With all this spare time on our hands, people have been getting very creative while stuck in isolation. Just one scroll of your social media and you’ll see family and friends edecorating their homes, starting herb gardens, flipping old clothes, learning languages and musical instruments – not to mention all the at-home masterchefs.
However, no isolation creation has proved as ‘inventive’ as this – the party pie toastie.
The party pie toastie is the brainchild of Darwin legend Dave Krantz, who recently took to social media to share a step-by-step video of how to craft this Aussie delight.
In the video, Krantz starts by heating up a party pie in the oven. It’s nothing out of the ordinary, until he “classes it up a bit” by chopping some parsley and cheese. What happens next is enough to give you a cholesterol-induced heart attack.
Krantz places the cooked party pie, parsley and crumbled cheese on top of a slice of Wonder White and sandwiches it in the kind of Jaffle Maker you haven’t seen since Year 6.
Krantz claims “it’s all coming together” and there will be “no scurvy” for him, and before you can register that the latch on his Jaffle Maker is broken, the party pie toastie is complete.
With a squirt of tomato sauce and a light sprinkling of parsley, it’s ready to eat – but would you be game?
Without tasting this Franken-pie toastie, it’s difficult to decide whether it’s a genius iso treat or utterly revolting. One brave soul at Vice tried the party pie toastie and gave it a resounding “fine” – apart from the addition of cheese.
“Something about the combination of cheddar and gravy gives the sandwich a disarming sweetness— sickly sweet, like the smell of hot milk. It makes it all taste like you’re eating something you shouldn’t be. And that, of course, is because you are.” A truly enlightening review.
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One thing is for certain, and that is, the party pie toastie is guaranteed to clog your arteries, but may also cause violent diarrhoea, and leave you desperate for a mint. If you dare to try the party pie toastie, we strongly recommend being near a toilet, a toothbrush and in reach of a phone to dial 000.
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