Mince Pie Appreciation

Fingerblasted 4 x Greggs mincies in work yesterday and to hell with the pre-xmas detox

Just bought 2 packs of Greggs mince pies for £2.20 on Tottenham court road, they were saying the offer is finishing though.

Tasty pie though, thanks for the reco pie thread!

Stop Press: pies on bogoff at Greggs Eastbourne, £1.50 for 12!

40 mile commute and still gaining weight......

First Greggs of the season today... Not bad...
reaches for elasticated selvage jeans

Missus-ru made the first batch at the weekend. I can probably say it here with impunity, but her pastry, while good, was not quite on a par with my favoured Sainsbury's Sweet Pastry. Mince filling superb though.

She has, however, agreed to try out eyebrows marzipan topping (star/angel/xmas tree)on the next batch which I am very much looking forward to.

In other news: Lidl Stollen - 7/10. Ever so slightly dry and could with a bit more fruit, but pretty impressive.

Just had some Sainsbury's bakery ones. Good, sweet pastry, much better than any packet ones I've had. Still not as good as Greggs though.

I really liked the Sainsbury's Taste The Difference pies I had last week... Might've been slightly better than Greggs...

Sounds like an excuse for an intimate (i.e. just me) A/B mince pie group test...

Sounds like an excuse for an intimate (i.e. just me) A/B mince pie group test...

Great, looking forward to a decent group test write-up

Had some Asda ones today, a guy at work brought 24 in, obviously they were a bit meh compared to Gregg's but I still smashed a load, whilst eating these I was reading about mince pies in the Metro. Apparently in medieval times they used to have actual minced meat in there, sounds like a win to me

tasted the sweet greggs nectar just 5 mins ago. necked a couple like they were aspirin. very tasty. i'll have another couple in 4 hours, don't want to OD.

Mmm, eating one RlGHT NOW!!!

I had three for dinner. feeling a bit sick

I had one after dinner with a slice of stilton on top. Yum.

One after dinner, just smashed my way through two more... Considering another...

Mrs B has fallen under the thrall of Sauron's even-more-evil brother, Gregg. She has already been granted her own Postcode and Spain has threatened to annexe her if she expands any further.

Killed a box of Tesco's last night with almost the full tub of brandy cream. #weightweenie

brandy cream is for middleweights - brandy butter for the full artery clogging experience, or stilton, mmm stilton..

Great mince pies, AND customer service. Shame that they spelt one "1", but hey.

Great mince pies, AND customer service. Shame that they spelt one "1", but hey.

I'm slightly more concerned with them spelling 'nice' as 'nicw'. :)

And, indeed, with the lack of an apostrophe in the name.

So, their one tweet induced three Schick shudders?

Mrs B has fallen under the thrall of Sauron's even-more-evil brother, Gregg. She has already been granted her own Postcode and Spain has threatened to annexe her if she expands any further.

doubling at this.

had two of mr kiplings offerings today, average to slightly above average.

yes. Marks best are good, continuing on the mincer odyssey, Dorset Blue Vinney works as good as Stilton. Brandy butter hits tommorrow on new selection

Just broke my mince pie virginity for the year. Was a pretty crap mini one from work, but it has set off the cravings nonetheless... need more! Still yet to get to a Greggs. Needs to be done asap I think.