February 2015 Print
Pie Club Meetings 2015

Pie Meeting Saturday 21st February 2015

World Events

Putin flying planes past the coast of Cornwall. Cease fire in Ukraine has not held. 

Greece have blinked and saved the day for now.

Unemployment down to six year low.

Inflation lowest since 1960.

Sport

New Zealand thrash England at Cricket winning by 8 wickets.

Halifax Town win 1-0.

Bradford beat Sunderland 2-0

Mo Farrah got indoor 2 mile record in Birmingham.

Pies

Tim   Very short crispy pastry. Good jelly spicy and slightly coarse smokey meat.

Score   8.0/10

Howard   Crisp pastry and plenty of jelly but jelly lacked a little taste. Flavoursome meat.

Score   8.0/10

Mark   Nice fresh pie big packed full of meat. So much jelly in it! Needed more pepper. Good solid.

Score   7.0/10

Peter   Large,fresh and well filled. Porky, would have been nice with a little more spice, pepper perhaps, but a good one Score   8.5/10

Summary

Fetcher   Peter

Fetch   Brosters of Huddersfield.

Price   £1.10

Average   7.8

Pie Meeting Saturday 28th February 2015

World Events

Malcolm Rifkin and Jack Straw both caught with their feet in the Trough by undercover fake  Chinese Company wanting to recruite senior  MPs to influence Parliament.

Gary Glitter gets 16 years for assaults in the 70s on young girls.

Jihadi John has been identified. 

FTSE reaches record high after 15 years.

Lloyds to pay a dividend for first time since 2008.

Greece bailed out again.

Sport

Pacquiao and Mayweather to fight in May. Biggest contract signed in boxing. Pay for view receipts could be $100 million. 

Everton only English team to win in Europe.

French lose to Wales.

Italy beat Scotland.

Pies 

Peter   Smallish shallow pie, looked very nice and shiny. Very fresh pastry, tasty meat.

Score   8.0/10

Mark   Nice looking squat pie. Very fresh crispy nutty pastry.  Not much jelly.  Nice moist meat full of flavour.

Score   8.0/10

Tim   Small shiny Pie. Thick crisp short pastry. Well jellied, good nicely seasoned meat.

Score   7.0/10

Kevin   Good things come in small packages. Thick nutty crispy pastry. Fresh coarse meat. Not much jelly. Liked it.

Score   8.5/10

Howard   Well presented, well glazed stumpy pie. Fresh crisp thick pastry. Plenty of flavoursome jelly. Coarse tasty meat with a little afterburn.

Score   8.5/10

Summary

Fetcher   Howard

Fetch   Stephenson’s Butchers for Wortley, Leeds

Price   £1.05

Average   8.0