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Cowley's pie cart

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cowley's pie cart was a late-night eatery which operated in Adelaide outside the General Post Office, Adelaide on Franklin Street close to Victoria Square.

History

Adelaide's pie carts consisted of a large self-contained enclosed trailer with a single awning servery opening to the footpath. There was no seating supplied, the range of food available (apart from pies and pasties) was very limited, and the only drinks available were tea, coffee and a small range of soft drinks. A notable characteristic of Adelaide's pie carts was their democratic nature: every class of person could be seen at the counter.[1]

Cowley's pie cart was opened by William "Bill" Cowley, owner of Cowleys Bakeries, of Cross Road, Glandore, in 1937.[2]

Bill was a nephew of Joseph Cowley, one of Sturt's 1845 expedition party; a grandmother, Rebecca Bevis, migrated to South Australia in 1838 on the same ship (Pestonjee Bomanjee) as Governor Gawler.[3][4] She married Thomas Cowley, one of those closely involved with John Ridley's invention of the stripper.[5]

A specialty of Cowley's pie cart was the "pie floater"; a meat pie upside-down on a plate, surrounded by a generous serving of thick pea soup (made from blue boiler peas),[6] and frequently topped with tomato sauce.[2]

The last owner/operators of this pie cart were Ray Purvis and his family, who had a licence to operate it from 5 pm (when the post office closed), until around midnight, being then one of the few food outlets open in Adelaide after 9 pm.

A special mention that Bill Cowley actually invented the Square pie that Balfours actually use to this day. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ernestine Hill (23 June 1934). "Pies and Pioneers". The Advertiser. Adelaide. p. 9. Retrieved 27 July 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b c Wonder World! television interview by Tony Johnston recorded 21 June 1994 and broadcast in July 1994.
  3. ^ "Out among the People". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 24 January 1936. p. 25. Retrieved 27 July 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Passenger list, Pestonjee Bomanjee 1838 Archived 7 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "The Country". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 18 February 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 27 July 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Blue boiler peas" are whole dried green field peas, not carlin peas, maple peas or black peas, as are used for "mushy peas" in England.
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