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Do you heat up pork pies?

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FurForksSake · 05/11/2025 23:05

I’ve never heated one in my life, but I’m discovering some people bake the ones you buy in the supermarket and then serve them warm / hot, maybe with peas?

if you would be so kind as to let me know where you’re from, I want to know if it’s a geographic thing!!

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Fridayismyfunday · 06/11/2025 16:44

Yuck no. Never heard of anyone doing this and I’ve lived/ have friends and family in all corners of the UK.

suki1964 · 06/11/2025 16:42

DH is Northern Irish and eats them heated.

He was also offered them heated in Whitby

Londoner - and won't touch them - yuck the jelly

jackstini · 06/11/2025 16:38

Hot fresh from the butchers - delicious
Microwaved - no

My uncle has pork pie sandwiches for breakfast on Christmas morning - never been tempted to try that…

Nottinghamshire

ToffeePennie · 06/11/2025 16:31

No. When I was a teen I used to make the bloody things! And there was no way they needed to be heated up.

Lincslady53 · 06/11/2025 16:30

DH was born and bred in Melton Mowbray, his uncle was a baker who made them. We now live near Merseyside, and it seems to be very common in these parts. DH is horrified by this barbaric practice and think that all who do so should be banished to some cold dark place till they acknowledge the error of their ways.

poshfrock · 06/11/2025 16:22

Yes when I lived in Leeds hot pork pie and peas were served on Bonfire Night. I miss them. 😔

Somersetbaker · 06/11/2025 16:19

FurForksSake · 06/11/2025 16:06

Reply @Somersetbaker but the same as the pork pies you can pie in a six lack in the cold section of Tesco?

Much the same but made by the butcher, with decent quality ingredients, rather than mechanically recovered slurry or whatever the supermarkets use, no artificial colour or preservative, the only flavour "enhancers" will be salt, pepper and may be some herbs and they don't keep for weeks, best eaten the day they're made.

Clychaugog · 06/11/2025 16:14

Dim ffiars! (N Wales)

Bjorkdidit · 06/11/2025 16:13

Yes, there's subtle differences, eg the pork in the picture is pink when in a Melton Mowbray it's grey, something to do with curing I think, and heathens like me will probably use them interchangeably and have any 'pork pie' hot with mushy peas or unheated as part of a picnic or buffet.

But yes, you could have the ones from the supermarket heated with peas (if you have an air fryer, that's probably good for heating, but like most things, the ones from the butcher will be nicer, but likely more expensive.

But still baffled and slightly amused as to how so many people seem to find hot pork pie and peas so objectionable.

Original poster
FurForksSake · 06/11/2025 16:06

Reply @Somersetbaker but the same as the pork pies you can pie in a six lack in the cold section of Tesco?

Do you heat up pork pies?
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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 06/11/2025 16:02

Before today I thought that Mrs Grumpy was the only person in the world mad enough to heat up pork pies.

Melted jelly 🤮

TamarindCottage · 06/11/2025 15:59

M husband and I are Londoners and the same age. I heat them, he doesn’t

Somersetbaker · 06/11/2025 15:59

FurForksSake · 06/11/2025 15:32

So are the pies you get from the butcher / baker / candlestick maker what would be recognised as a pork pie in the rest of England? Hot water crust, firm puck of pork, jelly?

Yep.Eat them warm from fresh from the butcher, eat them cold or eat them hot with mushy peas but not heated in a microwave. They aren't Melton Mowbray pies, which have to be made in a distinct manner and only in Melton Mowbray

Piratesue · 06/11/2025 15:57

Yes, Def a thing in North Yorkshire. Skipton based

Razzlefrazzle · 06/11/2025 15:55

They used to do this at the convent I went to when I was about nine (70’s) Worst school dinner I ever had to endure - served with peas, mash and gravy 🤮🤮

NamelessNancy · 06/11/2025 15:53

Is nothing sacred any more? Hot pork pies and scotch eggs? Absolute insanity. Will nobody think about the jelly?!

AndStand · 06/11/2025 15:44

I'm near Melton Mowbray and all I can say is hell no!

pinkpony88 · 06/11/2025 15:44

Torturedsoul · 05/11/2025 23:07

It's definitely done in some parts of Yorkshire. Pie and peas on bonfire night.

That’s a different kind of pie

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FurForksSake · 06/11/2025 15:32

So are the pies you get from the butcher / baker / candlestick maker what would be recognised as a pork pie in the rest of England? Hot water crust, firm puck of pork, jelly?

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sashh · 06/11/2025 12:40

SlaterSleighs · 06/11/2025 08:43

People of Yorkshire please desist - signed the entire population of Melton Mowbray and the surrounding villages.

Whilst I’m at it could everybody please note that the company that makes Elderflower cordial (Belvoir Farm) is pronounced Beaver and not Belle Voir

Don't worry your offerings are safe, we will stick to our stand pies thank you very much.

For those wondering about the jelly, it turns into a delicious gravy type entity and does soak into the pastry, a bit, but a proper hot water crust it doesn't soak it up as much as short crust would.

BarbaricYawp · 06/11/2025 12:12

The meat in a pork pie is very dense. I would question whether it's even possible to heat one up without risking food poisoning.

Plus it's just wrong.

I'm from London fwiw.

Zempy · 06/11/2025 12:05

SE. Never!

iamnotalemon · 06/11/2025 11:59

I’ve never even considered this and the thought of it baffles me, but each to their own haha

DinoLil · 06/11/2025 11:47

What???? No! A pork.pie is eaten cold.

HerbieFluffyDumpling · 06/11/2025 11:44

This is definitely a thing in West Yorkshire! It's got to be a pork pie from the butchers and warmed in the oven, so the pastry stays crisp. Also, soaked mushy peas and not out of a tin. The butcher I go to also sells pies unbaked with the jelly, so you can have them freshly baked at home 😋