AH opinion on Mince Pies...

W.Shakes-Beer

I'm eating one right now and its quite the tasty with a cup of tea.

A lot of people hate them but there's a few, like myself, that can handle their fruity goodness.

Kiera

Manky!

/and so is tea!

Kasabian

I avoided them until I realised they weren't actually minced meat.

Love them now with a cup of Barry's Tea.

Teyla Emmagan

Made all my mince meat yesterday for mine. Homemade mince meat is AWESOME!

Azureus

Nasty.
Used to think there was minced beef in em too-with a sugary top. Taste like it could be anything in those vile things so wasnt too far fetched.
Give me a candy cane for an xmas treat any day!

Aldee84

They are just massive with fresh cream and strong cup of coffee. Iceland are doing Christmas flavoured ice cream may I add :-))

CardBordWindow

A bane on the existence of Christmas!

Sky King

They're fkin stink.

flutterflye

They are not a desert, how in the name of fcuk people think meat in a pie is a desert is beyond me.
Also, they are gack.

Edit: The ones my granny makes have meat in them. They are the only ones I've tried - do they not all have meat?

candy-gal1

mince pies in a bowl with lots of custard, scrummyness!

castlepoint

with fresh cream.yum.

Kiera

flutterflye wrote: »

They are not a desert, how in the name of fcuk people think meat in a pie is a desert is beyond me.
Also, they are gack.

Edit: The ones my granny makes have meat in them. They are the only ones I've tried - do they not all have meat?

No, just your grannys.

Aoifey!

Kiera wrote: »

Manky!

/and so is tea!

How dare you?!

Teyla Emmagan

flutterflye wrote: »

They are not a desert, how in the name of fcuk people think meat in a pie is a desert is beyond me.
Also, they are gack.

Edit: The ones my granny makes have meat in them. They are the only ones I've tried - do they not all have meat?

They are made with fruit. I think your Granny may be having you on.

mackg

Only Christmas dessert I like, heat em up throw on a bit of cream nyom

tempura

Mince Pies are the business.

Am loving the new trend for iced ones too.

There should be a pudding thread btw.

LETHAL LADY

I eat them hot with whipped cream scrumdiddlyumptious.

parker kent

Aoifey! wrote: »

How dare you?!

Everybody is entitled to their opinion. Unless that opinion is that tea is mank. That is just wrong. WRONG :pac:

Mince pies are a bit meh. Like most similar pasty based little pies/tarts/whatever.

Sooopie

they are vile, along with xmas cake and pudding

sick on a plate mate

Kiera

Aoifey! wrote: »

How dare you?!

You're living in the 80's, luv. Bovril is where its at

Miss Olenska

They're mank-a-roo.

Just as well, they're bloody high in calories, I'm quite glad I don't like them!

strobe

Kasabian wrote: »

I avoided them until I realised they weren't actually minced meat.

Love them now with a cup of Barry's Tea.

Same here, only found out the truth about 2 years ago. Used to be sickened watching otherwise normal people putting cream or custard over the top of them.

starlit

mmm yummy love the mini mince pies!:p

Chris P. Bacon

Some shit options in the poll,there are ok.

W.Shakes-Beer

And just so you all know I was listening to this while eating it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKPoHgKcqag

felt wrong.

Immaculate Pasta

I like them :cool:

But I wouldn't feel comfortable eating one in November.

Miss Olenska

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

They are made with fruit. I think your Granny may be having you on.

Traditionally, they were made with meat and fruit.

aido179

mince pies are delish. but why is the filling called mince?

Teyla Emmagan

Miss Olenska wrote: »

Traditionally, they were made with meat and fruit.

Gakkk!!!

Aoifey!

Am I the only one who always just assumed mince pies were made of mince?

I freakin LOVE mince pies. I makes the bestest mince pies, superquinn make the second best

Not so pushed on the ones in the pack that have like six months expiry date on them! But I won't say no

aido179

Aoifey! wrote: »

Am I the only one who always just assumed mince pies were made of mince?

Obviously f'in not. Have you read any of the replies?

Abi

Little balls of gack tbh.

Aoifey!

aido179 wrote: »

Obviously f'in not. Have you read any of the replies?

Sorry, that's one other, how could I have been so blind? :rolleyes:

Kojak

Aoifey! wrote: »

Am I the only one who always just assumed mince pies were made of mince?

Yes

flutterflye

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

They are made with fruit. I think your Granny may be having you on.

Lol! Maybe!
She probably told me that as a child and I just never questioned it!
I feel like an awful tw@t now!

Kiera

Aoifey! wrote: »

Sorry, that's one other, how could I have been so blind? :rolleyes:

Its all that tea drinking, Aoife :P

*cough* drink bovril *cough*

ejmaztec

Too many of em, and you've got the ghey, it's the mince.

Aoifey!

Kiera wrote: »

Its all that tea drinking, Aoife :P

*cough* drink bovril *cough*

Even the smell of that stuff makes me feel sick

HLecter

Ok so their inner workings arent so pretty, neither are your wife's.
But she gets the trick done and so does the humble pie.

Nomable level : 68.5 %

Mint Sauce

Disapointed that theres not actually mince in them.

Novella

Ugh, I think they're awful.

Sky King

See, the problem I have with mince pies is that I ate a load of them one year and puked my dick up and now I can't stand the sight of them

ejmaztec

Tesco Value ones are the worst ones, with a hell of a lot more "pie" than mince.:(

Aoifey!

Sky King wrote: »

See, the problem I have with mince pies is that I ate a load of them one year and puked my dick up and now I can't stand the sight of them

:eek:

Swampy

From wikipedia:
The early mince pie was known by several names, including mutton pie, shrid pie and Christmas pie. Typically its ingredients were a mixture of minced meat, suet, a range of fruits, and spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Served around Christmas, the savoury Christmas pie (as it became known) was associated with supposed Catholic "idolatry" and during the English Civil War was banned by the Puritan authorities.

Kiera

Sky King wrote: »

See, the problem I have with mince pies is that I ate a load of them one year and puked my dick up and now I can't stand the sight of them

The sight of dicks?

:P

Dudess

Depends on the pastry - a nice pastry and they're yum.

Eric Cartman

very much depends, the type of mince pies with thick pastry, enough sugar in them to kill a diabetic , heated and topped with cream are delicious , the bitter ones your granny makes are shíte though

Dudess

A place in Cork called The Gingerbread House used to bake ones with a buttery shortbread pastry - they were to die for. Closed now sadly. The Mr Kipling, Cuisine De France etc stodgy ones - mank.

Gummy Panda

candy-gal1 wrote: »

mince pies in a bowl with lots of custard, scrummyness!

Now that's what I like.

Delish