A spoonful of pate deluxe at best. Disappointing.
I had been hoping to create a cannon ball sized pate lump with the intended nom de plume - “La Bomba” …Sadly this has blown up in my face.
Boycott Melrose and Morgan
This travesty does lead to a question however: What is the correct weight and proportions of ‘Le Pie’ ?
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Already established.
That big one looks very poor quality.
Another box from Greggs has went down a treat here.
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What, I’m heaven’s name, if going on with the lid on that monstrosity? Fucknuggetry of the highest order.
Yes, but at the same time adequately sized. As ever on here quality takes a back seat to quantity.
Mince/pastry imbalance. Meh.
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I have made the schoolboy error of letting Mrs VB try one of her own mince pies. She is very self-critical.
“Dreadful ! Real disappointment ! The mincemeat is too dry and the pastry is too thin and ‘hard’.”
Needless to say they taste fine to me. Now I’m nervous to leave her alone with them lest they end up with Deborah Barnacle via South Oxfordshire District Council’s food waste bin 
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You’ll just have to squirrel them away in the workshop as soon as they are made!
Save them for the opinion of Sam and @Mrs_Maureen_OPinion if they swing by on the way back, just to make sure that Mrs VB’s opinion is valid?
More Salted Butter is the answer!
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Not the sort of question you ask around here, if you know what’s good for you.
I know she’s right and I’m never going to trust your pie opinions again.
Mrs Valve’s pies were a beacon of hope in a dark and impure world of confection. A pie against which others were measured. No more.
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Does it even matter what the question was?
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I lived in Walthamstow for a couple of years in the late 80s
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Her mastery of the humble bakewell gave us such hope. My dreams are shattered.
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I NEED RENE PIE!
I lived there 2000>2001
It was still a shit hole in case you were curious.
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Expensive shit hole now. 
Used to like the market