Pork pie piffle

[Dave7]

Love a pork pie especially with jelly inside it

Cannot stand that yeuk jelly. Why do they shove that stuff in

 

[Dave7]

I went to Tesco early yesterday.
Noticed some "Tesco Finest" pork pies.
I was salivating......just managed to get through the checkout before ripping the pack open and shoving one in me gob. Very nice it were.

 

[battered]

Cannot stand that yeuk jelly. Why do they shove that stuff in

Because the filling shrinks when you cook it and you get an air gap. If you left that the pie would break up when transported, served or eaten.

 

[Dave7]

Because the filling shrinks when you cook it and you get an air gap. If you left that the pie would break up when transported, served or eaten.

Makes sense but the Tesco's best mini pork pies I got yesterday don't have any in.
I just had another one to be certain

 

[MontyVeda]

Cannot stand that yeuk jelly. Why do they shove that stuff in

not all jelly is created equal... some is a tasteless fatty lump, whilst others are salty and wonderful.

If it's got a good jelly, it's worth bunging one in the microwave so the jelly saturates the pastry around the base... but that's the only time I'll heat a pork pie.

 

[battered]

Makes sense but the Tesco's best mini pork pies I got yesterday don't have any in.
I just had another one to be certain

Smaller pie, smaller shrinkage. You can get away with omitting the jelly fill. On the salt level, manufacturers have been driven by the retailers demanding salt reduction following consumer and media p ressure. That's why maufacturers reduce or omit the salt in the jelly. When I was at the pork pie factory and fancied one for my lunch, I used to add a little sprinkle of salt. Vast improvement.

 

[Reynard]

Cannot stand that yeuk jelly. Why do they shove that stuff in

It's also a carry-over from the days where there weren't any fridges. The jelly seals the pie, making it keep longer.

 

[Reynard]

I like my pies with a nice dab of home made chutney.

 

[figbat]

I like my pies with a nice dab of home made chutney.

This! Or some Branston pickle at the very least.

 

[Tribansman]

Got to be mustard

 

[Adam4868]

I am with you there.
MUST be brown sauce

You missed out the letters HP easy mistake 😁

 

[postman]

Vernon was the man for pork pies,he had a chart.I used to do a pie ride in his memory.Ilkley,Otley two there and Skipton,they had black pudding inside theirs.

 

[Tribansman]

Love the sound of a pie ride! Best pie and peas I ever had was a large meat and potato from a bakers in Nelson. It was 90p, and that was only 15-ish years ago too, so insanely cheap.

I'd start in Wigan and sample Blackburn's, Accrington's (any tips @Accy cyclist ?), Nelson's and then pick up your route, @postman.

I wonder who'd win Pie of the Roses?

 

[Reynard]

There's an award-winning pork butcher here in Ely. Oddly, I've never sampled any of their pork pies.

Must rectify that at some point.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I worked on site at the Matthew Brown brewery in Blackburn as a youngster

Which was in Little Harwood. I had most of my window cleaning round there.