Seriously dude, like Stu said, that looks like some kinda H.R.Giger’d-up beans-on-toast - pls take your nasty-ass hipster beardfodder and GTFO this thread… 
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I will be making my own mince pies on the 23rd of December. DIY pastry, brandy mincemeat the lot. A massive pile of them, yum yum.
Edit to add mincemeat being made this coming Saturday.
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It’s Wednesday, Mr MWS is attempting to conjure what kind of woman the ‘Varnished Ham roll’ could belong to?
Initially his thoughts went to Bracknell and a particularly unsavory strumpet he met known locally as ‘Kimmy Vader’.
Sadly this can’t be a match, Kimmy was is no way ‘neat’.
Hypothetically I’m going with:
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https://birdsbakery.com/
Slightly pale looking pastry, but well cooked and nice and short.
No gap, hence a flatter looking pie.
Good ratio of fruit to pie. Mincemeat is nice and tangy, but almost all raisins - no peel, nuts or booze so a little lacking in body.
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These were the type you brought to mine? If so I concur a little warming through improves
Yes, the Lidl ones. I’m going to have to make up a batch of home mades though. A different thing altogether.
Didnt have time for Greggs. Tomorrow morning fo sho.
Desperate for a mince pie now.
Oh, I sooo would. And Narelle says she’ll let me 
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Unsurprisingly, there are no mince pies in France 
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Summary So Far.
Home made pies are best
Some people heat them up
Lidl seem to be offering something non offensive
AmDismal hasn’t got the hang of this thread
Sade’s minge may look like a Pecan Nut
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Standard thread arc.
- Thread title includes the word thread.
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Sam says the cost saving is trivial, and that it’s partly consumer taste (once people are accustomed they don’t like change, even for the better), and mainly shelf life - crisp, well-baked products lose condition quicker and more conspicuously than flabby undercooked ones that are shit to start with. (not quite verbatim her words!)
tl;dr - people are twats
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- There are some pies people like but they are also shit because of dusting and most people can’t buy them
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Heads on poles.
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Thinking of starting The Pies You Will Like But Can’t Have Thread…
My ambitions this morning have been thwarted pie-wise by super important, hurry up and wait work bollox. 
I am hoping to consume something expensive, delicious and unobtainable this afternoon. 
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A Silbatone mince pie.
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Washed down with a W.E. coffee
Don’t think you’ll beat these this year. Confirmed by Which?
1 M&S — The Collection £2.50;
2 Asda — Free From £1.50;
3 Asda — Extra Special All Butter £1.85;
4= Spar — £2;
4= Waitrose — £2.50;
6= Lidl — Deluxe Luxury £1.49;
6= Sainsbury’s — All Butter £2;
8= Co-op — Irresistible £2;
8= Iceland — Luxury £1.89;
8= Tesco — Finest All Butter Pastry Deep Filled £2;
11 Aldi — Specially Selected £1.39;
12 Morrisons — Best All Butter £2