admin 21 Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 (Welcome to visitors from USA & Australia [web stats], For your benefit Snap = Food). So what were your memories of the Snap? What did you like/dislike? Mine Cheese pie Bakewell tart Caramel tart & pouring cream YUM! :D Jug of runny custard with a thick skin. Prunes YUK! :o Mashed potatoes with real slugs - Nightmare! :o Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayagorawiya? 4 Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 That awful Cornflake & Treacle Tart ! GaG! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NormaJane 0 Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 Didnt you just love the TRIPE & COWHEEL with ONIONS ??? and I do so miss my Pork Pies !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted July 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Pork Pie? You cant beat a Pork Farms Pie or Can you ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 I ad a Pork Farms pie the other day. It was Cr4p! They aint the same as they was, or is it me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 I tried one last week, first time in yonks..... Have to agree, not as I remember 'em. I blamed either: 1) EC buggers telling us what can, and can't, go in 'em 2) My ageing taste buds Perhaps, in reality, a mixture of the two.... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 They used to ave jelly in. The meat was tastless, the Crust was cooked on the outside, but where the jelly should have bin was a lightly coouked pastry afair. Also last week, I purchased a 'hand raised pie' from "Mrs Miggins pie shop"* in Derby Market hall. It was Beautiful? Taste buds seem to be OK *the SOS store Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pemberton 15 Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 My favourite snap: Tripe & Onions Mushy peas Pigs trotters Whelks Steam pudding Rice pudding with a nice brown crispy top Not all at once I might add. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Oh Yes! Bread & Butter Pudding Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Hey Lentonlad what's wrong with Chitterlings?? Iloved them as a kid,a bit of vinegar,salt, & Hovis bread & butter mmmm heaven B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 The old Co-op down Meadow Lane used to make the tastiest pork pies ...? The Coop Pork Factory, Meadow Lane In 1968-early 70's I was maintenance elictrician(apprentice) for the coop. I would spend time at meadow lane, on fridays the pork factory would be closed so we could do the maintenance. Usually fitting further safety devices to a large german Hobart meat chopping machine. This entailed numerous switches and wing nuts and threads. to prevent the staff getting the lid open before the bowl and blades had stopped rotating. Whatever we fitted they found a way of overcoming. One day there was a large explosion on the machine and we were called in to repair it. 'Phil' the electrician (who is a non active member here?). took the cover off the motor, and I remember him jumping back and yelling in shock! Across the 500v motor terminals was a dead mouse woth a hole blown straight through it! I remeber a scruffy old scottish woman who worked there. There used to be metal trays of minced pork stretched across the greasy floor ready to go into the pie filling machine. The old scottish woman would wade through these trays, stepping in the meat,in her old greasy wellington boots, rather than walk round. I did say something to her about it one day, but being young at the time did not understand the reply? Perhaps thats why as discussed elsewhere in these forums, the flavour has disappeared from todays pork pie? On closing down in the 70's the pork factory moved to a new facility at Long Eaton. The Sausage Production Unit (SPU)! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 On closing down in the 70's the pork factory moved to a new facility at Long Eaton.The Sausage Production Unit (SPU)! Would it be still there mick? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I backed into a drive in long eaton a couple of years back, and got a feeling of Deja Vu! It was the drive to the very same factory. Gone Now Sadly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bazza 71 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Didnt you just love the TRIPE & COWHEEL with ONIONS ??? and I do so miss my Pork Pies !! Tripe and cowheels done in milk was one of my grandads favourite meals when I was a nipper. It always reminded me of Lapsel. Baz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Would it be still there mick? Actually Den I was down there at a job, last week. The building is still there, I think, but the Coop is not. That was orignally the Long Eaton Coop Abbatoir. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Where was that Mick? I know there used to be a slaughterhouse on Stanhope Street, but I'm not sure it was the Coop one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Bump this cause Eric still waiting for reply. I just love the colour Green. whenever me doc writes me out a new prescription I ask for Green tablets.....not often get what I ask for though. Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Bump this cause Eric still waiting for reply.I just love the colour Green. whenever me doc writes me out a new prescription I ask for Green tablets.....not often get what I ask for though. Bip. Thanks, Den. I go for the yellow ones mesen! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Where was that Mick? I know there used to be a slaughterhouse on Stanhope Street, but I'm not sure it was the Coop one. Sorry Eric, missed that one Up Fields Farm Road, Left on to Acton Road, and it was on the left. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Just read this forum for the first time and , as you all know by now, I spent many years at Pork Farms making amongst other things 'mini pies'. These were made with different ingredients to the normal larger pies (I don't know why) but they tasted great just after they had come out of the ovens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Notts Lad oop North 14 Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 Agree that modern Pork Farms Pies are crap - not surprising really as they are no longer made in Nottingham. Believe the meat comes from Wiltshire and it just isnt processed the same - it was that blend of spices that made the taste - same as Pork Farm sausages. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zacsmum 0 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 what happened to the jelly [ best part of the pie] or is that another eu rule , no jellt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BAZZER 10 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I was so surprised that pork farms virtually died out,,,,,,, regardless of what the new/takeover company say,,,, they killed off the very best of Pork pies in the World (sob,,, sob,,,). I didn't know until recently that the Pork Farms own shops had closed down. When my parents used to come over at Easter,,,, my 'easter egg' was always a great big P.F Pie. Nothing can or will compare,,,,,,,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 As many of you know by now, I worked at Pork Farms for a good few years . So if you want to know how a Pork pie is made ............................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Have to agree that today's PF Pork Pie doesn't compare with the original... Nowadays, I'd regard the reasonably priced Morrisons 'Vale of Mowbray' Pie as the pick of a poor bunch... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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