January 2013 |
Pie Club Meetings 2013 |
Pie Meeting Saturday 5th January 2013World Events Footsie rises above 6000. Dry and mild today at last! Halifax man gets a hand transplant. Co op now have Easter Eggs on New Year’s Day. Gay bishops to be allowed in C of E as long as they don’t have sex. Sun bought advertising space in Argentina saying that we were on the Falklands first. Indian rape case causing public outrage in India and around the world. Sport Brighton beat Newcastle in FA Cup. Balotelli and Mancini in bust up in training. Phil Taylor darts player wins World championship for the 16th time. Pies Kevin Not fresh, soft tasteless pastry, very average pie 6.5 Howard Not fresh, soft pastry. Well filled, little jelly, tasty meat but lacked spice. Score 7.5/10 Bruce Nice looking pie, tasty pastry but soggy bottom. Hardly any jelly. Well compacted tasty meat but needed more spice. Liked it. Score 8.0/10 Fred All been said. Disappointed last week so gave this one. Score 8.5/10 Peter Big well filled pie, Husbandry poor because it was too cold. Nice tasty meat. Freshish. Score 8.0/10 Tim Good crunchy pastry, not at lot of jelly. Packed with coarse meat. Too cold Bit of seasoning coming through eventually. Good Pie. Score 7.0/10 Mark Fresh and crunchy pastry. Not much jelly. Very compact meat, needed more pepper. Score 8.5/10 ( Fetchers privilege used here) Summary Fetcher Mark Fetch Hopkins of Birkinshaw. Price £1.05 Average 7.7 Pie Meeting Saturday 12th January 2013World Events Andrew Marr has a stroke at 53. Protrait of Duchess of Cambridge causes controversy. Bush fires in Australia continue. Footsie highest in 5.5 years. Jessops camera shop's go bust. Honda cut 800 jobs. Sport Bradford City beat Aston Villa in league cup 3-1 Good luck to Bradford in second leg Swansea beat Chelsea 2 – 0 England beat India in one day test. Pies Bruce Good looking well glazed golden pie. Fresh pasty but dry. Lack of jelly, coarse, well compacted meat. Too salty. Needed spice. Score 6.0/10 Fred Attractive looking pie.Too much pastry, nice flavour of meat. Pastry dry. Enjoyed it. Score 8.0/10 Richard Pale but neat looking pie. Pastry too thick and dry. No outstanding features. Score 7.0/10 Peter Big well made pie, filled with meat and not room for jelly. Dry thick and fresh pastry. Score 8.0/10 Kevin Big, good looking, fresh, short dry pastry, no jelly, bland meat ,had potential. Score 6.0/10 Howard Tidy looking pie, good size, pastry thick,dry short crust,well filled. Good pork taste but lacked spice. Not much jelly. Potential for being a good pie. Score 6.5.0/10 Summary Fetcher Howard Fetch B & M Collins of Cleckheaton Price £1 Average 6.9 Pie Meeting Saturday 19th January 2013World Events Algerian Army breaking the Islamist siege at gas plant. Many casualties feared. Teresa May, Home Secretary knocks £4000 of starting salary of police. Looks like cops will not be voting Tory next time. Michael Gove, Education Secretary stops annual increments for teachers, so Tories will not be counting on the teachers votes either. Horse meat found in Tesco beef burgers. Sport Tour de France will go through Ripponden British Darts Organisation champion works in Calderdale. Pies Tim Unusual molded pie, thick pastry. Too dry, little jelly well seasoned, porky meat. Score 6.5/10 Howard Unusual pie, not todays. Thick dry pastry, stodgy. Nice tasty pork, quite a bit of jelly. Score Mark Needed to be fresh and wasn’t. Lots of jelly, flavoursome, needed more pepper, a good effort. Score 7.0/10 Peter Good looking pie, pale pastry, very well filled, tasty porky meat, not much jelly and not fresh. Would have been great fresh. Score 8.0/10 ( a bit of fetchers privilege used. ) Summary Fetcher Peter Fetch Potters of Barnsley Price £1 Average 7.1 Pie Meeting Saturday 26th January 2013World Events Egypt rioting again. 12 football rioters sentenced to death. PM Cameron gives a speech outlining plans to reform EU. UK Border Force has 1000’s of applications to live hear and nothing done for years. Snow paralyses UK yet again. Schools close. 2 Yorkshire climbers killed in Scottish avalance. Sport Andy Murray in final of Austalian Open. Bradford City through to final of League Cup to play Swansea. Swansea ball boy kicked by Chelsea player Eden Hazard! The silly Ball Boy was holding the ball to timewaste. Pies Oli Ascetically pleasing. Not todays pie. Not crisp and a little stale. Plenty of meat. Too much jelly. Tasty, enjoyed it. Score 7.0/10 Tim Good looking pie. Not fresh pastry and lacked salt. Needed more seasoning. Score 8.0/10 Peter Big handsome pie. Dry pasty.Well filled, quite tasty but needed more seasoning. Score 7.0/10 Bruce Great looking pie, golden brown, fresh thin crunchy pastry. Nice jelly, well compacted tasty meat. Well filled. Just needed more spice and seasoning. Otherwise a belter of a pie. Score 9.0/10 Fred Attractive looking pie, Well filled. Weighed a lot. Bit of effort to get through the pastry. Tasty, meat was coarse, nicely flavoured. Near perfect pie. Score 9.0/10 Howard Good sized pie. Well presented.Good colour to pastry. Well filled with tasty coarse pork Nicely seasoned. Touch of jelly. Nice afterburn. Fresh pastry. Score 9.0/10 Summary Fetcher Howard Fetch Bolster Moor Price £1.15 Average 8.2 |