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"The best mince pies in the world" according to the shop's owner. The owner who also told me that they don't like mince pies. Quite the paradox. These are BIG! And unlike...
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Last night we convened in person to complete Stuart's West Country Vaesen campaign, and also eat festive treats. According to my records -- yes, I'm that sort of nerd -- I have...
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Bonus round! I haven't tried the Bastard Kipling's actual pies yet -- I'm still trying to work up the courage -- but I can never turn down mince pie ice cream. Well, it doesn't...
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A Brighton institution! Sorry, you won't be able to get these where you are. Unless you're near Brighton. Obviously. Right, so they are £2.50 each, which is absurd, or £6.95...
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Okay then, I'm ready to call it. I've tested almost every nationally-available mince pie -- not the Bastard Kipling; I will, but they are never much good -- and so I can say...
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These look impressively chunky! Both pastry and filling are quite bland, even tasteless, were it not for a welcome but far too late aftertaste of festive spice. These aren't...
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These are much smaller than they were in previous years. Yet somehow around the same price. The pastry has a nice texture, almost biscuity, but is alas a bit bland. The filling...
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Tee. Ee. Ess. Cee. Oh. (But fancy!) The pastry has a nice bite, perhaps a teeny tiny touch too soft, but generally good, and with a nice, not too sweet, taste. The chunky...
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Tee. Ee. Ess. Cee. Oh. The pastry has a pleasant firmness and, aside from the sugar on top, is not too sweet. It is a bit dry though, and the filling is bland, with some very...
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They are not a supermarket, but they are a national chain, and I was in there for a vegan sausage roll anyway. The pastry has a nice crumbly texture, maaaaaaaaybe a bit on the...
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First Steps is pretty good, better than I was expecting. The retro-future-but-it's-the-present looks amazing and all the performances are good. The film nails the essential...
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The other day Stuart asked me for some ideas on tracking damage in fights in RuneQuest. Well, I think it might have been OpenQuest rather than RQ proper. Some fantasy variant...
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These have a lovely filling, all booze and spices, and the pastry has a pleasant, biscuity, crumbly firmness to it. Alas the pastry is a bit too sweet and overwhelms the...
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Well. These have a lovely firm but crumbly pastry and a filling that tastes of... nothing. Not bad, not good, just literally tasteless. I'd give them one point for the pastry...
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Crikey, it looks like a footballer's coffee table. These have a nice firm pastry and I'm fairly certain there's a good, flavourful filling in there somewhere, but there is so...
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These have a firm pastry, just on the right side of the dreaded crispy, a bit sweet for me but not unpleasant. The filling is... unusual. It's lacking in the flavours you'd...
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These have a soft pastry, a bit too soft, and a bit sweeter than I like too. The filling has a good initial hit of spicy flavour, but it's alas overwhelmed by that overly sweet...
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The winners in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. How do they get on in 2025? These have a gorgeous texture, with a firm bite and a pleasant chewiness. The filling is a warming blend...
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These have a strong, buttery scent that I didn't hate. The pastry is firm but not crunchy and is not too sweet, nor has the bitterness you often get with buttery pies. The...
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These are very sweet! There's a dusting of sugar on the pastry, the (very soft) pastry itself is sweet, and the filling is sweet too. There is a bit of a spicy twist to the...
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Straight away these make a bad impression with a weird smell, sort of stale and yeasty. The pastry is pretty bad too. It has far too much sugar and a crispy, crunchy, texture...
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Continued from here. With Al in hospital recovering from hundreds of spider bites, Eva Angel, Danny's sister and owner of the agency, joined the investigation. The next day the...
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Exemplars of averageness these. The pastry has a nice bit of crumble and crunch to it, but is also a tiny bit dry and doesn't have much taste. The filling is juicy and fruity,...
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Like these ones, but made by hand by real people instead of machines. Probably. Ish. Look at these chunky boys! A full 4cm deep! These have lovely pastry, a proper pie crust,...
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These were ruddy awful last year. I was not looking forward to trying them this year. The pastry is firm, just the right side of "crispy", with a pleasant bite to it. It looks...
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Impulse buy! The pastry is so soft as to be almost non-existent, like biting into a particularly sugary cloud. The filling is quite tasty, although it's all fruit and no...
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"Perfect"? Quite a bold gambit there, Aldi. I admire your confidence. Alas! Woe! The pastry is far too soft, with no bite to it at all, and is dry and chalky. The filling is...
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These pies have a big initial hit of citrus, juicy and orangey and very nice indeed, although it does somewhat overpower the other flavours. The pastry is a bit too soft and...
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Well, well, well. These have a lovely firm and sweet pastry, and a mild but tasty filling. There are lots of varied fruity, spicy, and boozy flavours in here, but the diverse...
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Continued from here. The next day, the investigators went to visit the Sisters of Mercy, where the apparently revenant Pat Bibby had been buried. On the way they remembered...