penniriches
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Reged: 28/03/2008
Posts: 332
Loc: northampton
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Every year as long as I can remember I have made my own mince pies, with varying degrees of success. I have never found any ready made that I liked. Yesterday in Morrisons I impulse bought some of their shortcrust ones which I think are made in store, they are utterly delicious and I won't be bothering to make my own now. Give them a try. 
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SPANGLE
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Reged: 25/01/2008
Posts: 467
Loc: Lichfield, Staffordshire
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I've never been any good with pastry - I made a batch of mince pies years ago and they were so vile, you could have bounced them on the pavement, the pastry was so horrible!  Nowadays,it's the shop bought variety every time - usually M&S, but I actually bought some award winning ones from the Co Op today, and they were pretty yummy!
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Splash123
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Reged: 04/05/2008
Posts: 4097
Loc: South Glamorgan
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I am not very keen on mince pies and I am wondering if anyone will notice if I dont buy any this year....what do you think?? To buy or not to buy!!
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Lillie
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Reged: 04/06/2008
Posts: 4739
Loc: Sandhurst, Berkshire
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Costco mince pies are simply the best and the biggest !!
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lizalou
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Reged: 01/02/2008
Posts: 675
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Just eating my 2nd Tesco puff pastry one as we speak (BOGOF so no calories in the 2nd!)
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kate1
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Reged: 18/08/2008
Posts: 6805
Loc: Leicestershire
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Splash,
I feel the same.Shall I buy just a few or forget it?
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suzie88
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Reged: 02/09/2008
Posts: 811
Loc: Essex
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I love mince pies, I have had about 3 today.
Suzie88
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GILL3SQ
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Reged: 29/07/2008
Posts: 1594
Loc: Staffordshire
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Penni,
Absolutely agree about Morrisons. Went there today just to buy the mince pies. Everyone else I have asked agrees that they are the best they have tasted in a long time. Apparently they won 1st prize too on This Morning.
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Mayday
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Reged: 19/01/2008
Posts: 2046
Loc: Gloucestershire/cotswolds
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WE had Morrisons ones at our WI Dec meeting!!! Fancy WI ladies buying Mince pies!!! However we are not all domestic godesses(we do other things instead!) and we all agreed the Morrisons are extremely good. I personally have imposed a ban for myself on them this year......I find them more and more indigestible and after all they are full of the dreaded calories and Cholesterol!!!Thats my excuse....it gets really difficult to refuse them though as hostesses always seem affronted if you refuse! Why should we be expected to eat things we do not want?!! Does anyone else find this to be the case?
Mayday
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Psyche
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Reged: 23/01/2007
Posts: 2877
Loc: Bicester OXON
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My nearest Morrisons is Banbury so I shan't make a special trip. Faves so far are the Co-op's.
Nice to see you about Gill. Hopefully there will be another Stratford after Christmas.
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Psyche.
So many books...so little time!.
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BEL
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Reged: 21/02/2008
Posts: 2480
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Morrisons mincies are the best according to OH,he should
know!!!!our local village bakery comes 2nd!!!
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issi
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Reged: 30/09/2007
Posts: 3746
Loc: London
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This morning, on a whim, I baked my own - repeat - baked my own - mince pies! OK I'm not that good, I used a ready rolled shortcrust pastry and bought a jar of the most basic mincemeat. I made a dozen pies with lattice pastry tops, sifted icing sugar on top and served them up warm to the chap doing my garden. If I say so myself they were really good. What gets me is that every year I make mince pies and I am always buying jars of "luxury" mincemeat. The simple ones I made today were much nicer.
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