Compo 8,429 Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 My father always insisted on Pork Farms pies. He's dead now ...I wonder if that's owt ter do wi't pies? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 491 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I can`t usually get hold of Pork Farms pork pies but this year they were on sale in ASDA so I bought one. Disappointed. I found it strangely bland. Not as I remembered at all. Oh well - <sigh>. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,429 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I don't know why but they changed around about 1980ish. Perhaps someone on here knows the story? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,013 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Soon be that time again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,429 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 I cut into my "Game pie" last Xmas and there were snakes and ladders in there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,288 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 From memory, which is a bit shaky nowadays, didn't Paul Morel's Dad in "Sons and Lovers" have pork pie and pickles for his Christmas breakfast, being a miners tradition? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,592 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Does anyone remember Robin who worked for Pork Farms. He used to work in the small factory behind the Sherwood shop. Made the most wonderful black puddings I think for competition and taught my SWMBO how to make pork pies. Result I still get the most tasty of pork pies pity he didn't teach her how to make black puddings. Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,013 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Treated myself to a pork pie from Aldi . Pat Gorman's Pork Pie News Bumping this topic I just had to go and help myself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Fancy posting a picture like that at this time of night when I'm hungry and there's nothing in the cupboard! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,358 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 What did it taste like, though. I'm still trying to find a tasty pork pie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,013 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 I like these. You can get them from Aldi. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Notts Lad oop North 14 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Both sides of my family were from Sneinton and raised there in the 1930s - 1940s. They had a Christmas Pork Pie tradition but it wasnt for breakfast. Traditionally a large Pork Farm Pork Pie ( and not any other type of Pork Pie mind) was the centre-piece of a large cold buffet meal for the entire extended family and as there wasnt room for all at the table, some could eat off their laps. By tradition this took place on Boxing Day and as you might imagine the slices of pie were thin but enjoyed by all none the less and always accompanied by pickles, mixed pickles and pickled onions. A few years back I decided to try to renew this family tradition, buying a large "Pork Farms" Pork Pie from Marks and Sparks. Pork Farms my XXXXX !!! Tasted nothing like it and now I know why - they now come from Witshire and the Pork is not prepared in the same way. One huge disappointment and a mistake I wont repeat. You see sometimes the good old days really were....... The GOOD old days!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 My fella is from Burton on Trent. He's always had Birds Pork Pie on Christmas morning since he was a child and his Dad still does, so not necessarily a Nottingham thing 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 295 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Anyone ever tried a 'Dickinson and Morrison' pork pie?; now they were tasty, very very tasty the last time I indulged................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,333 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 I bought a Morrisons 'basics' Pork Pie and found it better quality than all of those double the price in the fancy multi coloured wrappers.The Pork Farms quality days are long gone...their meat pies and sausages were excellent too but they never did get the hang of Cornish Pasties. How come south of Swindon Cornish Pasties are to die for,but up here you could use the pastry to concrete the drive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 450 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Anyone ever tried a 'Dickinson and Morrison' pork pie?; now they were tasty, very very tasty the last time I indulged................ Yes me, and you are right they are very very good. Mind you, I might be a little bias because I come from The Vale of Belvoir and when I was young, tuesday used to be market day and a lot of women, like my mother used to go to Melton, and come home with a Dickinson and Morrison's pork pie in their bag for tea............ There used to be a Pork Farms shop in melton, but even on market day, there were not a lot of people in the shop, but the Dickinson and Morrison shop, had a long line of women waiting to buy a pie, That has to say somthing about quality and taste................................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,429 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Thanks for the tip re Morrison's pork pies. my nearest Morrison's is 90 miles away but you can be sure I will be calling in next time I'm down that way! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 450 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Not............ Morrison's pork pies........... but Dickinson and Morrison pork pies They taste Better Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 864 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Forget Morrisons - it is Dickenson & Morris - like it says on the wrapper ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 864 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Argggh! - no it isn't - it's Dickinson & Morris (with 2 "i" s in the Dickinson) !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,358 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Where would you be able to buy these from though?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 288 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Mrs Miggins' Pie Shop and Emporium Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,630 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Dickinson, if it's got 2 i's will it see you through the week? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 864 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Undoubtedly - right through to New Year's Day ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 450 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Forget Morrisons - it is Dickenson & Morris - like it says on the wrapper ! YOUR right there, I made a right mess of it...., for some reason, I saw Morrisons written by Jackson and for some unknown just kept repeating the mistake even though I knew it was Dickinson & Morris........ I am a teapot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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