Mince Pie Appreciation

Not been through the thread so don't know if these have come up yet from Aldi.
9/10 from me.

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Sloe Gin always gets a thumbs-up from me, wherever it is deployed.

Police have been informed.

I'm questioning whether I actually like sloe gin now after your previous confession.

'You know what snitches get ....'
he snarled in the manner of a minor character in a Guy Ritchie film.

Worry not fellow thread denizens,
karma has dealt with me.

My local Iceland had sold out of the 'three slabs for £3' mincers,
and,
even I'm not going to buy anything from Mr. Kipling.

Undaunted I strolled over to the Ruislip branch of Wenzels,
(north west London's local Greggs-a-like bakers),
and bought a box of 4 for £1.95.

Tray is larger diameter than Icelands standard, but shallower.
Filling has more clearly defined fruit.

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I got golf clubbed for my review of these bad boys, but the next post was the chilli sauce nut job so it got a bit lost.... Glad it wasn't the wine talking though. https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16806303/

Had a Gail’s one today. Waste of £2.50.

Fucking glad I didn’t spunk £14 on a box.

What didn't you like about them?

Not been impressed with anything from Gail’s tbh, esp the coffee.

Home made mince pies ✅
supermarket coffee ✅
Surprisingly simple Wi-Fi code

It’s nice to be back at my parents for Christmas, first time in five years.

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In the queue for a mince pie slice, it’s quite civil at the moment but things might get tetchy later on when sticks run low.

Looks good even though a slice will upset the purists, was swayed by a Basque cheesecake too, they even give you mulled wine while queuing.

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To be fair I think a slice might be more authentic. Pretty sure that single dose mincers is a relatively modern development.

Hmm definitely shouldn’t have checked this thread while hungry and on a Brighton > Victoria train catching signalling delays. Mince pie slice is making me regret not stopping at Real Patisserie.

Somewhat different vibe

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If anyone's in Dublin, check out the pies from Proper Order in Smithfield. Lovely crunchy pastry number with some intense fruit flavour.

Coffee is the worst thing about going home - I brought Dark Arts Christmas effort with me.

Pear and fig mincer with triple cheese pastry from the Airstream caravan in Cirencester park. Too far?

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That sounds banging. Would definitely try.

Very disappointed by those Oggs ones. Going to chop down some newly planted trees in protest.

Merry Xmas everybody

Meh.
Theres a small baker in West Norwood. Well worth seeking out.

Judging by the tumbleweed in this thread, we all peaked early this year.

A word for the value offered by mince pies.
I dropped into the Ruislip Wenzels as I started the last roughly 6 miles of my Festive 500, yesterday.
Mince pies of course, long gone! (But they had been 4 for £1.95).
Admittedly it was late, and I was not offered the entire breadth of the typical Wenzels offerings,
but, a solitary chocolate/hazelnut spread croissant was £1.85!

Postscript to the above:
two jars of mincemeat purchased to make my own.

I'm off to Morrisons in a bit to get a stash of their shortcrust offerings, the longer the dates, the more I'll buy.

Went out yesterday morning and found a box of Tesco's deep filled mincers on the doorstep, with a card that said 'Jesus Loves You', possibly a sign that the son of god wants me to carry on eating mincers.