Greggs

tardington

Have just discovered a Greggs is just short of my new workplace.

So after a 40 min commute in the cold I have to go past steak slices, sausage rolls, doughnuts with pink icing, bacon sarnies, just made scotch pies*, those bacon and cheese pastry things.

And it's 99p for 2 sausage rolls today. Mmm! 8) 8) 8) 8)

Oh and they have bran scones, I suppose.


*they are the best then

cee

never mind all of that..greggs do bacon rolls with loads of oven baked bacon in them....yum

Mike Healey

I once spoonerised an order for Curd Tarts

tardington

Mike Healey wrote:

I once spoonerised an order for Curd Tarts

That sounds, um, tasty?

I'm going to do an extra loop tomorrow so I can justify a scotch pie at 8.55am. 8)

prawny

Whats a scotch pie? I think I want one!

iain_j

When Liverpool One (shopping centre) first opened last summer, right alongside my work, one of the first places I discovered was the new Greggs. A few weeks ago, a new cake shop opened even closer. It's brilliant

tardington

It's the round kind, they have a stiff pastry circumfrence, and the inside is that curious mix of grey meat product mixed with, um, stuff? Possibly sawdust, or ground up bones perhaps. But SO tasty. If you can recognise the filling, it aint a scotch pie!

prawny

I'm off to greggs tomorrow for a browse!

Gregs 'lady' - Are you being served?

Me - No thanks just browsing :shock:

tardington

iain_j wrote:

When Liverpool One (shopping centre) first opened last summer, right alongside my work, one of the first places I discovered was the new Greggs. A few weeks ago, a new cake shop opened even closer. It's brilliant

Move to scotland my friend - Goodfellow & Steven have pies and cakes on the same hotplate.

tardington

prawny wrote:

I'm off to greggs tomorrow for a browse!

Gregs 'lady' - Are you being served?

Me - No thanks just browsing :shock:

Go in before eleven and get the bacon cheese pastry thing. I don't know what it's called but it's bloody great. Instant hangover cure!

Jamey

Sausage, bean and cheese melts FTW.

ratherbeintobago

tardie wrote:

Have just discovered a Greggs...

....just made scotch pies*....

*they are the best then

No - not from Greggs.

World Scotch Pie Championships 2008

Greggs stuff is cheap & nasty. You want to go to a proper bakers.

RBIT

Edit: Having a nostalgia moment for the delicacy known as a pie roll - scotch pie with tom sauce in a morning roll. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. The English can't make pies properly. Or rolls.

messier0101

Their lemon muffin are awesome....well worth the 75p

tardington

ratherbeintobago wrote:

tardie wrote:

Have just discovered a Greggs...

....just made scotch pies*....

*they are the best then

No - not from Greggs.

World Scotch Pie Championships 2008

Greggs stuff is cheap & nasty. You want to go to a proper bakers.

RBIT

Now while this place is all about cycling, a detour to Forres or Buckhaven or even lowly Boghall (for a measly 2nd runner-up) might make a bit late for work! (corstorphine, edinburgh)
Edit: Having a nostalgia moment for the delicacy known as a pie roll - scotch pie with tom sauce in a morning roll. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. The English can't make pies properly. Or rolls.[/quote]

On the other hand, this sounds niiiiiice. Like a version of the old Pea Pie Floater.

b0y1nterupted

we have a greggs near work & i love the chicken mayo sandwiches

so much so the lady serving asked if i was stock piling them?

oh & she tells me off for forgetting my loyalty card everyday

Crapaud

prawny wrote:

Whats a scotch pie? I think I want one!

The best pies are from the Nevis Bakery in Fort William. Although the current Scotch Pie Champions are in Bathgate.

The City Bakeries did better pies than Greggs, IMO. Take a bite, pour out the grease, and consume*. Delicious!

There used to be a snack shoppe on High St. that did curried scotch pies and bridies. Yummmm!!!

*The pie, not the grease.

Edit to add: Scotch pie on Wikipedia.

Bassjunkieuk

Jamey wrote:

Sausage, bean and cheese melts FTW.

+1

And for just just over £2 you can have a couple!!!!
The wife loves Greggs to as she usually gets the Chicken Salad on malted bread..........she says it's lovely :-)

tardington

To be fair, their Healthy Sandwiches seem to be pretty much that - grilled meat and salad etc.

And it IS nice that people are telling me places 100+ miles away to get a pie on the way to work but hey! when I'm an SCR'r I'll make that detour 8)

:P

b0y1nterupted

tardie wrote:

And it IS nice that people are telling me places 100+ miles away to get a pie on the way to work but hey! when I'm an SCR'r I'll make that detour 8)

:P

just think of the potential scalps on that route

tardington

As they weep, and scream Whhhyyyyy!

I shall say "Piiiieeeee!!!"


I'm sorry, I made myself snigger. 8)

prawny

I'm goin to the castle douglas area im may, any pie shop reccomendations?

spen666

cee wrote:

never mind all of that..greggs do bacon rolls with loads of oven baked bacon in them....yum

What were you expecting to be in them if not bacon?

prawny

Could be raw bacon - less nice

cee

spen666 wrote:

cee wrote:

never mind all of that..greggs do bacon rolls with loads of oven baked bacon in them....yum

What were you expecting to be in them if not bacon?

Hey spen. haven't seen you post for a wee while.

it was the oven baked bit and the quantity of meat that was surprising, not the actual meat product concerned. How many manky purveyors of bacon rolls do you know of that bake the meat????

Also...its greggs.....what do you expect to find in anything from greggs?

Inane responses are my favourite.

i just got sent a link to this......