What A Load Of Pysh

[Jordyboy9]

debated in the scottish parliament SAVE THE MACARONI PIE and to think i voted for this shower of idiots

[steg]

There is not even a serious debate about the pies ....although there is a small amount of people campaigning to get Greggs to keep selling them

It was a light hearted question asked before they break up for the holidays

[ToraToraTora]

the old SS, PMSL!

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.abbreviations.com/SS

[whiskeryron]

Thanks Mamy for trying to point us in the right direction re. abbreviations however I still do not know what SS stands for. I think we should employ a permanent linguist on A/B until such times as some people learn to use the Queen's English.

[Mamyalynne]

We have a beautiful language but sometimes it's like knitting mud.

[ToraToraTora]

SS=Swaggering Sweaties, a common term these days.

[Mamyalynne]

Is it really?


It reminds me of when my friend and I made up a language, think we were 13/14 - mainly so the grown ups wouldn't understand us.

[Quizmonster]

SS for Swaggering Sweaties may well be "a common term these days, but only if you're an example of the EE. That's the "Empty-headed English"

[ToraToraTora]

EHE surely?

[Quizmonster]

I'll go with that, TTT, but when one uses a hyphenated word, only the opening letter is required. No point in making an acronym over-long, is there?

[mikey4444]

I have checked with my local Greggs, here in Swansea, about macaroni pies and I was greeted with complete mystification. Must be unknown south of the border !

[ToraToraTora]

There are a lot of delicacies that our SS cousins have mikey. No doubt greggs has incorporated local tastes. Surely you have a pork and leek sausage sarnie in your local greggs,

[mikey4444]

We do indeed TTT.

Greggs used to make a very tasty 3-cheeses baguette, but stopped earlier this year. Pity...very tasty !

A local baker here in my part of South Wales does some marvelous Welsh Pasties, with cheese, bacon and leek, which I wished were not as yummy as they are....I find myself being lured into the shop, every time I pass.

http://www.jenkinsbakery.co.uk/

But I am still unclear what a "Macaroni Pie" is. Can Jordy, or any other of our north-of-the-Border AB correspondents enlighten me please ?

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.diyscotchpie.co.uk/our-recipes/macaroni-and-cheese-pie

[mikey4444]

Here it is !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-33269658

Looks quite nice actually ! Have you tasted them Jordy ?

[Mamyalynne]

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/DE03/production/_83853865_pie.png

[cazza247]

For crying out loud it's one of the six o'clock news headlines

[joggerjayne]

I'm also baffled as to what a macaroni pie is.

I mean, evidently it's a pie ... containing macaroni ... but ...