Today's pie-fest

[vernon]

Yum yum yum......I'm soooooo jealous. I wish I could have been with you.



BTW: I can only see one post, but would be happy to see pictures of those pies over and over and over again

Just think Rocky - nine different pies.

I could have gone for a dozen.....

 

[rich p]

Vernon, how you keep your svelte figure after that lot is beyond me.
You could make a fortune from the Vern Diet book.

 

[vernon]

Vernon, how you keep your svelte figure after that lot is beyond me.
You could make a fortune from the Vern Diet book.

I'm still dithering over ordering a Chinese or an Indian takeaway...

 

[rich p]

I'm still dithering over ordering a Chinese or an Indian takeaway...

Would both be greedy?

 

[vernon]

Would both be greedy?

I've decided to pass but for the record, I have done fish and chips, a chinese and an Indian on top of a gallon of Tetleys when I was a svelte rugby playing undergraduate.

My housemates struggled with the fall out.

 

[i hate hills]

Some nice looking pies there. I trust the " gale force wind " is outside and not anything to do with the pie eating ????

 

[i hate hills]

Some nice looking pies there. I trust the " gale force wind " is outside and not anything to do with the pie eating ????

 

[i hate hills]

Bloody sausage fingers of mine posted this twice.....

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

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Pie scoring.

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Elsie getting stuck in. Can't start pie eating too soon.

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Pork and apple pie

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Pork and cranberry

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Pork cheese and pickle

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Greenwoods of Boroughbridge pork pie

After some deliberation and revision of scores as the tasting progressed the cumulative scores from a tasting panel of five. Elsie's equanimity of enthusiasm for all things pie shaped would not have altered the rank orders had she been able to score.

Ist place - Boroughbridge pork pie 159/200
2nd place - Boroughbridge pork, black pudding and pickle 148/200
2nd place - Boroughbridge pork and apple 148/200
4th place - Bedale pork and caramelised onion 136/200
4th place - Boroughbridge pork, mushy pea and mint sauce 136/200
6th place - Bedale pork cheese and pickle 132/200
7th place - Bedale pork and chorizo 129/200
8th place - Bedale pork and cranberry 126/200
9th place - Bedale pork pie 122/200


We are all pied out, my guests have left and moderate beer drinking is now taking place accompanied by gale force wind.

I'm not surprised about the gale force wind after that lot!

 

[vernon]

@Tin Pot this pie book would be a useful addition to your cookbooks. It is marred by the inclusion of quiche and flan recipes but there's some interesting fillings. My exploding pork pie recipe came from it.

I will get around to.using the pie dolly to make some raised pies in the not too distant future.

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[deptfordmarmoset]

Bloody sausage fingers of mine posted this twice.....

You got there first. It'll be the pies repeating....

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

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With the weather like it is perhaps they should change their names to SinKing and Dave Mire?

 

[vernon]

With the weather like it is perhaps they should change their names to SinKing and Dave Mire?

They happen to be on Radio Four right now. One of them was a makeup artist.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Anything with shortcrust pastry is dead easy. @User14044 and @Hill Wimp will attest to the quality of crust and filling.

Hot water pastry for pork pies is problematic. My first attempt resulted in crusts resembling hard tack biscuits in texture. My second attempt witnessed an explosion which coated the kitchen ceiling cooker, kitchen units, work surface and floor in hot water and molten lard. The ceiling still bears the scars. Third time lucky .

Mumsnet's Mother-in-law's corned beef pie is simplicity in itself http://www.mumsnet.com/food/recipe/1639-Corned-beef-pie
Delia Smith's steak and kidney pie recipe is a good one to follow with. http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/main-ingredient/meat/offal/mums-steak-and-kidney-plate-pie.html

I can confirm that Vernons pastry is top quality, the best i have tasted for a long time

 

[rich p]

One of them was a makeup artist

Did he make up Santa?