Pie shops charging for sauce.

Originally Posted by MR LR

My Dad opposes paying 25c, or whatever it is for sauce, so in the glovebox for the last 10 years or so has always resided a bottle of tomato sauce, for all the pies one consumes doing the highway driving he does! I think the whole thing is hilarious, but I bet he's saved a few dollars over the years!

Cheers
Will

Ahhhhh....but now we have a debate on our hands as to the actual cost of the sauce he is using offset against what he would have paid for sachets......but what about the extra cost of fuel from carrying that excess weight of a 500ml bottle of finest Heinz tomato ketchup in the glovebox for the last 10 years......now riddle me that !

I'd prefer it if they kept a choice of sauce bottles in the fridge and made them available on request. The charge doesn't worry me for a satchel. Mind you, some pies are pretty ordinary now.

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Added salt is bad for for your health, as is sugar, pepper and sauce. Why should my pie, coffee etc cost more merely to subsidise others consumption of the condiments. There is enough salt in the foods themselves for health and I use none of them.

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Don't have salt in the house. Actually eat pies without sauce (a good pie shouldn't need it), but I will stick to having food with my pepper.

My lady prises the pastry top off the pie then applies the sauce to the filling, puts the lid back on, bites in and spills half the content then looks at me with a "Gee, I didn't know it was going to do that" look.

Originally Posted by bigdog

Ahhhhh....but now we have a debate on our hands as to the actual cost of the sauce he is using offset against what he would have paid for sachets......but what about the extra cost of fuel from carrying that excess weight of a 500ml bottle of finest Heinz tomato ketchup in the glovebox for the last 10 years......now riddle me that !

I have a very simple answer to your riddle, if he's too tight to buy sachets of sauce, he's too tight to buy anything more than Aldi home brand, so Heinz is out... considering a 500mL bottle of Colway (the Aldi brand) is $1.49 (I believe) then it's a considerable saving... it's half a litre vs. 6 sachets!

Cheers
Will

I enjoy a good pie about once a month from my local pie shop,they make their pies with real meat,and very little gravy,my favourite is Beef,Bacon & Cheese,at about $4.95 a pop,no need for sauce as it spoils it,locally made by a very successful bakery on the Island,makes those from a well known S.E.Qld chain seem pretty ordinary.

I buy once a month only because I could become a daily eater and both my waist and wallet would suffer.

Is the little pie shop in Port Douglas still there?
Moccas ('s?). It had just a little opening on the main street as I recall.
Now they had nice pies that definately needed no sauce.

Originally Posted by MR LR

I have a very simple answer to your riddle, if he's too tight to buy sachets of sauce, he's too tight to buy anything more than Aldi home brand, so Heinz is out... considering a 500mL bottle of Colway (the Aldi brand) is $1.49 (I believe) then it's a considerable saving... it's half a litre vs. 6 sachets!

Cheers
Will

You missed the added fuel costs..... and the tongue in cheek....

Originally Posted by Chops

Is the little pie shop in Port Douglas still there?
Moccas ('s?). It had just a little opening on the main street as I recall.
Now they had nice pies that definately needed no sauce.

Moccas is still there. It was originally started by ex navy cook. I think he sold the rights when Port Douglas boomed. When Mocca owned it you had to get in early if you wanted a pie. He sold out daily. I grew up on them. I used to go fishing off the old sugar wharf as a kid and get a Mocca pie for lunch. It has changed address a few times since Mocca was alive. The original old shop is now a big block of shops. The new shop is just off the main drag. They still taste the same. I had one a few weeks ago and got free sauce. Best pies ever. I am a pie eater from way back.