11 JUNE 02: DON’T PIE
FOR ME, ARGENTINA!

Who sold all the pies?  Not Germany
or Argentina that’s for sure.

The Pie World Cup is hotting
up with most of the first round games now

finished and its good news
for the English (Steak & Kidney), Irish (Irish

Stew)and French (Beef bourguignon)
but sadly not such good news for the

Germans (Sour Kraut)and
Argentineans (Corned Beef Hash) who are both

definitely out.

The classic French Beef Bourguignon
side has proved itself the classiest act

so far, thrashing the Uruaguan
rabbit pie & the disappointing Danish bacon

tart and has even overcome
a very strong Senegalese Chicken Yasser which

qualifies in 2nd place from
group A.

England have started strongly
with Steak & Kidney beating both an

experimental Argentinean
Corn Beef line up and an over fancy Swedish Salmon

and Dill combo.  They
play the Nigerian Spinach & Peanut stew tomorrow to

decide who goes through
in first position. England are hot favourites but

the Nigerian is proving
itself one of the tournament surprises, performing

well particularly in front
of the vegetarians who are showing the increased

power in this pie world
cup.

The tournament has been organised
by the Spitalfields based Square Pie

Company who are making special
pies for each of the teams in the world cup.

The national pies are on
sale on the day the teams play in the first round

in the football world cup
with each pie sale counting as goal and the best

two pies from each group
going through to the next round and so on until the

World Pie Final on 30th
June. The company normally offers a range of 12

types of hand made freshly
baked quality pies served with mash and gravy.

The German Sour Kraut &
pickle is booking its flight back to Berlin despite

today’s great victory over
the critics favourite the Cameroon’s Lamb &

quince tart which beats
it into the 2nd round with a better pie difference,

just avoiding the need to
draw shallots to decide who goes through.

Don’t pie for me Argentina.
The gamble on playing a solid but old school

corned beef hash has backfired
on the Argentineans with thrashings by both

England and Nigeria meaning
their competition is over and its just a wooden

spoon playoff with the Swedish
salmon and dill tomorrow.

The experimental Hot Dog
pie from host nation Korea hasn’t really cut the

mustard with only one point
so far and lost surprisingly yesterday to the

USA’s New England Clam Chowder.

The Spanish Chorizo Sausage
is performing well and looks sure to make mince

meat from the expensive
yet under performing South African Wild Boer.

Group H – the so called group
of death – has been the closest fought of the

lot with the unfancied Tunisian
Chicken and Olive Emshel coming from behind

to lead the group with narrow
victories over both the fancied Belgium Moules

& Hoergarden and Russias
Pork Stroganoff. Fridays game against Japan’s Beef

Terryaki wil decide who
goes through .

Full results and qualifying
pies can be seen at www.squarepiecompany.com

which has pie results updated
daily.

“The pie enjoys a long and
illustrious heritage with football and we want to

strengthen that relationship”,
say co-founders Martin Dewey & Sean Hegarty,

“From now it’s not about
‘Who ate Them’ – but more about ‘What’s in Them’

as we only use the best
ingredients in our pies’.

The world cup pies, as well
as the company’s traditional range, are on sale

from the Square Pie Shop,
South East Corner Spitalfields Market, off

Bishopsgate 5 mins from
Liverpool St Tube and are served with quality mash,

peas and gravy if you want. 
The shop open between 11.00 and 3.00pm weekdays

and all day Sunday as well
as early opening for breakfast pies when England

are playing.

The market has put up an
enormous 6 metre screen right next to the shop and

is showing all the games
live.

For more info please email
info@squarepiecompany.com or call Martin Dewey on

0208 980 2051.

Full World Cup Line Up

Argentina              
Corn Beef Hash

Belgium                
Moules in hoergarden

Brazil                 
Fejuda – pork and bean cassoulet

Cameroon       
Lamb & quince tart

China               
Filou parcel of crispy duck

Costa Rica             
Chicken & yellow squash with apricots

Croatia             
Shopski – lamb shank in red wine with sweet peppers

Denmark                
Bacon Tart

Ecuador                
Trout tart

England                
Steak and kidney

France              
Beef bourguignon

Germany                
Bratwurst & Sour kraut

Italy                  
Tricolore tart with avocado, mozarella and tomato

Japan               
Chicken terryaki

Korea                  
Hot Dog Pie

Mexico             
Chilli beef and cheese with guacamole and nachos

Nigeria              

Spinach & Peanut Casserole

Paraguay          
Cruzado – beef and chicken in a piri piri sauce

Poland                  
Ham and cabbage borscht with vodka

Portugal            
Fish & white port pie

Ireland                
Irish stew

Russia               
Pork stroganoff

Saudi Arabia     
Spinach fatayer

Senegal             
Senegalese chicken yasser

Slovenia            

Pork casserole in a dumpling pie

South Africa           
Wild boer

Spain                  
Chrorizo sausage & patatas bravas

Sweden            
Salmon and dill

Tunisia             

Chicken and olive emshel

Turkey              
Iskender – lamb in tomato sauce with garlic & yoghurt

Uruguay            
Grilled rabbit pie

USA                  
New England clam chowder

The Square Pie Company

27 Parmiter Industrial Centre

Parmiter St

London

E2 9HZ

Tel:   020 8980
2051

Mob: 07785 535607

Fax:  0709 200 6145

HATS OFF TO R. TURNER!