Mince Pie Appreciation

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FRENCH sloe gin!!??

Don’t ask, just eat.

#brexit

Topped with a sweet dusting... they don't claim it's icing sugar so I can only assume the worst.

Yep,
I'm failing to see any benefit in Sloe Gin hailing from France.
I've no doubt there is some gin made in France,
but it is not a spirit that, in the UK, has a renowned French heritage.
Sloe-infused pastis, on the other hand might offer something special.

Sloe infused pastis sounds incredible

the mincer thread is infected

Please check the first 16 posts on this thread. It's always been dangerous ground.

Free Greggs Mincer today if you're on Vodafone, check the app shizzle

some chick at work brought a tupperware box full of 'em in today

I've got plenty of sloes.
Don't think I've ever bought (even a small bottle of) pastis.
Let me think about it.

Someone has left a mince pie flapjack on my desk. Not sure about hybrids.

Co Op do them, 4 butter-enriched mince pie granola.

They're alright.

I just got back from a cold, windy ride and this thread is making me want a mince pie now.

Had to give half the Benugo mince pie flapjack thing to Simon, was far too sweet.

Is it my imagination or has the sweetness of the Greggs pie been dialed down a touch this year?

Just ate one cold and it wasn't as sickly as I remembered.

warming up mincers is actually a very yewtree thing to do so you've dodged a bullet there

A good mincer doesn't need to be warmed.

That's interesting because Greggs (Brixton) were so sweet my teeth hurt.

Why have Tesco called these rhubarb and ginger mince pies? As a rhubarb and ginger pie, they are very nice. As a mince pie they do not fall under the definition of a mince pie at all and taste nothing like a mince pie.

This is why I asked. I've got a thick cold so perhaps my taste buds are off.

An actual review

Box of 6 from the Blackbird Bakery, Peckham.
Good mincemeat flavour, but non-standard crumbly topping and excessive icing sugar made this one far too sweet.

Blackbird is all that is wrong with SE London bakeries.