The tragic demise of proper lids on mince pies

We've all made exceptions for a small steam hole, mate.

Actually, you know what?

I'm 100% with you here, but there is a greater crime to consider. There should not be a gap twixt mince and lid. "Air" is not a legitimate pie filling.

Mr Kipling, he does make exceedingly empty pies.

"People who make them?"

How dare you Sir!

WTF.... I make make them. Full fat, full fat lids and icing.

... and icing.

Deviant.

4 dozen made earlier, all with proper lids.

Only 3 dozen left now. Burp! Where's the Gaviscon?

My OH makes them, with a slightly lardy pastry too - lush.

Although I had to give her a hint in November, by buying ready-made from ASDA 🙂

Deviant.

100%

… and icing.

Dusting... wrong term.

But Icing sounds good and marzipan 😉

Some folk just like to be fancy. Just make them whatever way you like them. Big glass for the bases. Re roll the pastry and small glass (usually a baileys glass) for the lids.

Think I’ll make some boozy ones next. What’s the best booze to use? Brandy, Baileys, Whisky?

since someone on here mentioned it..... you can put whatever lid you want on because it's coming off, to be replaced by a slice of strong cheese. Cheddar, or Stilton, most likely.

(the lid will probably be eaten separately though, this is not a calorie saving device)

We’ve all made exceptions for a small steam hole, mate.

😂

I’m 100% with you here, but there is a greater crime to consider. There should not be a gap twixt mince and lid. “Air” is not a legitimate pie filling.

Amen.  I can see I am amongst true brethren here.  Some oozing of filling is allowable as it at least demonstrates a conscientious attempt to achieve full mincemeat yield.

You are all a bunch of freaks, the only proper lid on a mince pie is a bin lid, Satan's food, along with marizpan and marmite....

“People who make them?”

How dare you Sir!

Clarification.  People who make them without fully formed lids.  Blessed are the pie makers - so long as they are doing it 'properly', like your good self it would seem 😉

You are all a bunch of freaks, the only proper lid on a mince pie is a bin lid, Satan’s food, along with marizpan and marmite….

Burn him!

Thine Wife is a wrong un!

Although she does make me mince pasties. Like Cornish ones, but full of mince meat, not mince meat.

But Icing sounds good and marzipan 😉

You're lucky I'm not still a moderator.

I've made a mince pie tray bake to bring with us in the camper. Brandy in the mince and a crumble topping for a change on it. Going down well with a glass of port

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And samples. Do you deliver?

I’ve made a mince pie tray bake to bring with us in the camper. Brandy in the mince and a crumble topping for a change on it. Going down well with a glass of port

That does sound good!

Eaten most of it. Usually have a bake of something when we are away in the van

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Got a couple of slices of homemade snicker cheese cake left to eat before we go home

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since someone on here mentioned it….. you can put whatever lid you want on because it’s coming off, to be replaced by a slice of strong cheese. Cheddar, or Stilton, most likely.

What on earth. What is this? Is this real? Is any of this real?

I’m 100% with you here, but there is a greater crime to consider. There should not be a gap twixt mince and lid. “Air” is not a legitimate pie filling.

Absolutely this. I feel a serious escalation of the winter of discontent

you can put whatever lid you want on because it’s coming off, to be replaced by a slice of strong cheese. Cheddar, or Stilton, most likely.

I'm not so sure on the cheese on mince pies theory. Warm the pies, lift the lid, dollop of clotted cream, lid back on to help it melt in.....😍

Local bakery does them with a lid of brandy butter cream in a dirty great edge to edge dollop.

You can feel the blood vessels in your mouth harden as you chew.

I'll take that over more pastry every time.

What on earth. What is this? Is this real? Is any of this real?

Try it, you'll never look back. Everything's better with cheese.

Blow torch the stilton as well. Proper nice.

Think I'll pass thanks 😂

What’s the best booze to use? Brandy, Baileys, Whisky?

Correct.

*regards kitchen cupboard. Finds them regrettably bereft of mincey goodness.

The advantage of partial lids is that there's no air gap where filling should be , so it's a true dilemma.

The only proper lid on a mince pie is a bin lid, Satan’s food,

100% correct. I expect the pastry is lovely, but they contaminate it with that stuff.

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As a child I was very disappointed to find the filling had nothing to do with mince.

Agreed, I was only pondering this problem as a took the last full lid pie from the tub.

Given enough to drink, one evening I think I may have a little experiment with the cheese/alcohol/cream options.
Probably using one of the star shaped tops as a victim.

Aldi luxury mince pies would fit your bill.

The folk above with the cheese can get in the sea. Part of my extended family has a tradition of getting a massive round of stilton and scooping it onto mince pies with a dollop of brandy butter. Absolutely foul - the culinary equivalent of inviting Piers Morgan, Katie Hopkins and Jim Davidson for Christmas lunch. Just an unpleasant assault on the senses.

My dog has decided she likes mince pies.

After snaffling one and being forced to hurl at the vets she came home slept off the emetic then thought she would just make sure by chowing on another.... So off we went again to the vets.

I wasn't a fan before but now the smell tinged with vom has probably sealed their fate to remain on the shelf

@aberdeenlune
My tipple of choice for livening up mince pies is Sloe Gin.....

Also. Mini, or "fun" sized, can get in the sea and should've been banned long ago by any right thinking country  Either give me an acceptably proper sized  mince pie with pastry so short it needs both hands to eat and hold it. Or give me death*

*Well, perhaps not death, perhaps disappointment.

I like the mini ones. More pastry, fewer crumbs. You need to have more of them though, obviously.

since someone on here mentioned it….. you can put whatever lid you want on because it’s coming off, to be replaced by a slice of strong cheese. Cheddar, or Stilton, most likely.

How on earth did this aberration, this, this, THIS SORDID ACT OF DESECRATION pass me by unnoticed!  How are you even allowed in this thread?  I'm going to install Delia Smith and Mary Berry as thread bouncers I think.  "Can't come in here with that cheese mate. Clotted cream? In you go, have a nice evening".

I like the mini ones

Always suspected you were a wrong un but could never put my finger on why....

I'm taking names in my little black book.  So far, @theotherjonv, @higthepig, @dyna-ti and @bigblackshed's missus have been indicted.  @kelvin is skating on thin ice.  I was initially going to take a tough line with @Tracey. I have decided, on consideration that the baked item she describes is clearly not a mince pie and thus exempt from the rules (and sounds lovely).

On the whole, I am pleased to see the deviant quotient is relatively low and most of you are upstanding ladies and gents.

Warm the pies, lift the lid, dollop of clotted cream, lid back on to help it melt in…..😍

Don't think I didn't see this.  I have adjudicated however and decided to let it pass. Because that's what I do! If you hadn't replaced the lid, the outcome would have been very different.

Mini ones are awful. Mincemeat to pastry ratio is all wrong (I can illustrate with equations if you want but if you assume the pastry thickness is a constant irrespective of pie volume, then the filling scales as the cube should tell you all you need)

And, you can't get enough cheese on top.

Mini ones are awful. Mincemeat to pastry ratio is all wrong (I can illustrate with equations if you want but if you assume the pastry thickness is a constant irrespective of pie volume, then the filling scales as the cube should tell you all you need)

I don't know if you are seeking redemption, but there is wisdom in those words.  Maybe hope is not completely lost in your case?

And, you can’t get enough cheese on top.

Doh!!!! 😡

I was initially going to take a tough line with @Tracey. I have decided, on consideration that the baked item she describes is clearly not a mince pie and thus exempt from the rules (and sounds lovely).

The cheesecake swung it for me, proper use of dairy based products, none of this "on a mince pie" nonsense

I’m taking names in my little black book.  So far, @theotherjonv, @higthepig, @dyna-ti and @bigblackshed’s missus have been indicted.  @kelvin is skating on thin ice.

I take great offence to this (also to being likened to being the equivalent of Jim Davidson at a dinner party!)

Higthepig, dyna-ti and bigblackshed's missus need a trip to forced re-education, a bit like room 101 but with shortcrust pastry being the key element.

Kelvin is indeed on thin ice but has time to recant his misdemeanours.

I'm in a category of my own, among this crowd at least but I note a couple of other disciples. You can flog me, nail me to a suitable shaped bit of wood (a wedge probably, with the nose cut off to spite our followers) but in years to come you'll be adding stilton to the top of your pies and praying for me to come again.