What makes the best pie you've ever had?
Over here, possibly the Crispy Inn's Beef, bacon and cheese pie, wrapped in a light but crispy pastry parcel. Back in Blighty, it would be No. 5 The Deli's steak pie in Crewkerne, which has no equal for the chunkinees of its beef, flavour of the gravy and beautiful half-way house between stodge and fluffiness that is the pastry.
Saying that, I can still slum it with a Fray Bentos Steak and Ale, which was the ray of sunshine on many a dreary Swiss evening when we could get them.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Nov 2010, 13:40, 50 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Pastry doesn't really agree with me anymore.
But I do like a nice cheese and onion pie and I just leave the crust.
( girlinthehole, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 14:30, Reply)

Can you gaz me your address please at some point this weekend ?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 14:36, Reply)

Done.

( girlinthehole, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 14:40, Reply)

Your mums cream pie

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 14:36, Reply)

Pffft!
I wasn't laughing - that was just the sound of the spray cream can.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

I didn't mean that sort of cream
Wahey
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:38, Reply)

Taylor's meat and potato pie
only available in one shop in Crewe back in the 90s. I think the shop's gone. It was amazing, meaty, potatoey and chock full of pepperiness with delicious pastry.

I just cannot give you a true comparison of how wonderful these pies were
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 15:08, Reply)

I can't get excited about potato in a pie.
Except for what's called a 'pie floater' here - they substitute the top pastry for mashed potato, which is then oven baked. Rather nice, that.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Nov 2010, 15:55, Reply)

the potato in this pie was little perfect chunks of loveliness

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:00, Reply)

Fair enough.
Worryingly, a flea just landed on my monitor and buggered off before I could kill it. Might be something to do with the possums outside.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:12, Reply)

i get little flies sometimes
but I like to think of them as snacks for my venus fly trap
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:16, Reply)

Ah, the lure of LCD was too much for him.
As was the crushing weight of a lollystick, the little bastard.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:29, Reply)

Crewkerne?
Are you from my neck of the woods then?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:06, Reply)

The in-laws live there.
I'd love to go back and visit. Maybe next year if the problems with the flat work out ok. Nice spot of birdwatching at Chard Reservoir and go to the saturday market at Bridport. Sigh.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:11, Reply)

I'm from towards Sherborne and Yeovil way
Can't afford to live there now though.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:40, Reply)

I like it down there.

( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:54, Reply)

I love it.
But sadly everyone from London felt the same and pushed the house prices up so high that a local like me can't afford to live in the village where I grew up.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:05, Reply)

Mutton pie in pea soup with ketchup on top.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:06, Reply)

No offense to the pie,
but ketchup makes me boke.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:29, Reply)

I don't really eat pie
but my mother makes a fantastic steak pie
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:27, Reply)

Nyom.

( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:29, Reply)

you shouldn't eat your mum
especially not in a pie
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:34, Reply)

but it's so tasty
she doesn't really bake anymore
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 16:35, Reply)

I don't really make proper pies
However any leftover stew and mash will go into a small pie dish the next day (with the mash on top, and some grated cheese), for more interesting leftovers than straight reheats.

That was the plan today, but someone else on my floor is having people over so don't have access to the kitchen for long enough to do it :(
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:05, Reply)

-
The best pies I have ever had, and still continue to have, are Clark's pies in Cardiff.

They are fantastic, just beef, vegetables and gravy.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:24, Reply)

where is this place
I like pies and am sometimes in cardiff
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:28, Reply)

-
Well you can get them from most Fish and Chip shops in Cardiff, but the original place is the best place to get them and that is in Grangetown (23 Bromsgrove Street, Cardiff CF5 1BJ)
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 19:44, Reply)

I made a Pheasant, Duck and Venison pie, that was pretty magnificent
Steak and Kidney is the king of both pies, and puddings IMHO
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:25, Reply)

kidneys taste of piss, though

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:28, Reply)

which is why pie with just steak is better

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:35, Reply)

Gregg's steak bake
mmmmm
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:48, Reply)

Sayers is superior

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:56, Reply)

I've never eaten at Greggs

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:58, Reply)

you should

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:59, Reply)

really?
They don't look very appetising. Nor is there one in Oxford I think
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:00, Reply)

they are brill
cheap and yummy. Oxford is possibly too posh for them, but if you ever slum it in the rest of the country you should at least try one of their steak bakes, toffee apple slices or egg rolls
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:03, Reply)

I've seen them in Bristol
but never been in
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:04, Reply)

BTW! I bought shoes!
They are technically boys shoes, but they are boots with a little bit of heel and some buckles and while not dainty, are passably lady like. I hope
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:05, Reply)

excellent news :)
pic?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:06, Reply)

uh, OK


they are mostly for work
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:19, Reply)

nice
I'm on an ebay-spree. Three scarves and a pair of shoes. I do love scarves
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:22, Reply)

I can consider this phase a win, then
(at least at my novice level)

scarves are pretty fun to make - either woolly or fancy ones. No shaping and you can arse about with all sorts of fun textiles techniques
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:25, Reply)

Greggs is really over-rated.
The only pie I like from there is the saussage'n'baked bean one. The sandwiches are really really 'meh', the bread is nothing special. Their sweet stuff is all a bit meh too. I do like getting a couple of saussage rolls from there and dipping it in one of their hinez tomarto soups though.

Apparently their tuna is lush, but I don't like tuna.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:56, Reply)

I'm not a big fan of the texture, but the flavour it adds is sublime

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:41, Reply)

clark's

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:50, Reply)

are you from Cardiff then?
Or are they a chain?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 17:59, Reply)

i am in cardiff isn't it aren't we are we is it it is

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:30, Reply)

bangin

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:30, Reply)

-
They were originally from Cardiff but I think a family member went to Bristol and brought the pies there.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 19:45, Reply)

Pie doesn't really do it for me, I don't see the big obbsession people get over it, esspesh up north and in the states.
But I do make a whicked beef'n'mushroom'n'guiness pie, really really lush.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 18:49, Reply)