An 82-year-old English pie-making machine and positive feedback via social media prompted a crusty career path for Will Miller and Becky Dochstader.

Not long after the couple moved from Prince George to Salmon Arm in July of this year, Dochstader shared a post on Facebook asking the following: 91裸聊视频淗ow does the Shuswap feel about handmade meat pies? We just moved here and we brought our antique pie press 91裸聊视频楬unty91裸聊视频� with us. We could possibly sell them online or bring them to the market, thoughts?91裸聊视频�

The post included photos of the 1941 lever-operated mechanical pie press (still produced in the UK by John Hunt Bolton), and of the traditional English-style meat pies produced by Miller and Dochstader. The response they received showed Salmon Arm was hungry for what they had to offer.

91裸聊视频淥ver night, 500 people commented and were like 91裸聊视频榶es, we want meat pies, make our meat pies91裸聊视频�,91裸聊视频� said Dochstader. 91裸聊视频淲ill and I were like, 91裸聊视频榃e should make a go at this,91裸聊视频� and then fast forward three weeks, we had chatted with Interior Health, we got our business licence, we got our name registered, everything. In two or three weeks we were up and running as a business, in Zest (Commercial Food Hub), making pies and were at the (Downtown Salmon Arm) Farmers91裸聊视频� Market before the end of the summer.91裸聊视频�

And so the couple91裸聊视频檚 new business, Holey Handpies, was born.

91裸聊视频淭his is a pie town too, that is another big thing,91裸聊视频� said Dochstader.

91裸聊视频淥h yeah, Shuswap Pie Company, Laura91裸聊视频檚 Pies 91裸聊视频� amazing fruit pies,91裸聊视频� added Miller, prompting the couple to share one reason for their recent move to Salmon Arm. Dochstader91裸聊视频檚 family live in the community and her mother, Denise, works at Laura91裸聊视频檚 Pies.

91裸聊视频淲e came to visit Becky91裸聊视频檚 family and we just fell in love with the town,91裸聊视频� said Miller.

91裸聊视频淵eah, it91裸聊视频檚 a real Hallmark town,91裸聊视频� added Dochstader. 91裸聊视频淚t really just has a different feeling than a lot of other towns that we visited. It91裸聊视频檚 small but there91裸聊视频檚 just so many community festivals and events91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淎lso91裸聊视频� the people in this town have been so supportive, actively going out of their way to come to the farmers market or say 91裸聊视频榟i91裸聊视频� to us on the street.91裸聊视频�

Miller has an extensive culinary background and is a trained salumist (one who makes high-end charcuterie and sausages) as well as an entrepreneur. He91裸聊视频檚 an owner of Birch and Boar Charcuterie and Provisions in Prince George. Dochstader is an elementary school teacher, but has been employing her background in marketing and graphic design to promote Holey Handpies.

The couple91裸聊视频檚 current Holey offerings include their Black Pepper Beef Pie, an English Apricot Pork Pie (that includes sausage made by Miller) and, for a more Canadian fare, a Chive Cider Chicken Pie with a gravy flavoured with cider from Salmon Arm91裸聊视频檚 Northyards Cider Co.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 a Canadian girl through and through and I love chicken pot pie,91裸聊视频� added Dochstader, who said the pairing with Northyards led to a different flavour that she fell in love with 91裸聊视频� as have others. 91裸聊视频淚 think that91裸聊视频檚 probably our best seller.91裸聊视频�

The couple91裸聊视频檚 Holey Handpies have sold out a number of times at the farmers91裸聊视频� market, with some people taking home up to 12 pies at one time.

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91裸聊视频淚 was just amazed that people who have never tried our product are coming out and buying 12,91裸聊视频� said Dochstader.

Will understands the appeal. He said when he lived in England he would pick up a pork pie that 91裸聊视频測ou can literally throw in your pocket 91裸聊视频� you get on the tram and can eat some of it for breakfast.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淓very country in the Commonwealth has a meat pie standard based on the traditional English pies and we don91裸聊视频檛 in Canada,91裸聊视频� explained Miller. 91裸聊视频淲e have wonderful meat pies here, we have tourti猫re, we have shepherd91裸聊视频檚 pies and cottage pies91裸聊视频� those are all based a lot more on American kind of pies. Ireland, New Zealand and Australia have these huge meat pie industries. It91裸聊视频檚 their national pride. So we91裸聊视频檙e just trying to do a Canadian version of that here in Salmon Arm.91裸聊视频�

Dochstader and Miller have branched out with the introduction of a TV dinner-inspired dual pie package, a two-compartment tin that offers a savoury meal on one side and a sweet dessert on the other. One has the chicken pie paired with a brown sugar anise blueberry pie. The other pairs the beef pie with a balsamic strawberry pie. The combos are separate but are baked together.

Looking ahead, Miller said the plan is to introduce a pie of the month, starting with a vegetarian option. Dochstader also sees a place for smaller pies that could be packed as student lunches.

91裸聊视频淏eing an elementary school teacher, I see the struggle every day of parents making easy quick lunches for kids,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 would personally love to do little hand pies for kids that could be eaten cold. A parent could pull out a pack of five from the freezer and could pack one every day for a kid91裸聊视频檚 lunch.91裸聊视频�

Holey Handpies are currently available in Grillers Meats, at the Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers91裸聊视频� Market on Saturdays, and at Eagle Bay Mercantile. For more information, visit holeyhandpies.com.

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