Mince Pie Appreciation

pro tip- buy them from an artisan baker with beard

in a recent survey over half of all men in UK were wearing beards
*data source- me in London last week

no beard here

#countertrend

in a recent survey over half of all men in UK were wearing beards
*data source- me in London last week

A perfect instantiation of the Uncertainty Principle. :)

Asda Extra Special - cat approved

Gluten free from now on... I need to get sorted somehow...

Goatse voyeur kitty

M&S do a passable gluten free mince pie.

Fantastic!

Mini mince pies work well as a christmas tree decoration.
For a while, anyway.

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"Why not have mincemeat in scones?"

Yes. Why the hell not? That sounds delicious.

http://www.lavenderandlovage.com/2014/12/countdown-to-christmas-mincemeat-scones-for-the-christmas-tea-time-table.html

http://www.goodhousekeeping.co.uk/christmas/christmas-tried-and-tested/mince-pies-2014

apparantly iceland are doing the business this year. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

Not bad, a solid 7/10... They're not cheap, are they? :$

They are not. I've yet to find any cheap specifically made gluten free products though.

Cos in general, they are fucking aweful.

Had some Fortnum and Masons last year and they made me look at mince pies once more and not consider then to be the devils snot.

€4.99

Beschreibung:
Glutenfreier Christstollen von Poensgen. Qualität, die man schmeckt.

Inhalt: 500g
Zutaten:
glutenfreies Mehl (glutenfreie Weizenstärke, Süßlupinenmehl, Verdickungsmittel: Guarkernmehl, Magermilchpulver, Süßmolkepulver, Dextrose, Emulgator: Sojalezithin), Wasser, Rosinen, Butterreinfett, Zucker, Mandeln, Orangeat, Zitronat, Rum, Hefe, Gewürze, Speisesalz, Dekor: Puderzucker
Nährwertangaben pro 100g:
Brennwert 1420 KJ, 340 Kcal
Eiweiß 2,5g
Kohlenhydrate 50,2g
Fett 13,2g

Does it smell like cat food?

-Actually could that be the lard/suet in the pastry?

Last year I made batches of pastry some with lard and some with suet. These seem to make quite flavoursome pastry with lovely texture. I made the mince meat, following the delia reciepe and deviated with ginger wine soaked dried fruits and cherry brandy rather than brandy also gentle on the peel and used cardamon as well as allspice and cinnamon. I also used pears as that is what I had to hand.

Does it smell like cat food?

-Actually could that be the lard/suet in the pastry?>

he's just a constant pest for our food - if you give him a bit he doesn't want it though - unless it's cheese, he loves cheese - maybe he thinks all we eat is cheese?!

Greggs - lovely pastry but to me the filling is a touch too sweet and could do with some more alchohol/spirit flavour - still probably the best on the high st though

Ha, it is your cats way of informing you that s/he is in charge.

Iceland are the ones according to someone..good housekeeping or some such.

This critic tried all the mince pies so you don't have to. Surprised it hasn't been posted yet.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-10/fortnum-mason-triumphs-as-duck-waffle-chef-tests-mince-pies.html

One of the teams at work are having a mince pie taste test on Monday. They are all bringing in mince pies from supermarkets and have asked me to bring in a guest non-supermarket pie. I'm going to blow their tiny minds with some Greggs.

Boom! Feeling rough, my amazing girlfriend bought me some co-op deluxe ones yesterday. Bit early but still awesome.

How did this work out?