Jacksgranda Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 9 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Love a good mince pie with a bottle of port. If you drank a bottle of port it would hardly matter whether it was a good mince pie or not... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: If you drank a bottle of port it would hardly matter whether it was a good mince pie or not... Absolutely. Would have been just as well eating a Scotch Pie. What kind of pies are commonly eaten in NI? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 10 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: A black pudding supper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Imagine not liking Christmas. Fortnight off work, 14 days of Sunday style drinking where you can walk into busy boozers any time of the day or night. Plenty live sport, cheese, chocolate absolute scenes. The day itself is a pain right enough.There is plenty to love about Christmas. The one thing that fucks it up is people. There is absolutely no reason for it to be as busy and stressful as it is yet for normal people like me, it becomes a pain in the arse as roasters start carrying on like the shops might never open again. Thats the worst thing about it. The antics of people in shops. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: What kind of pies are commonly eaten in NI? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: Absolutely. Would have been just as well eating a Scotch Pie. What kind of pies are commonly eaten in NI? At Christmas? Mince pies. If you mean in general a lot of butchers make their own pies and then you get the factory produced ones, no such thing as a Scotch pie - Iceland have been selling Bells Scotch Pies lately but when I was in on Friday there were none left, planning an expedition next week when I hope and pray they had just run out and not discontinued - I still miss Scotch pies after 46 years. And butteries, of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 13 minutes ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 55 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: At Christmas? Mince pies. If you mean in general a lot of butchers make their own pies and then you get the factory produced ones, no such thing as a Scotch pie - Iceland have been selling Bells Scotch Pies lately but when I was in on Friday there were none left, planning an expedition next week when I hope and pray they had just run out and not discontinued - I still miss Scotch pies after 46 years. And butteries, of course. Mince pies at Christmas. Is that something to do with retaining your British identity? Bells Scotch Pies are excellent - and fortunately available in Iceland here too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 It's the only time I eat mince pies, tbh. To the best of my knowledge they are consumed across the sectarian divide. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Bairnardo said: 1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said: Imagine not liking Christmas. Fortnight off work, 14 days of Sunday style drinking where you can walk into busy boozers any time of the day or night. Plenty live sport, cheese, chocolate absolute scenes. The day itself is a pain right enough. There is plenty to love about Christmas. The one thing that fucks it up is people. There is absolutely no reason for it to be as busy and stressful as it is yet for normal people like me, it becomes a pain in the arse as roasters start carrying on like the shops might never open again. Thats the worst thing about it. The antics of people in shops. These two posts sum up my feelings about Christmas. We went away for 2 weeks over Christmas and New Year for our honeymoon a couple of years back, having never been on holiday at this time of year before. Not only did we enjoy all the benefits mentioned by invergowrie arab, and avoid the pitfalls described by Bairnardo, but this was occurring somewhere significantly warmer than Fife in December. Last year spending Christmas at home pretty much confirmed that we'd be buggering off again this time, so looking forward to that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 It's the only time I eat mince pies, tbh. To the best of my knowledge they are consumed across the sectarian divide.They aren't exactly a rare delicacy in Scotland either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 11 minutes ago, welshbairn said: 50 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: It's the only time I eat mince pies, tbh. To the best of my knowledge they are consumed across the sectarian divide. They aren't exactly a rare delicacy in Scotland either. Tell that to ICTJohnboy, he seems to think they're a colonial imposition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 f**k Jesus and f**k christmas. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, mathematics said: f**k Jesus and f**k christmas. And f**k mince pies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Just now, ICTJohnboy said: And f**k mince pies. No. Not having that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Quite interesting read here on the history of mince pies. I was aware that Scotch Pies, in years gone by were once made mainly from mutton but had no idea that Christmas mince pies also once contained mutton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mince_pie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 34 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Tell that to ICTJohnboy, he seems to think they're a colonial imposition. The people of Accrington will be jealously eyeing up John Boy's Christmas feast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 18 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: Quite interesting read here on the history of mince pies. I was aware that Scotch Pies, in years gone by were once made mainly from mutton but had no idea that Christmas mince pies also once contained mutton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mince_pie I knew the Catholics would be involved somehow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 13 minutes ago, welshbairn said: The people of Accrington will be jealously eyeing up John Boy's Christmas feast. Nmmmmmmm ..... Just add some copious amounts of brown sauce. Followed by some of this And then washed down by several pints of this. Happy Christmas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 35 minutes ago, welshbairn said: The people of Accrington will be jealously eyeing up John Boy's Christmas feast. The only green stuff I want near a pie is peas. Home made or tinned, but not garden peas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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