In which Servetus trefs her blog just in time for Passover
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A picture of a slice of Melton Mowbray pork pie, courtesy of wikipedia. Apparently there are a few different varieties. It actually looks tasty, if a little dry.
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Bon appétit!
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Oh yes! Food p*rn! 😉 And not dry at all. Lovely with a bit of salad, crusty bread and chutney. Round here it’s traditional to eat it for breakfast on Xmas day…a step too far for me 🙂
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OK, w/chutney. I was thinking it needed some sauce or something … 🙂 or maybe mustard … looks like it would be good with mustard? 🙂
I’m trying to un-kosher my life, but this is a few steps of where I am on the path back to omnivorousness. I can imagine it tastes good though, if I think of it not being made of pork.
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Mustard would work…might need to be English mustard though…the stuff that makes your nose tingle 😉
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is there a beer or ale that goes with it?
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I don’t know, I don’t drink beer or ale or anything like that. There is a local brewery that makes Melton Red Ale though.
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melton Mowbray pies are wonderful. As the pastry has a high fat content and the meat is surrounded with …jelly….they are not dry at all ,but full of savoury goodness , very meaty , the mini ones can be devoured in two bites !!!!!!!!!!! didn’t know about having it for breakfast though ! id defiantly share a pie with Richard !
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Is it dinner time? I’ve had food on the brain since about two o’clock. (consequently there’s pasta e fagioli simmering on the back burner and calico beans bubbling in the oven – both featuring pork products I’m afraid…if you ever cone for dinner, I am happy to substitute 🙂 )
Question : is that pork pie served hot or cold? (or either?)
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Either way is good although I have mostly had it cold with salad. As has been said already, it is not at all dry. My mouth is watering at the memory of how it tastes. 🙂 If anyone can recommend a beer or ale to go with it I’d be much obliged. We have some great micro breweries around here so maybe this would be a good excuse to experiment! 😉 Of course Richard might recommend a particular wine to have with it!!
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There’s a Brit grocery store in NYC that I go to that has them. When RA is in NYC he can always get one there! They are very good!
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I guess that’s where I’ll be hanging out during my trip to NYC, just in case RA drops by to stock up. How will explain hours spent there, staking out the place, rather than touring the Metropolitan or seeing the Statue of Liberty? Mr. Jones might be suspicious.
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Sadly, to me, sounds like Mr. A. isn’t going to be spending much time in NYC for a while. 😦
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Will he be back from Leeds by middle of May?
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that would be a great blog post.
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I think so, too.
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I have been thinking for awhile about making a british Pork Pie and have not done so, maybe I should one of these days.
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Definitely!
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I was thinking about you today as I was checking what we have to do in the month of April at work and saw when Passover was. I was something like “Oh Servetus has Passover soon”.
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indeed, twelve days. Right now I’m working on my bathroom.
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Oh dear – when RA and I finally become a couple, i can see i’m going to have to do some major reprogramming. First the steak tartare and now pork pie…
I’m a vegetarian and the current Mr Bollyknickers is proving very hard to wean off meat. He’d love a pork pie, given half a chance (I think he probably indulges occasionally down at David Jones Food Hall – and leaves home early most days to get a bacon roll at the cafe next to his office.)
Where do i start on the pork pie? Quite apart from the pig that died, the jelly is horrible. Back in the day when i did consume meat, i did quite like a Marks and Spencer’s picnic egg – which was diced egg rolled in pork and breaded. Do they still do those?
Stilton is virtually alive too.
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there’s apparently a variation on this called the “gala pie” which has a cooked egg in the center.
I love moldy cheese, though. Have since I was small, when everyone was eating bleu cheese dressing.
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Here’s a recipe on BBC if anyone wants to take a crack at it….although some ingredients are foreign to me most of it sounds quite savory…..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/meltonmowbrayporkpie_92224
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Thamks, Lamaruca …hmm..pigs trotters are essential, I assume …I mean I know they are, but..
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Looks delish!
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Guess he thinks so!
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