Mince Pie Appreciation

Fuck it.

I declare a mincer scene fatwah on Jay Rayner. You're banished mate.

Stop eating mincers right now.

Bit harsh.

can't stand puff pastry or lattice top pies - stop doing mincers wrong!!!

Emotions are running high in the mincer thread. I WILL NOT curb my passionate views or SELF-CENSOR in these heady days.

^
most controversial mince pie eater on LFGSS

https://www.abouttimemagazine.co.uk/food/about-time-you-discovered-the-best-mince-pie-creations-in-london/

Gaze upon and wonder

List of places to boycott.

*awaits inevitable fatwah

What: Festive dessert yearnings? One of the fanciest mincemeat-based puddings going, Coral Pearl’s stunning mince pie doughnut is coated in pine nut sugar and served with lashings of boozy brandy custard.
Where: 30 Henrietta St, London WC2E 8NA

Fuck off!

Dear lord - what in the name of fuck is this?

What: Branston have collaborated with east London baking extraordinaire Lily Vanillito create a unique take on a Christmas classic. The cheese and pickle mince pies are stuffed with fine diced roast potato and cheddar with a huge dollop of Branston’s on top, and stuffed into short crust pastry.

(Would smash the naan mincers mind).

(Would smash the naan mincers mind).

I thought that

I'd smash your nan's mincers.
What?

Naan mincers are solid. The rest can get in the sea.

Did anyone get to the bottom of the article where theres a little blurb about the writer? It's worth going back for*

*if you enjoy getting annoyed by millennials

I went back.
I didn't find it annoying.

Maybe I'm just being grumpy

Maybe you'd primed me to be open minded.

I'd eat a mince pie naan with a saag paneer any day of the week

Gotta say that looks a little Sellafield inspired.

Sheffieldites, get these down you: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq4iwYDAWrG/

I've had a couple of Eccles Mince Pies from Brick House bakery. They are 10/10 for taste but are just an eccles cake in a mince pie shape.

The word collab and mince pie have absolutely zero reason to exist is the same murmuring. Get off my lawn.

https://amp.theguardian.com/food/2018/dec/07/how-to-eat-mince-pies

^ brilliant. I am going to call them Christmas pyes from now on.

Yeah, I feel like Tony Naylor would fit right in on this thread; he does a nice turn of phrase too.

Where do we stand on suet? Both in the pastry and in the mincemeat?

Imho, veggie mince pies are not quite as awesome as suet based ones.

To be clear, I am not advocating the use of meat in the mincemeat. Just the fat.

You can have veg suet too. Right?