Mince Pies & Other Metaphysical Musings -> 2019

I’ll be the judge of that (in about 5 minutes).

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Ooh! I don’t think we managed to get any of those last year. They are supposed to be very good. :+1:

Excellent they have a hot line. I have me some questions

Firstly, too fucking small. Secondly it’s £1.75 and too fucking small. I could neck half a dozen of these and not notice.

The pastry is very nice: light, short and not overly sweet. The mince could do with with a bit more spice for my palette but it’s in a good ratio to the pastry.

Verdict: very decent, too expensive and too small.

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any clag factor?

Not even registering on the clag-o-meter. Would be a godsend for the clag averse.

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Would this be better…

Don’t be ridiculous, mince to pastry ratio is well off. :rage:

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Hey - I only google these things.

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Does the short pastry make them small?

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I’m fucking fuming! This miniature shit is not on…The hotline will hear of this and no mistake

I have sent for pie. Whatever it is shall get a severe examination and no mistake. :+1:

Probably the best sentence I will read all day

It’s quite possible that my envoy shall return empty handed. Previous missions have resulted in nada. Nata would have been ok…

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Gail’s

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One of them is a bit broken, you didn’t try to iron it did you? :laughing:

Yes!!!

But No! What is floating in the blue handled mug?

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Quite exciting, the first pie of the season, I got a little bit of a Christmassy twitch.

This, I have just found out by googling is the same recipe they have used for the last 13 years. I couldn’t remember them, which is hardly surprising really. :rofl:

Crunchy pastry and the mince is a tart counterpoint to the sugary crust on the top. Not so much a dusting as a dumping of demerara.
I’m quite determined to be underwhelmed because:

  1. I have been through this shit before and I am bored with it and…

  2. I am pretty sure I can make better at home after last year’s faffing, so any bought pie had better be good otherwise they are getting short shrift.

These were ok but at £1:60 the robbing bastards can fuck off. :+1:

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Twigs. :roll_eyes:

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