You say Jaffles, I say Mmmmmm!

Where does all the time go in a day, a week, a month? It seems like the days are really flying by now. I can't seem to find enough hours in a day to get everything done that I want to do. For weeks now I have been trying to update my blog and I never can seem to get it done. I finally have resorted to emailing my blog entries. Pretty pathetic. Anyway, not wanting to turn this blog into a boo-hoo site, here is the real blog for today....today Gabby Talks about Mountain Pies.
Being an outdoors type of girl, I take pride in being able to cook a gourmet meal over an open fire. I have these pie irons called "Mountain Pie" makers that were given to me by my dad. I remember using them on some expeditions with my dad but I always made things like dippy eggs and peanut butter mountain pies to see if I could really gross my mom and dad out. What they are, are a campers most versatile tool. There are many ways to use a pie iron. You can toast bread, make scrambled eggs, roast potatoes, make desserts and many more ideas. What you do with the pie iron most, is making mountain pies. In Britain, they are called "Toasties", and in Australia they may be better known as "Jaffles" (pronounced jawfuls), although they may also be called "Hobo Pies”. The only difference that I see is that in Britain they actually use a sandwich maker to make “Toasties”, not a pie iron. The mountain pie has actually been around for quite some time.

In the 1970s, a man called John O'Brien sniffed the wind and saw the world was changing. It wasn't just bad fashion and big hair. More women were entering the work force and families were looking for quicker ways to cook dinner.
John had six kids, and when they went camping, they loved the jaffles they cooked over the fire so much he decided to import some toasted sandwich-makers from the only place in the world where they were being made: Belgium.
He used Newcastle as a testing ground and they sold like hot sandwich-makers. John then tried to get 250,000 more, but the Belgians told him no.
"Stuff 'em! I'll build my own," he thought, "but mine will be better."
Toasted sandwiches back then were too big and too messy: a culinary treat that was booby-trapped. And when you bit into it, anything could happen.
John invented the scissors action, which automatically cut and sealed your toasted sanger.
The late John O'Brien patented the scissors action and turned the world of toasted sangers upside down. His company, Breville, have now sold over 23 million sandwich-makers around the world.
Courtesy of: The New Inventors, ABC tv.
You may be tempted to try them when you are out camping in the wilderness somewhere but be very careful when eating them, I wouldn’t want you to burn your tongue! The inside of the mountain pie can be very dangerous if you do not let it cool down a little before consuming your delicacy. (Let’s just say that I had a very bad encounter with a microwave and coffee which now has left me phobic of hot food.) Anyway, if you would like to try something new in your Mountain Pie, try these websites for new recipes from ordinary people.
http://www.greatcamps.com/pie-iron-dinners-recipes-contest-7.htm
http://www.chuckwagondiner.com/pieiron.html
Or, if you prefer, you can always try my dippy egg and peanut butter combo. Until Gabby Talks……