So... What are the best mince pies?

[DaddyCoolNippingAtYourNose]

.. and i don't mean the crappy standard ones. i mean the finest ones ever. i was always partial to tesco 'finest' and sainsbury 'taste the diff' but someone last year recommended the next step up on the posh scale to 'Duchy Originals' which i've bought but haven't tucked into yet.

which are the very very best in your opinions?

i've got auditors in now. fortunately they are all horny blonde 20 somethings (which is incredible rare in this profession) so i'm not as stressed as usual.

girly - you're dh would appreciate this!

dONT LIKE CREAM!
OOPS ds HAD THE key board!
had him removed now!!

No didnt take me that long Mr Cool, I just have other things to do..like my shift down t'pit

in fact, it's amazingly rare. my colleague commented "if carlsberg made auditors...."

its nearly my birthday!!!

what's your birthday got to do with mince pies?

i said that the start of the tax year was my birthday. GAM was adding to that.

luckily for me my dh's auditors are a bunch of boring old farts, or so he tells me....hhhhmmmm better start bugging his office

he might have the same sort as DC....

NomDePlume said her birthday was at the year end in april.

thanks for sticking up for me!
He's a real bully to me!!
always picking on me!

has to be double thick cream on my mince pies and they have to be hot

the best mince pies in the world are my mums - she puts a walnut half inside with the homemade mincemeat, and we eat them with brandy butter

i'm drooling onto my keyboard

right I have to be off now.
The starving hords wi;ll be biting my ankles if i dont go cook something!!

might make some mince pies too!!!
and chocolate muffins..what do you think?

sorry mandy, i'm a bit of a b**tard to you sometimes aren't I? i'm just messin whig ya (yo yo)

hey DC I dont take it seriously!!!!
I am just messing too.
You smooth git!!!

i hope my colleague brings those pies today. we were all teasing her yesterday and she went home in a bit state.

apparently its the asda butter pastry ones

I'VE GOT THEM! ASDA Extra Special All Butter Pastry Mince Pies. I shall be carrying out my taste test at approx 12:00pm and I will feed back my verdict.

oh enough with bl**dy mince pies!! I have to go and get some today at waitrose (of course)
aaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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My ones are the best , cant beet homemade ones, yummy, yummy, yummy

ASDA Extra Special All Butter Taste Test

VERDICT 25.11.05: I'm disappointed. The intial presentation is nice, with a very fancy ripple pattern around the side and a snowflake across the top dusted heavily (too heavily) in icing suger.

The filling is quite nice. Very full of alcohol and large chunks of gooey stuff.

The pastry is terrible. It is brittle and dry and is comparable only to Mr. Kipling mince pies (which are exceedingly crap).

I wouldn't go as far as to say this was a poor pie, but it is certainly not on the short list of UK's best pie.

No!

well thanks for that now I dont have to brave Asda

I think I may try my local bakers in a mo

Groan........ Is this still going?!!!