Mince Pie Appreciation

Lightweights. End of first run about to finish. Plus a few of my mum's brought home after Xmas. Another final batch to go in tomorrow - just to finish off the brandy butter obv.

Sainos taste the difference. Warmed. And then eaten cold. Pretty good.

Got two six decks in at my in-laws still, plus I saw some lying around at my dad's. This is manna from heaven for a true mincer king like me. I actually plan to eat more between now and mid-Jan than I did in the early December "hype" phase.

After years of this life, you know when the mincing peaks and troughs fall and you swim AGAINST THEM.

Warmed and drowned in brandy butter was the ticket on Christmas and Boxing Day.

I've got six in the cupboard and a lonely one in the tin.

But, I am armed with brandy butter and shall fall swiftly upon them as locusts.

Brandy butter? Never heard of it... Is it good with mince pies!?

Time to trade booze in for pies! Oh hail the holy pie!

Brandy butter? Never heard of it... Is it good with mince pies!?

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Ran short of mincemeat mix... cooked up four apples (cored, unpeeled, super-thin sliced in a processor), with cinnamon, splash of rum, some dried raisins and brown sugar. Then folded into the mince and pied-up. Not bad at all, kept the worse of the craving's at bay.

Had a panic as Tesco and the Co-op are both out of mincers with no re-up planned. However my local baker had them knocked down to 20p each and they were rather good.

sadly i am for real. Remember, im a forrin.

It's butter with all sugar and brandy mixed in.

Oh mate. It’s one of the pillars upon which the festive season is built.

Everything festive that’s hot and sweet needs to be drowned in brandy butter.

Make your own. Add enough icing sugar to butter to make your teeth hurt. Then enough brandy to stop your teeth hurting.

Ha

Previous prediction of the end to my season was premature; went round to my parents and was presented with a cuppa and some oven-warmed mini mincers (Waitrose I think). Went down very nicely.

Omg that sounds better than I thought it would!

Just lost all control and smashed half a packet of mini stollen.

It's OK. Make sure you have people around you who understand and can support you.

Each day is a new day.

Still at it. Buried in the middle of this frangipani beauty is a thick yet reasonable layer of chunky, citrussy, nutty, fruity home made mincers heaven. And I've got another 3lb stored for mincemergencies. For a slice drop by N2 anytime.

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Ffs hurry up and move out here

I never really liked mince pies, but I have just discovered that if you submerge them in Advocaat, like some sort of alcoholic custard, they become acceptable.

My local BP garage M&S still has boxes and boxes of them but still full price

Picked up two four-packs of Waitrose chocolate and ginger mincedoodles yesterday. Only 25p per crate, but weird. I'd describe them as inch-deep chocolate cookies with mincemeat filling.

A worryingly sign that our scene is going all "craft beer" and taking on American trends for no good reason? Astroturfing on a mincer scale? this is not how i wanted to go into the off-season...

I've still got half a Christmas cake and a full Christmas pudding and a jar of last year's mincemeat to go.