History House, 25th March 2014 - Podcast produced by RAHS Volunteer, Rebecca McKenzie

ASHET is engaged in a project, with the help of a substantial Commonwealth grant, to present the history of the meat pie in Sydney in a graphic display that will also go on their website, and be supplemented with talks and papers on the subject. The meat pie came to Australia with the First Fleet. But the Australian meat pie turned out different from the popular British meat pie of that time, the Melton Mowbray pie, which was a family sized pie filled with jellied meat and eaten cold. Anne Arthur will trace the history of the Australian meat pie, which was well established in all parts of the country before the end of the nineteenth century. It has survived as a finger food in the face of competition from pizzas, hamburgers and wraps. Meat pies used to be made in hundreds of small pie shops and by a few large manufacturers. It was sold hot over the counter with tomato sauce, or at football matches and the Royal Show. Now most meat pies are sold frozen in supermarkets.

About the speaker: Anne Arthur was a lecturer in TAFE where she taught and demonstrated a wide variety of food courses. She has a passion for food history and culture. She has previously given talks to ASHET on the history of sugar in Australian food and on the Great Jam Scandal. Her talk will be accompanied by refreshments for the audience.

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