Win a Year’s Supply of Eggs in the My Pie Competition

Media Release 18 October 2016

WIN A YEAR’S SUPPLY OF EGGS IN THE MY PIE COMPETITION

With endless variations on the kiwi classic, bacon and egg pie lovers around the country are invited to share their recipe or tips this month for NZ Eggs ‘My Pie’ competition.

Strictly bacon and egg, pastry on top and bottom, with vegetables or a hint of cheese – whichever way you like it, in 2016 the bacon and egg pie remains a favourite New Zealand dish.

While many kiwis have very firm views on how a bacon and egg pie should be cooked and will not be persuaded otherwise, today contemporary versions of the pie reflect the diversity in the way New Zealanders like to eat. Mini pies made in muffin tins without pastry are meal staples for the low-carb brigade; huge pies made in roasting dishes find favour with flatties and many add in whatever leftovers the fridge offers.

For the opportunity to win one of two ‘My Pie’ prize kits each containing a year’s supply of eggs, a pie dish, tea towels and cooking utensils, entrants just need to share their take on the bacon and egg pie and send in a few words and if desired a picture (not compulsory) towww.eggs.org.nz.

Food historian Helen Leach says bacon and egg pie has been a popular pie for picnics in New Zealand for more than a century.

“The first published recipe for bacon and egg pie I could find in my collection of New Zealand cookbooks featured in a fundraising cook book – the 1928 version of The Wanganui Cookery Book. Apart from the use of short pastry, the ingredients and method of assembly were almost the same as in the first Edmonds' version - except Edmonds added grated onion.”

The bacon and egg pie recipe has a much longer history beyond New Zealand. Leach has found an Egg and Bacon Pie recipe in an English cookbook first published the year that Captain Cook reached New Zealand – 1769.

"This 18th century book was written by Elizabeth Raffald, and called The Experienced English Housekeeper. It had reached its ninth edition by 1784 and remained in print until 1834. The book's popularity would have helped to spread the recipe widely."

Entries close 28 October 2016 and winners will be chosen by a random draw. Full competition details and a free e-recipe book with different versions of the bacon and egg pie are available atwww.eggs.org.nz.

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