Mince Pies

[Hobbit]

Cheers guys, you're upped your game in last couple of days, typical blokes you just needed asking twice!

As a cider drinker I'm keen to try those ones as a wee diversion but for traditional style it seems M&S are getting some love so far
Coop local to where i'll be so sounds like it needs sampling too

I know I’ve mentioned it in previous years but try cracking the top and drizzling a bit of brandy into it.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

@Slab if you are allowed to take this back with you, sealed jar, then I recommend M & S jar of brandy & clementine mincemeat. Use that to make your own . It is the best one out there.

 

[Slab]

I know I’ve mentioned it in previous years but try cracking the top and drizzling a bit of brandy into it.

OK might do that. normally crack to insert brandy butter before adding the cream

 

[Slab]

@Slab if you are allowed to take this back with you, sealed jar, then I recommend M & S jar of brandy & clementine mincemeat. Use that to make your own . It is the best one out there.

Foodstuff i can bring pretty much anything back... except sprouts!

They're classed as noxious materials

 

[Orikoru]

I have had the in store baked ones at

Co Op
Morrisons
M&S

And Waitrose

Best filling was in M&S

Best pastry was Co Op

But overall the ones in Waitrose were far superior than all the others

Yeah, we have the Waitrose 'brown butter mince pies with cognac', I've had one and it was very nice indeed.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

The crumble topped ones are back in Tescos

 

[Slab]

The crumble topped ones are back in Tescos

Oh never saw those, next visit..
So far I've gone for 2 kinds of M&S and a Mr kipling , yet to sample to see which to take back, might even make my own variety pack mixture

 

[irip]

The crumble topped ones are back in Tescos

I tried these but was not a fan.
Had a mince pie wrap yesterday.
Bit unusual but would try again

 

[arnieboy]

First of the season, Sainsbury's Taste the Difference mince pie, very pleasant!

 

[irip]

I love all mince pies so trying to rank them is difficult for me as I enjoy them all.

I will admit to preferring the original as opposed to crumble topped etc but a basic mince pie and I’m a happy man.

I went into Greggs earlier and saw mince pies on offer so bought some. Got them home made my wife a cup of tea and presented the mince pies as though I was some god like figure.

One bite and we both looked at each other knowing something was wrong, VEGAN mince pies.

The whole lot in the bin now and proof the Devil still works at Xmas I would rather eat my own toenails

 

[Orikoru]

First of the season, Sainsbury's Taste the Difference mince pie, very pleasant!

I actually got some of those yesterday and haven't had one yet. Glad to see a good review.

 

[Orikoru]

I love all mince pies so trying to rank them is difficult for me as I enjoy them all.

I will admit to preferring the original as opposed to crumble topped etc but a basic mince pie and I’m a happy man.

I went into Greggs earlier and saw mince pies on offer so bought some. Got them home made my wife a cup of tea and presented the mince pies as though I was some god like figure.

One bite and we both looked at each other knowing something was wrong, VEGAN mince pies.

The whole lot in the bin now and proof the Devil still works at Xmas I would rather eat my own toenails

Which part of a normal mince pie is not vegan then? Thought it was just fruit, pastry and sugar.

 

[irip]

Which part of a normal mince pie is not vegan then? Thought it was just fruit, pastry and sugar.

So did I.
I didn’t think to even check.
My guess is the part of a normal mince pie that is vegan is the taste & flavour as that what seemed to be missing from the vegan catastrophe I’ve just had.

 

[D-S]

Which part of a normal mince pie is not vegan then? Thought it was just fruit, pastry and sugar.

Perhaps Greggs were using ‘real’ mince?

 

[GreiginFife]

Which part of a normal mince pie is not vegan then? Thought it was just fruit, pastry and sugar.

The pastry probably. Butter and, in some cases, some recipes use egg yolk.

 

[Orikoru]

The pastry probably. Butter and, in some cases, some recipes use egg yolk.

I forget that vegans live their lives without butter even. What a horrible, miserable existence.

 

[YandaB]

Which part of a normal mince pie is not vegan then? Thought it was just fruit, pastry and sugar.

The mincemeat probably has beef suet in.

 

[jim8flog]

Had to smile this week I bought some from Tesco and some from the Coop.
Disposing of the plastic trays in to the recycling this morning and realised they are identical.

They even tasted and looked the same thing. Just the outer box that was different except both said " Merry mince pies"

 

[Slab]

Thanks for advice/reviews to my earlier query

By way of update. Over and above the ‘standard’ mince pie I decided to also bring back three kinds I haven’t tried before

Ones topped with brandy butter
One topped with crumble
Ones made with puff pastry

Haven’t opened any of these three yet but will attack in due course…

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I would have lower expectations of those bottom two. They tend to have less filling and so are less fun. Hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised and I'm wrong.

Always fun to try different variations though.