Scriv 168 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Merthyr Imp; As mentioned above, Morrisons sell Dickens & Morris pies, and sometimes have a Melton pie available on the deli counter not to be confused with their "Vale of Mowbray" range of own-brand budget pies which are OK but nowt special. Well, they do in Carmarthen anyway. And you'll find decent pork pies and faggots in the indoor market. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Merthyr Imp; As mentioned above, Morrisons sell Dickens & Morris pies, and sometimes have a Melton pie available on the deli counter not to be confused with their "Vale of Mowbray" range of own-brand budget pies which are OK but nowt special. Well, they do in Carmarthen anyway. And you'll find decent pork pies and faggots in the indoor market. Much as i like pork pies, Carmarthen is a bit far to go from here! I think Ebbw Vale is the nearest Morrisons, all we've got here is Tesco, Asda and Co-op. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 I bought a Morrisons own "Pork and Egg" today off of the "Woopsie" counter for 25p ! going to have a bit for supper with some Branston pickle. I'm not holding my breath but for 25p there's no loss really ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Vale of Mowbray, pork pies = massed produced muck from Yorkshire, mind you they might be better then Pork Farms pies.............. A tip for anyone thinking of going to Dickens & Morris in Melton. Next door, they have a sauage shop with over 20 sorts of sausage and home cured bacons. Great for breakfast, with that first cupper of the day..................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Vale of Mowbray, pork pies = massed produced muck from Yorkshire, mind you they might be better then Pork Farms pies.............. Doesn't the law say that any pie called a Melton Mowbray Pork Pie has to be made in Melton Mowbray? So presumably they resort to tricks like this in an attempt to fool people and flout the law. Never mind Melton Mowbray, if you're ever in Lincoln get a Curtis's pork pie. I was brought up on having pork pie for breakfast every Sunday as well as Christmas (still do) but that was living in Lincolnshire in the 1950s before we moved to Nottingham. I'd always thought it was a Lincolnshire custom, in fact when I was living in Nottingham people expressed surprise at the thought of pork pie for breakfast. Where in Lincoln? I'm going to be there next Saturday so I'll have a look for them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Vale of Mowbray, pork pies = massed produced muck from Yorkshire, mind you they might be better then Pork Farms pies.................... Trust me they are. Nowhere near as good as a genuine Melton Mowbray of course, but not bad for the price. When I still lived in Notts, Pork Farms were a decent brand. I tried one a few months ago, it was completely, utterly, rubbish. Greasy as hell, soggy and no taste at all. I'll never buy another. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Morrisons own pork and egg................ don't bother............ more air than a board of football directors.......... less taste than Katy Price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Where in Lincoln? I'm going to be there next Saturday so I'll have a look for them. Last time I was in Lincoln (10 months ago) there was still the main Curtis's shop on the High Street. That's if you have your back to the cathedral, the shop is on the right hand side about 100 yards past the level crossing heading away from the cathedral The other city centre shop is - or was 10 months ago - heading the other way, towards the cathedral, just through the Stonebow then to the right. It's actually just on Silver Street. They do good haslet, and stuffed chine. And cakes...making me hungry! When I lived in Bulwell 16 years ago the Gateway supermarket in Bulwell used to sell Curtis's cakes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Doesn't the law say that any pie called a Melton Mowbray Pork Pie has to be made in Melton Mowbray? Can they call it that, if its a Melton Mowbray style Pork Pie? Were they invented in MM? Where in Lincoln? I'm going to be there next Saturday so I'll have a look for them. http://www.curtisoflincoln.com/classic-pies/ There is a Curtis's near to the station, on High Street. Out of the station turn left then left over the railway crossing, walk back away from the cathedral direction. Its on the right. http://www.curtisoflincoln.com/stores/164-high-street-lincoln/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alan 3 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Anyone remember Sandersons Pork shops, there used to be one on Hyson Green. Is it still there? they used to make a good pork pie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 NO NOT A CHANCE DONT THINK THERE IS ONE FOOD SHOP ON THE GREEN OR FOREST FIELDS NOWDAYS THE TWO BED SHOPS ARE STILL THERE THOUGH STILL RUN BY ENGLISH FAMILIES DONT THINK ANY OF THE OTHER INDEPENDANT SHOPS ARE RUN BY ENGLISH PEOPLE A LOT OF THEM IF YOU GO IN CARNT OR DONT EVEN BOTHER TO TALK TO YOU IN ENGLISH THE ONLY ONE I USE IS OFFLICENCE ON BEECH AVE AT LEAST THEY MAKE THE EFFORT TO SPEAK TO YOU IN ENGLISH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 I didn't do very well in Lincoln yesterday. Found two Curtis shops, the one over the level crossing and another up near the stone arch. Both had plenty of nice cakes, sandwiches and filled rolls, hot sausage rolls and pasties, but no pork pies. But it was after 3pm so maybe they had sold out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 A pork shop with no pies! We do go to Lincoln shopping occasionally, I will try them when we go over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Just had an excellent Mike Maloney's individual Pork Pie topped with Caramalised Red Onions. http://www.maloneys.net/ Mike Maloney Hand Finished Pork Pie - mySupermarket.co.ukOr how about a Pork Pie Wedding Cake? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 I must be lucky SWMBO makes all her own, wouldn't give you tuppence for a shop bought pork pie. Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Re #124, could Sandersons be the same firm that made meat pies in the 40's & 50's. I think it was somewhere near where Wilkinsons is in Bulwell. My dad used to get pies from Sandersons to sell in his chippie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Slight thread drift. When I was in the RAF and used to hitch hike back home from down South, always used to come via Melton Mowbray. Stopping off to pick up a Fleur-de-Lis chicken and mushroom pie. Their shop used to be open really late of an evening, probably for those leaving the pubs. This was over fifty years ago, but still remember the pies - magic. Spent some time at RAF Yatesbury in 1964, close to Calne in Wiltshire. There was a large bakery/meat works down there that was renown for it's pork pies, and they were good. They also made some pretty special pork sausages. PS. I think the company was "Harris's of Calne, Wiltshire" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Used to call in a small bakers in Gosforth in Cumbria. Meat and potato pie wrapped in foil and stuffed next to the radiator in my Granada was the highlight of my day.It was to die for...I told the lass if she ever set up in Nottingham she'd make a fortune.Absolutely Deeeelicious.Got back home to all the chippies announcing...'We sell Pukka Pies'....YUK!...wouldn't give 'em the dog. A proper pie shop in Notts would make a bomb...price wouldn't matter if they made scrumptious pies without all the soya and monosodium glutamate crap they shove in 'em. No wonder magpies and crows are doing so well with all this inedible rubbish dumped on the streets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jigsaw937 0 Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 My dad was a pork butcher and always made a pork pie for Christmas breakfast Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Everyone got pork pie in yet for Christmas Day breakfast! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Yup, 7.30am this morning. We like Pork Farms or Melton Mowbray: but hard to find round here, so we discovered we like Morrisons Lattice Top Pork Pie. Problem is: Will it still be around on Christmas Day???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I thought I knew Nottingham and its oddities, but I had never in my life heard of this idea until a couple of years ago when it first appeared on Nottstalgia. Maybe we were a bit more upmarket on Clifton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 My Christmas breakfast: Scrambled eggs & smoked salmon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Well my good lady bought me 2 medium pork pies to sample xmas day, we have a kilo of uncooked Black tiger prawns going in chilli & garlic marinade and a kilo of local mussels to be done on the bbq for lunch. Full English breakfast. The rest of the day will be nibbles. And maybe if it's not too hot boxing day we will be enduring a thick beef eye rib roast with yorkshire pudding cooked around the meat, with usual veggies. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 If I'm home in time I may eat but I can't say I've ever had pork pie for brekki. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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