I thought that was common knowledge. As an American, pie has always meant a sweet dessert, served with even sweeter "so-called iced cream," so you take notice of these so-called "meat pies."

I think it was the whole English rhyme "four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie" that tipped me off.

Delicious, though.

Though it's probably something that might be tastey, I couldn't eat one after seeing "Sweeny Todd"

Interesting, no mention of the pastie, a meat pie that Cornish settlers brought along when they immigrated to Australia the 19th century.

There's a traditional meat pie (I think called something like "tultki" though I have no idea how to spell it) that my family makes. It comes from France. I never knew that Australians actually had a meat pie tradition, I always thought it was European.

We have a traditional dish around here (Quebec) called "tourtiere", maybe it's what sidran32 is talking about. It's litteraly a meat pie.

I *knew* there was something. That's it. My grandmother made it once. It's good. :) French Canadian sounds right, that's what I am.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourtire
(changed link because apparently that special e character won't link...)