Good news thread..

[Losing my hair]

20 minutes ago, sameimpala said:

Right. @Quark @Yoghurt on a Stick

I'm jealous.

[Quark]

1 hour ago, sameimpala said:

Right. @Quark @Yoghurt on a Stick

I have questions.

1. Filling?

2. Are those crispy onions?

3. I assume that's mash at the bottom?

4. This is the big one. Grated cheese with peas, pie and gravy?!  Depending on the answer to 1. this could go either way.

[balti-pie]

grated cheese with peas, pie and gravy sounds incredible to me. I'd like to echo Quark's pie assertions, as they're all crucial in determining good pie quality. As important as the filling is (and it really is, of course) for me it often comes down to the pastry. The fine denizens of Piglet's Pantry make for me the best pies around - they are literally the only reason for me to go and watch Brighton games when my mates have spare tickets. (I don't support them, they're developed an infuriating habit of beating Spurs, and its not all that exciting to watch their football - tidy, with no real penetration, its an hour and a half of foreplay) but the pies at Brighton are magnificent. Its the absolute highlight of the trip. Their secret, and im not blowing it for anyone here, is that they incorporate herbs into their pastry, making it a rich, buttery, delicious delight. Even the nominally dry last corner that has hardly any filling in is absolutely delicious. 

Theyre good at veggie fillings too - they did a great veg balti pie, and the curried butternut squash pie is absolutely excellent. So if you want an amazing pie, go and bother Piglet's Pantry. they do home deliveries! 

We got some executive tickets for a cup game a couple of years ago for my mate's birthday, and with access to the posh facilities post-match we somehow got chatting to the pie fellas after the match, who were keen on getting rid of all their produce before going home. So the four of us who went got a box of sixteen pies for £16 to eat on the train home! 

 

did we? 

 

of course we bloody did. 

[fred quimby]

2 hours ago, Quark said:

Paging @balti-pie 😄

An amazing pie has to tick all of the boxes, no easy feat.  The pastry has to be baked to perfection, enough of a bite to it to retain structural integrity but not so much that it becomes dry.  A total crust as well, none of this tin bowl with a pastry lid nonsense.  The filling should be just that, filling. No huge air gaps inside the pie, but equally not bursting out of the sides. Depending on your filling of choice it should be tasty (obviously) with a good mix of textures. Pieces should be large enough that it doesn't all blend together, but not so big that you only get a few bits to a pie. Enough gravy / sauce to maintain moisture and not make it a dry meal, but not so much that it becomes a stew, destroys the pastry and swamps the plate.

An amazing pie is a thing of beauty, and suitably rare.

 

I'm hungry now. 

I did get the Hair Bikers book of Pies for Christmas but yet to embark on the Pie cook trail yet. Probably an Autumn project to get into pies

[fred quimby]

1 hour ago, sameimpala said:

Right. @Quark @Yoghurt on a Stick

Man I am very hungry now. Looks ace

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 hour ago, sameimpala said:

Right. @Quark @Yoghurt on a Stick

Oh, I see!

That does indeed look amazing. I suspect that it tasted off the scale too. In fact, so off the scale as to be amazing.

Thanks for the education  @sameimpala  ( I can't get that name copy thing right).

 

[Quark]

36 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

grated cheese with peas, pie and gravy sounds incredible to me. I'd like to echo Quark's pie assertions, as they're all crucial in determining good pie quality. As important as the filling is (and it really is, of course) for me it often comes down to the pastry. The fine denizens of Piglet's Pantry make for me the best pies around - they are literally the only reason for me to go and watch Brighton games when my mates have spare tickets. (I don't support them, they're developed an infuriating habit of beating Spurs, and its not all that exciting to watch their football - tidy, with no real penetration, its an hour and a half of foreplay) but the pies at Brighton are magnificent. Its the absolute highlight of the trip. Their secret, and im not blowing it for anyone here, is that they incorporate herbs into their pastry, making it a rich, buttery, delicious delight. Even the nominally dry last corner that has hardly any filling in is absolutely delicious. 

Theyre good at veggie fillings too - they did a great veg balti pie, and the curried butternut squash pie is absolutely excellent. So if you want an amazing pie, go and bother Piglet's Pantry. they do home deliveries! 

We got some executive tickets for a cup game a couple of years ago for my mate's birthday, and with access to the posh facilities post-match we somehow got chatting to the pie fellas after the match, who were keen on getting rid of all their produce before going home. So the four of us who went got a box of sixteen pies for £16 to eat on the train home! 

 

did we? 

 

of course we bloody did. 

I thought this chat might be in your wheelhouse 😄

Personally if I was going to have cheese I'd rather have it incorporated into the mash. Personal preference though.

And that's prime work on the train journey. Cap doffed.

[balti-pie]

four pies in a half hour train journey, on top of a few pints of harveys, sent me into an absolutely blissful food coma upon my return home. i'd defy anyone not to be knocked out by that combo. 

[oneeye]

Back from a cracking afternoon tea experience, celebrating our daughter's 30th, out again this evening, twice in one day, amazing scenes.

Loving the pie pics and dits on here, things we use to take for granted feel like an absolute treat atm; excellent stuff 👍😎

[Ayrshire Chris]

On 5/24/2021 at 11:00 AM, sameimpala said:

Today has me 5 months clean of hurting myself and the booze! And I'm going for my first meal out since the covid! 😄

Great news, and that pie and peas looks very tasty, but can it beat a Glastonbury pie?😉

[sameimpala]

6 hours ago, Quark said:

I have questions.

1. Filling?

2. Are those crispy onions?

3. I assume that's mash at the bottom?

4. This is the big one. Grated cheese with peas, pie and gravy?!  Depending on the answer to 1. this could go either way.

1. Chicken and leek with garlic!

2. yes!

3. yep!

4. it came like that as some sort of combo thing. was in pieminister!

 

Edited May 25, 2021 by sameimpala

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

8 minutes ago, sameimpala said:

 was in pieminister!

 

That explains quite a bit. I mentioned that I'd had very good pie's in an earlier post. Both of those pies happened to have been Pieminster pies. They were both in the reduced section of my local Coop, which kind of 'allowed' me to buy them. They're probably not that expensive, but I'm kind of hooked on the reduced sections of various supermarkets. 

[sameimpala]

Anything with a yellow sticker on has to be mine.

[MrHew]

Saw the in-laws at the weekend for the 1st time in many months and got Christmas presents.

Booked a 1 night camping trip to the Wye Valley for Friday night. Just me and the 6 year old. Can't wait! 

[Quark]

34 minutes ago, sameimpala said:

1. Chicken and leek with garlic!

2. yes!

3. yep!

4. it came like that as some sort of combo thing. was in pieminister!

 

These are all acceptable answers. Cheese wouldn't be my choice, but if that's how it came I'd certainly not send it back.

I approve 😄

[Ayrshire Chris]

 

Good news! Springwatch is back!

Always liked Michaela since the Hitman and Her 😁

Edited May 25, 2021 by Ayrshire Chris

[gherring8]

Age 30 and booked for my first jab Saturday morning 💃🏻

[deebeedoobee]

Just now, gherring8 said:

Age 30 and booked for my first jab Saturday morning 💃🏻

Great news. My 29 year old son is getting his tomorrow 

[eFestivals]

Just heard that my mother has agreed to get jabbed after six months of saying she wasn't interested in having it

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

8 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

Great news. My 29 year old son is getting his tomorrow 

Sorry, but it was simply too irresistible. 

 

 

[Ayrshire Chris]

Ok, I solemnly promise you all this is the last picture of the cute cygnets (for this year anyway), they are about to be relocated to a sanctuary away from the public gaze and marauding dogs  we think  there are 8 here, a few yards from the prom. 

 

[guypjfreak]

The bloody sun has got his hat on..... Summer is is here for a week enjoy it 

[Simsy]

Just been Pfizered and I didn't faint, double win!

[Crazyfool01]

7 minutes ago, Simsy said:

Just been Pfizered and I didn't faint, double win!

Excellent stuff … those needles are so tiny … I felt them even less that my daily jabs … as an aside I’ve fainted twice with needles before  … once for my school bcg and it seemed the whole school knew within minutes … and once when I was having regular bloods done when I was asked if it was ok if a particularly attractive student nurse watched …   Oh dear 🙂 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

Excellent stuff … those needles are so tiny … I felt them even less that my daily jabs … as an aside I’ve fainted twice with needles before  … once for my school bcg and it seemed the whole school knew within minutes … and once when I was having regular bloods done when I was asked if it was ok if a particularly attractive student nurse watched …   Oh dear 🙂 

Did you feign the second fainting so that the attractive nurse could come to your aid?