Mince Pie Appreciation

Horseshit. It’s a mince pie, not a Christmas pie. I’d eat these fuckers year round if they were available.

Wrong, bigly

I haven't read this yet,
still topping up on Iceland's 12 for £1.89 offering.

yeah. Eccles cakes January-November, Mincers are for Christmas

Chorley cakes > Eccles cakes.

Humble opinion.

St John's Eccles Cakes > all other cakes

There's nothing like a mid-November mince pie (or box thereof) to both quell and perpetuate those simmering feelings of self-loathing.

That's too posh.

^^On that note

• Tesco's Finest. 7.9/10 after putting them in the oven at 140° for 7 minutes. My French friends had never had them before and rated them as formidable. I crushed these things very quickly. All-around very good.
  

French friends

There is a French mince pie.

I worked with the bakery team for a year a while back and I seriously miss these. Dreamy combo with the Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire cheese. The bakers really pack a lot of work and good stuff in these pies. Also grew fond of the deviled kidneys, specially after a customer facing double shift... but that is another story!

It was only the victorians that made mincemeat into a Christmas thing and the victorians were colossal twats. Side with them if you like...

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You’re leading me into the type of temptation the Victorian’s were especially particular about... such an eloquent seduction...by Jove.

Have you got your tree up as well?

Yeah. It arrived loads earlier than I expected and I was already on the mincers so I thought, "fuck it" and put it up yesterday. I've ate all my chocolate coin decorations already.

Haven't got a single regret, not even one, don't @ me

When are they coming down? Candlemas eve is the hope in our house.

For a pair of mince pie, money no object- where to go?
As in- fresh out of the oven, Filling: Pastry ratio heavy on the filling. Good spice. Nice kick of alcohol. Bonus point if served with cream.
Kind of an afternoon tea treat type deal.

Alternatively- for those of us not organised/ too lazy to make our own mincemeat- where does the best mincemeat of the supermarkets? I suppose I should probably just buckle down and make some.

Ritz or Waldorf Hilton?
No experience - just guessing.
EDIT - Looks like this place might be a better bet - but still no mention of mincers
https://www.corinthia.com/london/restaurants-bars/afternoon-tea/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9tXVjoGP5gIVw4XVCh3WUweWEAAYASAAEgLRR_D_BwE

When it's dead. Which will probably be the 12th of December.

I will confront them on their ignorance tout suite. Disappointingly, there doesn't appear to be a corresponding thread over on pignon-fixe.

• Aldi All-Butter - 5/10 disappointing even for the price. Pastry to filling proportions are off, pastry is sandy, filling is too sweet and lacks booze.
  

@user15324

Corinthia is a probably a good bet - I had afternoon tea a few days before Easter and there were certainly chocolate eggs, etc

I clearly overstated money no object. I just meant bakery level...

We were on holiday in the area in '96, although I had suggested Arcachonne,
and somehow Mrs. M and the travel agent, (yes, people used them that long ago),
interpreted this as Carcasonne.
Mrs. M is a carnivore and did try one. She reported it a bit greasy,
but better than a UK mincer, of which, she is not a fan.

This thread just reminded me the misses bought some sainos standard prepacked variety, so thought I'd sneak one as a post commute recovery pie.

It's fucking burnt! How do you burn what I imagine to be an entirely automated process. It's as close as I've been to reporting it through the "not satisfied" route on the back of the pack.