[Closed] Anyone else not like mince pies?

Me, vile things

just you...

Edit: just you 2...

Leave. Just go.

(warmed with custard... hells yeah)

Add me to the list, ditto Christmas pud and Christmas cake 😳

me - horrid.

It would help if people said whether they like Christmas in general - the bitter taste of humbug can spoil a nice mince pie.

🙂

I wil be praying for your souls. Just as soon as I polish off these Heston Blumenthal mince pies with creme fraiche 🙂

I quite like them.

I don't like the violent and repugnant wind about 3 hours later...

It depends on the crust to filling ratio for me.

Used to not like them. Now I do.

As for Crimbo pud, always thought I wasn't keen until I tried it sliced and fried in butter with a dollop of whipped cream.

Hot pie, cold custard. Win.

Take 'em or leave 'em.

Usually leave them.

For me, being of a Teutonic bent, christmas cakes is all about the Stollen.

...mini ones if used as a mince pie substitute:

centralscrutinizer - Member

It depends on the crust to filling ratio for me.

Aldi were shocking this year.
They even had a domed crust, promising all manner of overstuffed delight.
A terrible disappointment to discover what lurked beneath was mostly fresh air.

This thread just confirms my suspicions of molgrips

I'm going to a Christmas meal in a friends house tonight in Austria.
She texted me last night saying " I know you're from the uk so to make you feel at home I've made mince pies. I had to order the filling from uk. They taste great."
Do I just be polite and try and eat them or just tell her I can't stand them?
Awful food of the devil.

I'm with Pigface.

Not a fan of them or christmas

Stollen is ace though

Add me to the list, ditto Christmas pud and Christmas cake

Agreed. The only thing Christmas cake is good for, is weighing down dead bodies.

Yumm. This year, Hests'.

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Mince pie enjoyability varies according to quality/quantity of ingredients (one that the supermarkets really don't do well ime).

However, any christmas/fruit cake can be rescued with cheese.

How much were the Heston mince pies?

Can't remember. Didn't stop me buying them anyway, whatever it was...

Junkyard - lazarus

Not a fan of them or christmas

Stollen is ace though

I quite like stollen.
Although you can save money by taking a bite of a fat ball from the birdfeeder followed by a handful of nuts.

bearnecessities - Member

Mince pie enjoyability varies according to quality/quantity of ingredients (one that the supermarkets really don't do well ime).

Not always true.
They always vary from year to year and the 'luxury' ones are often the most disappointing.

Mrs's S's are always the best, of course, but I picked up an emergency half dozen from SPAR earlier in the week which were delicious.

Heston's this year are nice enough but not like a mince pie at all really, they're more like a spiced florentine with a pastry topping.

Mince pies are a crime against pastry

And there is no greater crime than that

More mince pies means less sausage rolls.

Do you want that?

[b]DO YOU?!!![/b]

I make my own stollen* as its the only way to get a vegan one.

Its rising as I type

* Ok i made two as one wont make it till xmas day 😳

I didn't eat mince pies until I was about 20. My mum used to make them and I thought that the flecks of suet in the raw mincemeat were rice. I hated rice, even the thought of it made me nauseous. Hence there was no way I was going near those nasty rice laden pies. If only I'd known it was only tiny pieces of hard animal fat.

I'm making up for those lost years though.

They are the best thing about Christmas. Cold only, no accompaniment.

Every other Christmas dessert, though, is grim as a grim thing. Stollen, christmas pud (white sauce excepted), all of that is horrid.

Heston's things, whilst rather ****y, are pretty darn tasty. Not mince pies though.

I love them. And Christmas pudding, as long as it's not too nutty. And Christmas cake. Any type of cake or pie with dried fruit in, really.

The Countryfile ones looked interesting, they had actual mince in them as well as all the fruit stuff, the way they were originally. Hmmm. Might have a go at making my own at some point...

Mary Berry mince pies are gorgeous
The recipe was on last week's show, it's still on iPlayer

Serve warm with a dollop of crème fraîche and a little whisky or brandy to wash it down
Result

Cant stand them , not christmas pudding, christmas cake, consumerism, spending money, works parties, dressing up, tv and much of my family.

I detest mince pies, I suspect no-one actually likes them but feels the need to pretend to, just because it's a Christmas thing.

If they were that good surely they'd be in the shops all year round?

They don't even have proper mince in them so it's complete misadvertising alongside the truly horrid taste.

wilburt - Member
Cant stand them , not christmas pudding, christmas cake, consumerism, spending money, works parties, dressing up, tv and much of my family.

Not too keen. Would never think of buying them, but will eat if they are there.

I prefer a nice apple or mixed fruit pie.

If they were that good surely they'd be in the shops all year round?

Pretty sure they are in our Sainsbury's.

Bloody love em although bought ones are often a massive disappointment. Personally I favour those that are heavy on pastry with just enough filling to give the taste. Mum's are the best but she hasn't made any this year 😥

If they were that good surely they'd be in the shops all year round?

They are but as you don't buy them you'd not notice such things.

I love Christmas (as a family orientated Bacchinalian binge rather than a consumer festival or religious event), I like Christmas cake (although I pick the cherries out), Christmas pudding is ok and I'll have a piece. But I don't like mince pies. I honestly do not know anyone in real life who doesn't like them. Makes Christmas meet-ups a little awkward as people are a little offended.

Makes Christmas meet-ups a little awkward

Just mince by.

I'll let myself out.

I hate Mince Pies, so much so next year I'm playing a trick on my mince pie loving friends. 👿 I'm going to make mince pies with minced meat and tell them the truth that they are mince pies! 😆

Does anyone have any Mince Pie Alternative Recipes!?

When I was a kid my mum used to make jam tarts along with the mince pies 🙂

Mince pies are a crime against pastry

And there is no greater crime than that

More mince pies means less sausage rolls.

Do you want that?

DO YOU?!!!

But..., but....., but...., more sausage rolls means less pigs in blankets. Heresy I tell you! 😯

Making sausages tonight for the aforementioned PIBs, but may have to accidentally make far too many and have to wrap them in protective pastry 🙂

I LOVE mince pies.

If you're talking mince pies as in pies filled with mince, best enjoyed with chips, beans and brown sauce - then they're brilliant.
Otherwise you're talking about some marketing ploy played on the feeble minded to get them to buy some crap that normally you wouldn't touch with someone else's barge pole.
And Christmas cake.

Christmas is a time for sherry trifle

Hate them. Disgusting things.

My missus Hoovers them up. Absolutely loves them.

Hated shop bought mince pies so I made my own!

Sweet pastry base, home made mincemeat (made with rum not brandy) and a frangipani topping rather than more pastry, they are even if I say so myself, bloody lovely 🙂

They are based on a Richard Bertinet recipe. I made a second batch after the first disappeared, and stuck a rum soaked prune in the frangipane topping....mmmmm might need another one now 🙂

I now want a minced beef pie.
Good excuse for a cycle to the shops.

Mmm, anything made that involves soaking fruit in alcohol gets my vote. Mince pies. Christmas pudding. Christmas cake. Moist, fruity goodness. Delicious pastry. What can possibly go wrong? Unless you buy them from a shop, that's a proper lottery and best avoided.

Thank goodness they're not available year round otherwise I would be the size of a house.

Thank goodness they're not available year round otherwise I would be the size of a house.

you wouldn't be as quick to leave your bike up your back passage thats for sure!

well, being an unsophisticated northerner, I love mince pies, and I'm not to concerned if they're made by Heston or Mr supermarket, they're all good.

But I don't like mince pies. I honestly do not know anyone in real life who doesn't like them.

I always suspected that you were a figment of a warped imagination.

Possibly mine... 😯

Talking of Stollen, who does the best off the shelf version?

I tried some mini stollen bites from Aldi, but was a little underwhelmed tbh.

Edit: Love mince pies too, but not too far into Jan

Only proper almost chewy home made ones along with stilton. Mum's taste like those light and sugar-dusted supermarket ones so steer clear.

Love them, especially the ones I still bake with my Mum, it's something we always do, and I'm 41 this year, so it's been going on a while now.

I've just had my 2nd mince pie this year. I think that'll do for me until this time next year.

Oooh! I just remembered I have some home made sweet mince in the cupboard somewhere, think it's about 2 year old now.

I love mince pies, proper crispy heavy pastry and homemade mince with come brandy cream.

****ing ace. I've eaten 20 in a sitting once.

The supermarket ones disgust me though.

[i][b]Come brandy cream[/b][/i]...? Is that a euphemism?

Come brandy cream...? Is that a euphemism?

I think he means it's manmade.

^^^^ FFS, this forum can be funny. 😆

Vile things. I'm certain they were first made by mistake & some marketing bod took on a bet that he could convince the gullible consumer to buy them all.

😳

Looks like the "make everything Niche" STW curse also applies to Mince Pies judging by this thread. #becauseyourworthit

😉

Aldi were shocking this year.
They even had a domed crust, promising all manner of overstuffed delight.
A terrible disappointment to discover what lurked beneath was mostly fresh air.

You need that air gap! Whip the lid off, fill with a nice dollop of brandy butter. Lid on, cover in cream.

Boom.

Anyone else not like mince pies?

Mince pies are not bad ...