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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
This is the thing, I would never buy a ready meal, or value mince, I get all my meat from the butchers
But I fucking love pork pies and cocktail sausages.
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Bazongaloid, Thu 20 Mar 2014, 10:50,
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latest was 12 years ago)
I want to learn how to make my own pork pies, supposed to be quite difficult due to the type of pastry.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 20 Mar 2014, 10:54,
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this looks to be a pretty good version of teh recipe
gourmetdough.com/pastry/how-to-make-hot-water-crust-pastry
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Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 20 Mar 2014, 10:59,
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Bookmarked. Ta.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 20 Mar 2014, 11:04,
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It's just shortcrust, innit?
I can well imagine a filo pie being a pig but you can't really go wrong with shortcrust.
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Kroney, Thu 20 Mar 2014, 10:59,
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Hot suet I think.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 20 Mar 2014, 11:00,
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I'd love to get meat from the butchers but work and being hungover on most Saturday mornings prevents this.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 20 Mar 2014, 10:57,
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Have you considered addressing your alcohol problem?
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Bazongaloid, Thu 20 Mar 2014, 11:02,
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Yes
I went to the shops
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 20 Mar 2014, 11:13,
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Past experience has told me I'd probably be too late to go even if I wasn't hungover.
I like a lie-in, and most butchers shut at lunchtime.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 20 Mar 2014, 11:52,
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