M & S Fishermans Pie issue

Or as pp suggests it a pie made for a fisherman, steak and kidney by preference, because if I see any more fish I'm going to throw it somebody.

Isn't this a bit like beef and oyster pie in the 19th century, beef was expensive, so it was bulked out with oysters which were cheap and plentiful, now I can't afford either, so in my case I get the pastry the op gets the mash and mornay sauce.

Oh you poor thing! How can you go on living after that?

Trawlerman’s pie is a good alternative if you can find it

More the luxury end of the marine life hot dishes

Charlie Bighams is the nicest and has white fish and salmon 🍣

Does "fishermans pie" have a formal definition ?

I would have thought it would be anything the fisherman catches.

So one day it could be 4 different types of fish and maybe some other shellfish and other times only one !

Well, she more or less did. Very confusing, though - fish pie, fisherman's pie, Admiral's pie, Ocean pie. Is there a Commodore's Pie? Presumably a Rating's Pie contains flakes of some anonymous white fish.

When I make it I use chunks of cod or haddock, smoked haddock and salmon, plus prawns and I put them in raw because they cook so quickly. I make a parsley or possibly a cheese sauce and sometimes I put a layer of well-drained buttery nutmeggy spinach on the bottom of the dish. I like hard-boiled egg in it. Some capers mixed with the fish are good too. The mashed potatoes should be very cheesy and mustardy, and I mix in sliced leeks sauted in butter. More cheese on the top. Absolutely gorgeous.

Stop making shit up! I've read back through every post. Not once is there a mention of a change of recipe. Not once has the OP said that it used to be different. Just many mentions that, in the OP's opinion, fisherman's pie should contain different types of fish.

I don't know what people are wittering on about on this thread. The packaging clearly states what it is and what it consists of. Lack of basic comprehension skills is not the fault of M&S.

Have you tried their Ocean Pie or Haddock Mornay? Both are very nice and no horrible cod - just haddock!

i don't think you'd get salmon in there for £3 (or £3.20 in a London store).

Now I want to cook a fish pie!

Looks like you'll have to splash out on the gastropub one next time.

I've never seen something called fisherman's pie either. Always fish pie (and it has various fish and prawns in). Anyway, my gripe is something calling itself a pie but there's no pastry present.

Interesting how the Fisherman's Pie was a way of using up the scrappy bits leftover from filleting, trimming and selling by the dozen/whatever at the fishmonger's and combining them with a cheap topping (plus making it go a bit further with a couple of eggs) - but now using the odd bits and bobs marks out the 'better/gastropub' version.

It's like nobody can have a cheap meal without some fucker finding a way to make it out to be worth paying through the nose for.

You really can’t blame M and S because a) you don’t know the difference between fish pie and fishermen’s pie and b) you didn’t read the obvious headline description of the product or ingredients list.

Sheeesh.

😂me too

I once bought a Sainsburys meal deal with fish pie for two, I was pleasantly surprised with it, it lasted me two meals and contained a variety of fish. It's a meal I do make myself but it was a pleasant change to not have to!

The OP has stated very clearly that she has bought this before and the ingredients have changed. This is like blaming a consumer for complaining if Mars Bars suddenly didn't have the caramel layer.

One of those M&S fish pies has to be in the oven for 60 minutes. The fish must be inedible at the end of that. Minimal cooking is best for fish.

The front cover of the packaging says it's cod in a mornay sauce topped with mash.

It took me 5 mins to find the pie on Ocado and it's clear the OP didn't read the label.

I’m inclined to agree with those who say it’s the difference between a “standard” and a “premium/luxury” version!

It clearly says it is just cod in Mornay sauce.
They also do a separate fish pie that iis more expensive and includes prawns , smoked haddock, salmon and scallops

Clearly it’s a fisherman who specialises in catching cod.
On a serious note, though, I would never get over this.
Food related disappointments are felt for life.

Write a complaint letter. I once got £50 from M&S in compo from when they had changed the store design to include those bastard baskets of crisps in front of the sandwich meal deals. The baskets are black, same colour as the floor. As I am partially sighted and the baskets were empty, I didn’t see them when I stepped forward to look at the sandwiches, and a corner of a basket caused a nasty scrape on my shin.

Better still, get on social media. Involve Aldi’s social media team and start a fisherman’s pie war!

I am 57 years old and have never heard of a fisherman's pie

Or, fisherman's pie = pie made for the fisherman. He'd be out on a boat, can't properly make a pie while bobbing about in the North Sea! Like Shepherd's Pie - he'd be up a hill, looking after the sheep, no cooking facilities up on the fells.
Cottage Pie may be different - made in a cottage, by person or persons unknown.