Mince pie reviews

surrey_commuter

veronese68 said:

pinno said:

veronese68 said:

Should I have referred to them as Waito's?

...and 'Moss's'. But how do you urbanise Lidl and Aldi?

Lidders and Alders?

Lido?

rick_chasey

Had a colleague who dropped £100k on his wedding, only to divorce 8 months later and spiral into alcoholism, which he then took out on me in the office as, as I found out on my penultimate day of working my notice, I apparently had my life together as I was married with kids and younger than him so it was good I was "f@cking off".

Anyway, he used lidl champers for his wedding and he absolutely referred to it as either Lidders or Lids, depending on his mood.


Unrelated, I helped my new colleagues who I liked win his main client off him 9 months later, something which I took massive pride in. Little sh!t. Deserves all he gets.

surrey_commuter

rick_chasey said:

Had a colleague who dropped £100k on his wedding, only to divorce 8 months later and spiral into alcoholism, which he then took out on me in the office as, as I found out on my penultimate day of working my notice, I apparently had my life together as I was married with kids and younger than him so it was good I was "f@cking off".

Anyway, he used lidl champers for his wedding and he absolutely referred to it as either Lidders or Lids, depending on his mood.


Unrelated, I helped my new colleagues who I liked win his main client off him 9 months later, something which I took massive pride in. Little sh!t. Deserves all he gets.

Spending £100k on a wedding whilst buying the champagne from Lidl does not compute

pblakeney

So you deprived a depressed alcoholic of income because he envied you.
Job well done, have a pie.

rick_chasey

pblakeney said:

So you deprived a depressed alcoholic of income because he envied you.
Job well done, have a pie.

Lad was an utter sh!t, he deserves everything he gets, booze or no booze.

Rated himself so highly because his dad, who ran the firm, gifted him the client. Made out my new firm "would never be able to compete" with his firm and that I was bad at my job.

So that is plenty incentive to win it off him. It's a free market, and it's a competitive market. If he can't compete and I can, that's his problem, not mine.

rick_chasey

surrey_commuter said:

rick_chasey said:

Had a colleague who dropped £100k on his wedding, only to divorce 8 months later and spiral into alcoholism, which he then took out on me in the office as, as I found out on my penultimate day of working my notice, I apparently had my life together as I was married with kids and younger than him so it was good I was "f@cking off".

Anyway, he used lidl champers for his wedding and he absolutely referred to it as either Lidders or Lids, depending on his mood.


Unrelated, I helped my new colleagues who I liked win his main client off him 9 months later, something which I took massive pride in. Little sh!t. Deserves all he gets.

Spending £100k on a wedding whilst buying the champagne from Lidl does not compute

Quite.

rick_chasey

Anyway, apologies for taking it off topic.

Are we allowed to introduce panettone reviews or is that too middle class?

surrey_commuter

rick_chasey said:

Anyway, apologies for taking it off topic.

Are we allowed to introduce panettone reviews or is that too middle class?

Start a new thread but if you can make panettone sound street then I will doff my cap to you

longy

surrey_commuter said:

rick_chasey said:

Anyway, apologies for taking it off topic.

Are we allowed to introduce panettone reviews or is that too middle class?

Start a new thread but if you can make panettone sound street then I will doff my cap to you

It's known as 'Tony' by those those who snort it.

pinno

£100k on a wedding?!?
...and I drive 'fancy' cars...

DeVlaeminck

seanoconn said:

Pross said:

DeVlaeminck said:

Tesco with butter enriched pastry. Quite a nice texture to the pastry but a bit of a doughy taste to it, not much filling and the flavour overall was definitely dominated by the pastry. Not unpleasant but disappointing. 2/5

Not sure I'm going to try those if they result in you needing the product in the background!

Maybe it is to deal with JohnGTI's sticky seepage!

Good spot. I’m mean who leaves tampax on the coffee table? 😂

Well it wasn't me !

briantrumpet

seanoconn said:

seanoconn said:

Pross said:

DeVlaeminck said:

Tesco with butter enriched pastry. Quite a nice texture to the pastry but a bit of a doughy taste to it, not much filling and the flavour overall was definitely dominated by the pastry. Not unpleasant but disappointing. 2/5

Not sure I'm going to try those if they result in you needing the product in the background!

Maybe it is to deal with JohnGTI's sticky seepage!

Good spot. I’m mean who leaves tampax on the coffee table? 😂

Or is that a breakfast bar? Which would be more acceptable.

Depends where you are going to insert them.

seanoconn

briantrumpet said:

seanoconn said:

seanoconn said:

Pross said:

DeVlaeminck said:

Tesco with butter enriched pastry. Quite a nice texture to the pastry but a bit of a doughy taste to it, not much filling and the flavour overall was definitely dominated by the pastry. Not unpleasant but disappointing. 2/5

Not sure I'm going to try those if they result in you needing the product in the background!

Maybe it is to deal with JohnGTI's sticky seepage!

Good spot. I’m mean who leaves tampax on the coffee table? 😂

Or is that a breakfast bar? Which would be more acceptable.

Depends where you are going to insert them.

My feeling is the tampax is allowed a little holiday in the kitchen after being unpacked from big shop before it makes it’s way to the bathroom cabinet.

rick_chasey

pinno said:

£100k on a wedding?!?
...and I drive 'fancy' cars...

Yes but Pinno, with all due respect, you're not pure c&nt though, nor do you get your father to bankroll it all.

pinno

Fair enough.

rick_chasey

Don't say I can't do compliments. Here, have a mince pie, M&S (4/5)

seanoconn

pinno said:

Fair enough.

Probably the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you 👍

pblakeney

To continue the tangent as it might not come up again. I know parents who spent £60k on their daughter's wedding. Marriage lasted 6 months. I know another couple who had a cheaper wedding. Their marriage failed on the first week of the honeymoon due to the husband getting jiggy with a maid.
Weddings are a huge waste of money. Yes, I am married. Happily. So far.

pinno

pblakeney said:

...due to the husband getting jiggy with a maid.

Oops.

I has been with Mrs P for almost 18 years and we aren't actually married.

rick_chasey

Their marriage failed on the first week of the honeymoon due to the husband getting jiggy with a maid.

Yikes.

rick_chasey

FWIW, my wedding day, easily the best day of my life. Loved it. Every minute.

pblakeney

rick_chasey said:

FWIW, my wedding day, easily the best day of my life. Loved it. Every minute.

Oh yes! Absolutely wonderful.
Not value for money by any means, but wonderful. Like a Ferrari.

DeVlaeminck

I enjoyed my wedding day but it didn't cost much. Registry office then a meal at a nice pub in the Peak District - wife's dress was £80, my ring whatever that cost, wife used her mum's old one.

pinno

DeVlaeminck said:

I enjoyed my wedding day but it didn't cost much. Registry office then a meal at a nice pub in the Peak District - wife's dress was £80, my ring whatever that cost, wife used her mum's old one.

Like ^ very much. Sounds wonderful. That's what I think of as good, honest wedding. Far more romantic and real than lavish expenditure, matching lavender everything, champagne and a long guest list.
The frills mean nothing.

veronese68

I thought Rick was in the wrong thread for a moment back there. So to carry on the multiple tangents, married for 26 years and still happy most of the time. Our wedding day is still talked about by people that were there as it was a bloody good do. Not particularly lavish but everything just clicked for some reason.
Panettone or Pandoro are absolutely joyous. Pandoro is my preference, this doesn't have any bits in it and has a dusting of icing sugar on the top. Pandoro is actually Veronese and Panettone is Milanese in origin, so I may be slightly biased. Lidders and Alders do perfectly good examples of both, there is no need to go to Waitrose and buy expensive ones. My mother, the italian, buys the Lidl ones.
I'd better go and have a mince pie now...

daniel_b

I've still managed not to consume a single mince pie - which is good as I am trying to lose weight, circa 6.5kg or just over a stone gone so far.

My partner made this yesterday, I've tried one, and it was very pleasant.
https://deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/mince-pie-crumble-traybake/

Charlie_Croker

Unlucky @daniel_b on the mince pie sampling, but you've got to do what you've got to do!

I'm having trouble with weight reducing too but I like (love) my mince pies, so other things have to go, not the pies when there gone the problem (if there was one) ends then LOL

halenajulie42

I just love heavy and thick pastry . 10/10

Tashman

Had one yesterday from the local cafe. Amazing crisp pastry, deep filled with punchy boozy fruit and topped with a marzipan star which in this instance added something extra which I liked. Served with a generous dollop of clotted cream too. Best I've had this year

pinno

Tashman said:

Had one yesterday from the local cafe. Amazing crisp pastry, deep filled with punchy boozy fruit and topped with a marzipan star which in this instance added something extra which I liked. Served with a generous dollop of clotted cream too. Best I've had this year

Not a little bit rich?

I has been trying to pile on the lbs to give me a bit more insulation for rides over the winter. So far, i've added about 0.75 of a kg. Must up the pie intake.