Mince Pie Appreciation

Trolling surely?? Panettone is the unrivalled master of the festive sweet snack field.

I'm not being funny but there's some people who would read those comments and think you were disrespecting the UK scene.

For me, mincer life is all about peace and love and non-violent self-expression, but there are some quite naughty lads - old school mind pie appreciators - who won't shy away from trouble.

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With all due deference to @fizzy.bleach, as someone with an Anglo-German background I'll answer this nice and quick so we can all get back to the humble mincer without any unpleasantness. Lebkuchen is a broader church than the mince pie; apart from yer basics - a heavily spiced gingerbread base, usually with rye flour and a healthy proportion of chopped nuts - there's more structural diversity: soft or hard texture? Chocolate or sugar glaze? Rice-paper base? Apricot jam filling, or even more exotica (I'm rather partial to Dominosteine, with marzipan and a jaffa-cake-like jelly topping)?
To be honest, I'd just go to Lidl, who have a perfectly acceptable selection of different kinds (their Nürnberger Oblaten are a particular favourite); my mum used to have all kinds of clandestine family networks to get hold of suitable Advent fare, but since a Lidl opened locally a few years back she just goes there, and she's not exactly easy to please.

Back to mincers: having seen the reviews I bought some M&S 'the collection' for test purposes (£4 for two packs of 6), and they were pretty good; nice deep fill, proper fruit, decent pastry, etc. Might have to try them warmed up and see how they hold up; could perhaps do with a bit more of a boozy kick, but then that's why home-made will always be best.

This is my kind of post. Everyone else is blocked.

It’s all got a bit brexit in here...

Personally, I prefer Lebkuchen over mincers but lean more towards the smaller, glazed biscuity ones over the big softies. Haven’t really found the one yet but not being in Germany probably makes that a bit tricky.

I actually find some of the content here quite triggering

If Lidl isn't available in a post brexit world, I may have to think about whether I want to live in brexit Britain.
#darkchocolatecoatedapplerings
#milkchocolatecoateddriedbanana

Mince pies and custard anyone... please tell me I'm not the only one.

Nah, can't go wrong with some nice proper custard (not Birdseye) and a mincer. Though IMO Crimbo custard reaches its apotheosis in the mighty sherry trifle, so there's not usually much left over for the mince pies and Christmas pudding.

Made my first batch this weekend using Waitrose mincemeat and a Nadiya Hussain pastry recipe. Cost of the ingredients is about £2 per dozen. Better than any supermarket one I've tasted and up there with Greggs. Could do with being deeper filled, but that's just due to the shape of my pie tin.

The sloe gin ones from Aldi are fucking lush, but the shelf was completely cleared out when I went back for more. Curses

Sloe gin is my plan for the next homemade batch!

Daughter #1 was working in Berlin last week. I asked her to bring me spicy ginger iced German Xmas biscuit cookie doobries. Yes Librarycooken. Or whatever. She did too. A whole bag. She bathed in my gratitude. Then I spotted her other Lidl purchases. Fecking Kids today eh? No morals.

Do the pine cone scales(?) get caught in your teeth?

Another mincephemy

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Not sure whether genius or ungodly perversion. Will have to try it to see.

Coffee shop adjoined to my office was giving out free, warm, mince pies today, I may have shamed myself with multiple visits

No stock in local Iceland, just standard Soreen.

I had a dessert with a mince pie incorporated at Nanban in Brixton last night. It was AMAZING!

Piping hot black miso-glazed banana with a warm mince pie, cinnamon ice cream and crispy-fried noodles.

Do yourself a favour and go and try it.. So fucking delicious.

Hot dessert with ice cream haters >>>>>>>

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Endless creative opportunities....I'm on my way to Iceland right now.....

Vauxhall tescos, in the christmas section. it's amazing. toasted with butter, there's probably no better food in the world