Pie floater

A pie floater is a meal served at pie carts in Adelaide and elsewhere in South Australia. It was once more widely available in other parts of Australia but its popularity waned. It consists of the traditional Australian meat pie covered with tomato sauce (similar to ketchup), sitting, usually inverted, in a plate of thick green pea soup. Image File history File links Pie_floater. ... Image File history File links Pie_floater. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Leafy Seadragon (marine); Piping Shrike (bird: unofficial); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Const. ... A typical Australian Meat pie with Tomato Sauce The meat pie, hand-sized pot pies containing largely minced meat and gravy and consumed as a takeaway food snack, is considered iconic in Australian culture and has been described by former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr as Australias national... pasta served with tomato sauce Tomato sauce is a condiment made with tomatoes, and sometimes also Meat, onions, basil, salt, oil, garlic, vodka and various spices. ... Organic Ketchup Ketchup (or catsup) is a popular condiment, usually made with ripened tomatoes. ... Dutch pea soup Pea soup is soup made, typically, from dried split peas. ...

Though the dish does not look particularly appetizing, some proponents report that it is flavoursome and quite filling. Joe Cocker reportedly had a pie floater sent to his dressing room when singing in Adelaide. Joe Cocker Joe Cocker (born John Robert Cocker, May 20, 1944) is a rock/blues musician. ...

In 2003, the pie floater was recognised as a South Australian Heritage Icon by the National Trust of Australia. Whilst other food such as gyros are increasing their share of the late-night snack market in Adelaide, the pie floater remains a popular snack choice for young residents after a night out. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Trust of Australia is a community-based, non-government organisation, committed to promoting and conserving Australias indigenous, natural and historic heritage through its advocacy work and its custodianship of heritage places and objects. ... Gyros meat cut off the mechanical skewer Gyros or gyro (in Greek, γύρος IPA [] turning, but in English usually [dʒaɪɹəʊ]) is a kind of meat roasted on a vertical rotisserie, or by extension the pita sandwich it is usually found in. ...

The Pie Floater also makes an appearance in the reality-mirroring (albeit a funhouse mirror) Discworld novel The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett, where it is sold by Fair Go Dibbler, one of a number of similar characters who sell "regional delicacies" across the Disc. Diskworld, spelled with a k, was a disk magazine for the Apple Macintosh, later renamed Softdisk for Mac. ... The Last Continent is the twenty-second Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1998, that parodies Australian people and culture, as well as the famous Crocodile Dundee and Mad Max movies, as well as the popular Australian song Waltzing Matilda Synopsis Spoiler warning: After being dumped onto the... Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), best known for his Discworld series. ... Cut Me Own Throat (C.M.O.T) Dibbler is one of the numerous bit part characters that enrich the world of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...

The restaurant Pies and Pints in Seattle serves Pie floaters.

External links

• Pie Floater entry at the National Trust of South Australia.
• Excerpts from Billy Connolly's Tour of Australia, including a description of a pie floater.
• A pie floater recipe with a picture.