Cooking a very late meal last night has inspired me to look at another idiom. “Pie in the Sky”.
Yes I was very late in deciding what to eat, so I dived into the bottom of a cupboard and came out with a dusty tin from a well know manufacture, more famous for their corned beef. I had visions of venison cooked in red wine served with baby potatoes and a bouquet of vegetables.
My thoughts were of course just “Pie in the Sky”, as the label read “Just Beef”. In other words I had thoughts of grandeur greater than what was going to be achieved. After removing the lid and baking for half an hour it looked quite delicious, as you can see, but unfortunately the wording on the tin was deceiving. It was actually all puff pastry with a trace of gravy and a single small cube of beef.
If I wasn't so hungry I could have thrown it out of the door and into the air, then it would have been a “Pie in the Sky”. View with the black background.
I'm working on a live football match as usual on a Saturday, so will catch up for you late.
Hmm I was caught also be the same tin I suspect pie crust on top no bottom I will stick to the Melton Mobery variety
Your picture is a good advertising capture though missleading
@ivan Spot on Ivan, it was a FB one so you have been warned.
@congaree "Pie in the sky" comes from an early 20th-century folk song written by labor activist Joe Hill, aka Joe Hillstrom, a legendary member of the Industrial Workers of the World. The song, titled "The Preacher and the Slave," is a satiric attack on the Salvation Army, whose preachers Hill decried for lulling workers into complacency. The first verse goes:
You will eat, bye and bye,
In that glorious land above the sky;
Work and pray, live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when you die.
Clever shot, that pie looks delicious! Sorry it let you down, although I would have loved to see the photo of you throwing the pie into the air :)) A definite fav for this one.
Indigestion and all, the picture makes the pie look delicious. Kind of like those fast food hamburger ads and then when you go get one, it's nothing like you anticipated.
Your picture is a good advertising capture though missleading
Well they won't be getting your custom again!!!
@congaree "Pie in the sky" comes from an early 20th-century folk song written by labor activist Joe Hill, aka Joe Hillstrom, a legendary member of the Industrial Workers of the World. The song, titled "The Preacher and the Slave," is a satiric attack on the Salvation Army, whose preachers Hill decried for lulling workers into complacency. The first verse goes:
You will eat, bye and bye,
In that glorious land above the sky;
Work and pray, live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when you die.