Eyes on the pies

If you're a fiend for meat-filled pastries, it pays to surveil the supermarket freezers as wacky varieties are always popping up. Case in point: Sargents Premium Steak In Green Peppercorn Sauce With Red Beans Pies.

That's what I had for dinner tonight, with lightly seasoned wedges and a bottle of Crackenback Pale Ale (not to my taste), while watching the new ABC series "Around The World In 80 Treasures" (very much to my taste).

So how was it? Well, despite conforming to the stereotype of the politely enthusiastic, ruddy-faced English explorer, presenter Dan Cruickshank offered many fresh insights - even revelations...oh, the pie? It was OK.

The pastry was ordinary - as you'd expect from mass-produced, frozen food - but the filling was pleasantly dense (thanks to the red beans) and had a definite peppery zing. Shame about the awful grey colour.