Icons of the NZ pie

This came to mind the other day... any additions ?

Pies;

• the $1 pie as kids at rugby. After dodging the sheep poo in paddocks (sports fields) & doing a few banana runs, we'd then get a fizzy drink & pie for $2.

• At secondary School - Couplands 60c pie, square, no flavor but apparently had the equivalent of a golf ball of fat in each one so that was a challenge accepted for a 17 year old to try and put on weight. It was a teenaged diet of one pie a day for a school year and somehow only 1Kg was gained.

• Work - Mrs Macs cruiser pie, a submarine shaped pie with actual chunks of steak. This was in a time where people used to boast about how awful the filling of pies actually was, so real discernible chunks of steak was a game changer.

• A new era of pie - Fairlie bakery, salmon and bacon, corned beef & mustard, creamy chicken and mushroom etc. This was like the dawn of the gourmet range of pie, flakey pastry as a standard, there were no longer just palatable meat and dough as a carrier, there were now tastey morning belly fillers you would make a special trip for and full conversations would be had about which ratings different places deserved.

• BP Petrol station pies - Butter chicken etc - full range of pies now added, so you could get something interesting any work morning/ lunch

• Specialty pies - Sangas Pie - these seem to be where things are at now... they are amazing. Like the 'Sancho' - a mexican pie, beans, sour cream, chicken, nachos etc or the 'Underbelly' - a slow cooked Pork belly pie with an aromatic blend a spices beautifully balanced... you almost get the impression a chef makes each individual pie.