Mince Pie Appreciation

I have had precisely one mince pie this season.

It was a Konditor that I got free when buying lebkuchen as gifts for kids' school teachers.

A purist approach, mainly brought about by being in warm climes for the last three weeks. But, in the washup, I am having extreme FOMO.

From Cricks Corner in Dartmouth Park - best mincer I’ve ever had. Deep fill, booze, huge, everything you could want

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Carbo loading for Herne Hill later?

I’m calling it: I think we hit peak mincing this year. So many good pies. So many good pies.

I think I’m crying.

I've just had some Fortnum and Mason liquer mince pies gifted to me - £20 reduced to £6.

Very tasty - easily the best one I've eaten this year

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Late winner: Mum outdid Bread Ahead with a Hugh F-W mince recipe and slightly over browned personal pastry... I can’t wait for December.

Sure, it’ll be juniors first birthday, but woah those mincers as yet unbaked...

M&S red box currently 45p in store

Our local Tesco has the audacity to be asking a quid!

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Disappointing. Especially compared to MINCE PIE 9282

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Not K&C, whatever that is. Are you in the army? Or do you live on a secret moon base?

Sainsbury's porridge sachets, heavily discounted. Can't even taste the nearly 25% sugar.

Sainsbury's porridge sachets, heavily discounted. Can't even taste the nearly 25% sugar

Also bought. Have not tried as yet. Might save for next year.....

Porridge sachets are the devils work. Like shrink wrapped apples and pre-mashed potato.

Grey Monday afternoon.
Borough Market empty.
Nice.
Into Konditor.
And out with their last 24 mincers.
Also nice.

Might save for next year.....

With all that sugar, is there any room left for the preservatives?

Iceland standard 6-deck reduced from £1 to 25p.

Spotted a cyclist with a packing box filled with about 10 boxes of tastes the difference mincers at the Hackney Sainsbury's yesterday - most be someone on here? I grabbed a box for myself - only 50p!

Late entry. Panic buying last year now paying off.....

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Bets on when the first pie appears in the shops?
I'm going with October.

Not soon enough is the correct answer

Hottest day of the year...

7 Sep

FFS. As with early sloes and blackberries, maybe it's global warming's fault?

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2020... They'll probably be only pastry...