tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81096559682871140282024-03-05T19:07:35.168+00:00Pierate - Pie ReviewsPie fans ahoy! With over 600 pie reviews, Pierate is surely the web's premier pie resource. We've been eating and rating pies according to the 'Seven Cs' since 2009. Follow us on @pierateers. pierateship@yahoo.co.ukThe Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.comBlogger929125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-4171661279305829572022-05-21T21:32:00.003+01:002022-05-21T21:32:44.801+01:00Pieminister: Supreme Champion Pie Review<p><b>Pieminister: Gluten Free Mooless Moo Pie Review</b></p><p>Like a non-league team beating Premier League opposition you sometimes get those that defy the odds. How could part time players beat full time players, some of the best in the world, when at such a disadvantage? The shock winner of the Supreme Champion award at this year's British Pie Awards seems to be a case of a pie punching above its weight in a similar manner. The Mooless Moo winning by from Pieminister not only excluded all animal products because it was Vegan, it was also Gluten Free. Myself and Pierateer ALL have had some pretty awful Vegan Gluten Free pies as pie companies try to cater for all those with special dietary requirements in one hit. By doing away with all the usual ingredients of pastry they are surely competing with one arm held behind their backs when other pies have all the ingredients of the world to choose from. So how did this pie win against all those pies packed with meat and gluten? Pieminister kindly sent us some to try and see if the free from pie has finally come of age. Or have the British Pie Awards cooked up what might appear to be yet another serving of publicity stunt (having previously crowd a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2016/03/potential-boycott-after-pasty-wins-british-pie-awards-2016.html" target="_blank">pasty as 2016</a> and <a href="https://www.livingvegan.com/british-pie-awards-bashed-as-vegan-dish-reigns-supreme/">vegan pie as 2019</a> Supreme Champions). </p><p>Pieminister are no strangers to fantastic Gluten Free pies, with their <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2019/03/pieminister-gluten-free-moo-pie-review.html" target="_blank">Gluten Free Moo Pie</a> being a regular favourite of coeliac shipmate Pierateer ALL. As someone modestly reducing meat intake I am partial to some Vegetarian pies myself with Pieminister's Kevin being a regular favourite, potentially the best I have had. So between us we thought we could give this pie a fair going over. We had it alongside a Gluten Free Moo to compare. </p><p>The pie had an excellent Condition and appearance although it has cracked somewhat in transit, but had been delivered by post so it would have been challenging to avoid this. It was well glazed, with an unusual sticky substance very visible on the pie before cooking. This alternative vegan glaze worked a treat, producing a near perfect golden brown Colour.</p><p>Cutting the pie in half, it was packed to Capacity giving a lot of Content as we have come to expect from Pieminister pies. But it was immediately apparent that the pastry was quite hard, compared to the regular GF moo it shattered rather than crumbled. It was hard to the bite too, with a somewhat biscuity taste. It was by no means bad but having tried a lot of GF pastry Pierateer ALL was certain it wasn't as good as the regular Moo. I felt like it would be difficult to disagree with this when trying them alongside each other. </p><p>So, after briefly questioning the pie we delved into the filling. There was a lot going on here with a huge list of ingredients. But it was immediately apparent to me that this was a standout pie filling. It was somehow amazingly meaty in flavour, capturing the flavour of some sort of slow cooked steak casserole. Jackfruit helped given the slightly meaty texture but I am not sure how they captured the flavour, perhaps the use of gluten free ale helped. There was also the taste of carrot, mushroom, whole baby onions and plenty of herbs. Given the strong flavours it is perhaps not for everyone, ALL was not as keen as I was, much preferring the regular Moo. We did note that the consistency was much the same between the two, both being quite soft and melt in the mouth. Perhaps a bit more bite to the filling could have been nice but at least it wasn't Chewy.</p><p>Overall, we certainly aren't going to make it our Supreme Champion, but it comes in as a Pie-rate Recommend pie, and one of the better Gluten Free pies (but below the excellent Gluten Free Moo). It is without doubt the best Gluten Free and Vegan pie in our rankings and perhaps does suggest that such pies have finally come of age with this being a strong effort that we would have again. It wasn't many year ago that finding any commercially available Gluten Free & Vegan pie that Pierate could recommend seemed completely unfeasible. It is noticeable that Pieminister continue to lead the way in terms of sustainability amongst the big pie producers, having done away with pointless plastic windows in their boxes and not a trace of polystyrene in their pie deliveries. This sits in their growing roster of top notch Vegan pies.</p><p><b>Gluten Free Mooless Moo (Pieminister)</b></p><p><b>5.20/7</b></p><p><b>SJL/ALL</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28FUYeG_kD1n_Xpu5KlnntpBxOJ9qeTI7Zv2OsNwuKwmyKxvoa3XHWsdrnOBQdrPCZ6kQFn7teQhnF7mnu0Md0U9EKuU6tGBOIZ50zE-V4FMgaVbOO81jUZE5UZlO2t2CSsLkyRZjM3iojrBZY-C8CYY167Nurb2XSLw8eXgCWvA4aYl9gDXRFCWM/s5184/IMG_0306.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28FUYeG_kD1n_Xpu5KlnntpBxOJ9qeTI7Zv2OsNwuKwmyKxvoa3XHWsdrnOBQdrPCZ6kQFn7teQhnF7mnu0Md0U9EKuU6tGBOIZ50zE-V4FMgaVbOO81jUZE5UZlO2t2CSsLkyRZjM3iojrBZY-C8CYY167Nurb2XSLw8eXgCWvA4aYl9gDXRFCWM/s320/IMG_0306.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0yUWvJH9Sp-FIThf_brpI8GVor3q2YKIEaDznZKkW38ZUd9rVa9mF9M6Zd262104qwSF2W_Q1u7bcB03JhNI7HPo_-CIObD478ajWCePRDpeAPwU9qYqLYqgk8L7xHgsYc0odwXFGGyghchzHSKhPqPYR637xMY9KtH6nVcto6W3ZG-AppbFIwaF/s5184/IMG_0298.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0yUWvJH9Sp-FIThf_brpI8GVor3q2YKIEaDznZKkW38ZUd9rVa9mF9M6Zd262104qwSF2W_Q1u7bcB03JhNI7HPo_-CIObD478ajWCePRDpeAPwU9qYqLYqgk8L7xHgsYc0odwXFGGyghchzHSKhPqPYR637xMY9KtH6nVcto6W3ZG-AppbFIwaF/s320/IMG_0298.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbrjT5eb8CXE_vQlDOnuCvGlw74lHAzSjf0uEMIauJvuQmUwS9WjRScpziwmvBvmLV3IYzc2fQc-LEMo0czA4JtK5iYhZWMhafyi7jneISNnKaU-fjC5sNEfQthEa30ZSmy_eUcbxp3wl_vFR_tTfHdtYifM3YrWgS2br0O3wZ9_CzjEj2rBn3_Yk/s5184/IMG_0291.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbrjT5eb8CXE_vQlDOnuCvGlw74lHAzSjf0uEMIauJvuQmUwS9WjRScpziwmvBvmLV3IYzc2fQc-LEMo0czA4JtK5iYhZWMhafyi7jneISNnKaU-fjC5sNEfQthEa30ZSmy_eUcbxp3wl_vFR_tTfHdtYifM3YrWgS2br0O3wZ9_CzjEj2rBn3_Yk/w320-h213/IMG_0291.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-91739320237234899752022-03-14T07:30:00.008+00:002022-03-14T07:30:00.168+00:00 7 Ways To Survive Post British Pie Week 2022<h3>
Yes, <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> is over. We hear ya! Pie specials will disappear from pub menus. Pie Week discounts will no longer apply. But we’ve got one important message for pie fans: <span style="color: red;">“A pie is for life, not just British Pie Week!”</span> We all know that pies are far too good to celebrate just one week of the year! So here's 7 ways to survive post British Pie Week:</h3>
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1) Enjoy a pie as soon as possible post British Pie Week - after all, there's no need to just eat pies in British Pie Week!
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2) Reminisce about your favourite pie or pies from British Pie Week and plan to eat them again soon!
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3) Save up your money to buy some top pies even once the promos and discounts have disappeared.
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4) Petition your local pub or pie shop to bring back some of their specials if they were only on sale for British Pie Week.
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5) Search our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">pie rankings list of over 600 pies</a> to find a new pie to try in the coming weeks!
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6) Use your extra time to catch up on all the crazy antics the Pierateers have got up to over the years and read our reviews!
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7) Remember - it's now less than 365 days until we do it all again, for British Pie Week 2023! It'll be from 6th-12th March 2023. Get it in your diaries now!!
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<b>And as if you needed any other reasons, the 14th March is actually American pi(e) day - as it is 3.14 in the States - so what further excuse do you need to eat another pie today?!</b>
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-8055548288222309622022-03-11T09:30:00.001+00:002022-03-11T09:30:00.202+00:00British Pie Week 2022 - Friday Pieday Update<h3>
With <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> in full flow, here's an update on what's going on in the world of pies in the best week of the year!</h3>
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While last year was an obvious exception due to the UK Covid Lockdown, we always feel it would seem rude not to celebrate British Pie Week without going to a local pie shop with friends of the blog! Therefore Pierateer Rob organised a trip to <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/search/label/Botanist" target="_blank">The Botanist</a> in central Birmingham on Monday evening, which was popular with his friends from badminton too. Pierateer Rob had a lamb and mint pie, which will be reviewed soon!
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A few years ago the <a href="http://www.britishpieawards.co.uk/" target="_blank">British Pie Awards</a> moved their awards to coincide with British Pie Week, and this year celebrate their 14th year! Last year it had to be postponed to September, but the show still went on. While we weren't there in person this year, a lot of the regular judges were out in force in Melton Mowbray this Wednesday - such as Katie <a href="https://twitter.com/awaydaypiegirl" target="_blank">@awaydaypiegirl</a> and Life of Pies book author Martin Tarbuck <a href="https://twitter.com/thelifeofpies" target="_blank">@thelifeofpies</a> - and we look forward to hearing the results later today.
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Pierateer Rob even managed to be featured in the main photo of the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-60665007" target="_blank">BBC News article</a> on the British Pie Awards, even though he wasn't there this year!<div><br /></div><div><br /><b>Pie-motions this Pie Week</b>
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As it's British Pie Week, a number of pie shops and pie companies are doing special pie-motions to give you even more reason to eat pie this week (as if you really needed it!) We'll share some of our favourites throughout the week but to give you a flavour:
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/JonesPiesUK" target="_blank"><b>Jones Pies</b></a> Twitter account has been proving popular, as they are giving away a selection of their pork pies to someone who tags them on Twitter with who they would share their pies with. [Sharing pies???]</li>
<li><b><a href="https://twitter.com/ValeMowbrayPies" target="_blank">Vale of Mowbray Pies</a></b> have gone rather quirky on their Twitter and asked people to tag who would HATE being sent a box of their pork pies. [Does such a person exist???]</li>
<li>Even mash company <a href="https://twitter.com/mashdirect" target="_blank"><b>Mash Direct</b></a> Twitter account are getting in on the British Pie Week com-pie-tition action, teaming up with Higgidy Pies to offer a pie and mash super hamper!!</li>
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If you’re a pie maker or pie seller and have any special promotions for British Pie Week, get in touch with us and we can celebrate your British Pie Week offers right here! Either send us an email to <a href="mailto:pierateship@yahoo.co.uk">pierateship@yahoo.co.uk</a> or tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/pierateers" target="_blank">@pierateers</a> to let us promote your pie week plans!
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<b><span style="color: red;"><u>PIE-LIGHTS OF PAST BRITISH PIE WEEKS</u></span></b></h3>
During <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html">British Pie Week</a> 2014 we Pierateers consumed a quite incredible 55 pies and you can see the breakdown <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/britishpieweek2014-summary.html" target="_blank">right here</a>! There were so many highlights that we had to do a whole day-by-day account of it, including a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Python pie</a>, a day of just eating apple pie and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">Pierateer SJL eating 21 pies</a> - one for every meal of British Pie Week.
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In fact, Pierateer SJL didn't just eat a pie for every meal but he proved that you can <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">eat pie and lose weight!!!</a> Yes, we can hardly believe it either!
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In 2015 we raised the bar even higher by consuming a whopping 71 pies between 2 Pierateers! This included a <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pie-athon-challenge-who-can-eat-all-pies.html" target="_blank">Pieathon</a></b> (seeing how long we could just eat pies for) and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/british-pie-week-2015-day-seven.html" target="_blank">Rob eating pie for 67% of his diet that week</a>!</div>
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<br />Top marks to Pie Eater Kev, who has written this Pie Week poem:<br />
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So whatever you’re up to this British Pie Week, we hope you have pie and enjoy it! For more ideas, why not check out our <b>#PiePledge</b> video below?<br />
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</div>The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-55570108934220358102022-03-07T10:00:00.001+00:002022-03-07T10:16:59.475+00:00British Pie Week 2022 - Monday Update<h3>
With <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> kicking off today, here's an update on what's going on in the world of pies in the best week of the year!</h3>
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While last year was an obvious exception due to the UK Covid Lockdown, we always feel it would seem rude not to celebrate British Pie Week without going to a local pie shop with friends of the blog! Therefore Pierateer Rob has organised a trip to <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/search/label/Botanist" target="_blank">The Botanist</a> in central Birmingham. We have enjoyed a few pies from there in the past but it is definitely due a revisit, so look with a lovely sounding lamb pie on the menu, look out for the review later this week.
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<b>British Pie Awards</b>
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A few years ago the <a href="http://www.britishpieawards.co.uk/" target="_blank">British Pie Awards</a> moved their awards to coincide with British Pie Week, and this year celebrate their 14th year! Last year it had to be postponed to September, but the show still went on. While we won't be there in person this year, judging happens in Melton Mowbray this Wednesday and we look forward to hearing the results this Friday!
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As it's British Pie Week, a number of pie shops and pie companies are doing special pie-motions to give you even more reason to eat pie this week (as if you really needed it!) We'll share some of our favourites throughout the week but to give you a flavour:
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<li><b><a href="https://www.turnerspies.co.uk/" target="_blank">Turner's Pies</a></b>, who have been British Pie Awards Supreme Champion twice now, are giving away a year's supply of pies to one lucky customer. A pie a week for a year! While that wouldn't be enough for us Pierateers, it still sounds a fabulous pie-rize!! All you need to do is order some pies from their website between 7th-13th March. What are you waiting for???</li>
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If you’re a pie maker or pie seller and have any special promotions for British Pie Week, get in touch with us and we can celebrate your British Pie Week offers right here! Either send us an email to <a href="mailto:pierateship@yahoo.co.uk">pierateship@yahoo.co.uk</a> or tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/pierateers" target="_blank">@pierateers</a> to let us promote your pie week plans!
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During <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html">British Pie Week</a> 2014 we Pierateers consumed a quite incredible 55 pies and you can see the breakdown <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/britishpieweek2014-summary.html" target="_blank">right here</a>! There were so many highlights that we had to do a whole day-by-day account of it, including a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Python pie</a>, a day of just eating apple pie and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">Pierateer SJL eating 21 pies</a> - one for every meal of British Pie Week.
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In fact, Pierateer SJL didn't just eat a pie for every meal but he proved that you can <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">eat pie and lose weight!!!</a> Yes, we can hardly believe it either!
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In 2015 we raised the bar even higher by consuming a whopping 71 pies between 2 Pierateers! This included a <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pie-athon-challenge-who-can-eat-all-pies.html" target="_blank">Pieathon</a></b> (seeing how long we could just eat pies for) and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/british-pie-week-2015-day-seven.html" target="_blank">Rob eating pie for 67% of his diet that week</a>!</div>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's here!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BritishPieWeek?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BritishPieWeek</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SweeneyandTodds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SweeneyandTodds</a> <a href="https://t.co/qrusdt1Jow">pic.twitter.com/qrusdt1Jow</a></p>— Sweeney And Todd (@SweeneyandTodds) <a href="https://twitter.com/SweeneyandTodds/status/1500725665032806400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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So whatever you’re up to this British Pie Week, we hope you have pie and enjoy it! For more ideas, why not check out our <b>#PiePledge</b> video below?<br />
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</div>The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-91984484005771832292022-03-03T07:30:00.012+00:002022-03-03T07:30:00.164+00:00British Pie Week 2022 - Everything you need to know!<h3>
With <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> kicking off on Monday 7th March 2022, we thought you might want to find out everything you should know about the greatest week in pie! With the impacts of covid-19 reducing in Britain and the o-pie-tunity to get out and about visiting pie shops and hosting pie parties, there's no excuse not to celebrate again properly this year! So read on to find out more!</h3>
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British Pie Week is held the first full week of March, which this year is 7th-13th March 2022. That means it is the latest in the year it can possibly be this year!
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<b>What is British Pie Week?</b>
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Originally set up by a pastry maker as a way to sell more of their pastry, it is now Britain’s main celebration of pie! Pubs, restaurants, pie shops and more have used British Pie Week to run com-pie-titions, pie specials and the like, while supermarkets sometimes use the week to discount their pie ranges. The <a href="http://www.britishpieawards.co.uk/" target="_blank">British Pie Awards</a> have even moved their awards to this week, to coincide with British Pie Week, back in pie week again after being moved to later in the year in 2021 due to Coronavirus!<br />
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However it’s also an excuse for pie lovers like the Pierateers to do various pie stunts and for the average pie fan to excuse their pie eating for a week! (“Well it’s Pie Week, so I <b><u>have</u></b> to have a pie!!!”)
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<b>How can I get involved?</b>
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Well, the pies the limit! Of course the more traditional ways include eating a pie from a pie shop or pub, purchasing a pie from your local supermarket or make an online order from your favourite online pie supplier (or try out a new one!)
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Or you could of course make your own pie at home. There are plenty of reci-pies out there to use, including a number we have tried and rated ourselves. Or you could still do some crazy pie stunt like only eating pies for a day (which we’ve done numerous times) or create an unusual filling for a pie – like we did with our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Pie-thon</a> (python meat pie).
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You can order pies from our Number 1 rated pie maker <b>MyPie</b> on their website here: <a href="https://www.mypie.london/store" target="_blank">https://www.mypie.london/store</a>
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You can order pies from British Pie Awards winners <b>Turner's Pies</b> on their website here: <a href="https://piesbypost.com/" target="_blank">https://piesbypost.com/</a>
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You can order pies from <b>Pieminister</b> on their website here: <a href="https://pieminister.co.uk/shop/category/pies/" target="_blank">https://pieminister.co.uk/shop/category/pies/</a>
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During <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html">British Pie Week</a> 2014 we Pierateers consumed a quite incredible 55 pies and you can see the breakdown <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/britishpieweek2014-summary.html" target="_blank">right here</a>! There were so many highlights that we had to do a whole day-by-day account of it, including a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Python pie</a>, a day of just eating apple pie and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">Pierateer SJL eating 21 pies</a> - one for every meal of British Pie Week.
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In fact, Pierateer SJL didn't just eat a pie for every meal but he proved that you can <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">eat pie and lose weight!!!</a> Yes, we can hardly believe it either!
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In 2015 we raised the bar even higher by consuming a whopping 71 pies between 2 Pierateers! This included a <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pie-athon-challenge-who-can-eat-all-pies.html" target="_blank">Pieathon</a></b> (seeing how long we could just eat pies for) and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/british-pie-week-2015-day-seven.html" target="_blank">Rob eating pie for 67% of his diet that week</a>!</div>
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British Pie Week was created by a pastry company in 2007 to sell more pastry, but it seems that company have now ditched the idea, with the lucrative <a href="http://www.britishpieweek.co.uk/">www.britishpieweek.co.uk</a> webpage now just re-directing to their main pastry website and their <a href="https://twitter.com/BritPieWeek" target="_blank">@BritPieWeek</a> twitter account not having been updated since March 2016!
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This means the new home of British Pie Week is really <b>www.pierate.co.uk</b>, who don’t care about making money or selling more pastry, but want to celebrate the pie – with well over <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">600 pies</a> already rated and numerous pie-related stunts highlighting their love of pie! For more information on what Pierate have got up to over the years since first celebrating British Pie Week in 2011, check out our dedicated <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> page!
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<b>How can Pierate help me this British Pie Week?</b>
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Well, there's no denying we are the web's pie-remier pie resource with almost 1.5 million pie fans visiting our pie blog! You can browse our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">Pie Rankings</a> of over 600 pies rated and ranked so that you can avoid the bad ones and grab the best ones, plus we have a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pierate-dictionary.html" target="_blank">pie pun dictionary</a> (so you can pun-ctuate your conversation in pie week) and more pie trivia than you can shake a stick at! We truly are the home of the pie review at <b>www.pierate.co.uk</b> and you can find out more about the piefessionals (pie experts) in our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/blog-page_11.html" target="_blank">About Us</a> section!
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We Pierateers of pie review website <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/">www.pierate.co.uk</a> are today celebrating our 12th Birthday, and we'd love you to join us by simply eating a pie and rating it!</h3>
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It follows in the footsteps of the very first <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2013/11/internationalpierateday2013.html" target="_blank">International Pierate Day in 2013</a>, which has been celebrated on 12th November every year since! But we don’t want you – pie lovers worldwide – to just sit at home and watch as we eat all the pies! Oh no! Pie eating and pie rating is something we can <b>all</b> enjoy. Something that can bring friends, family and communities together. Pies are celebrated and eaten in so many countries worldwide and so today – marking our twelfth birthday – we would love you to join us in eating and rating pies this week to celebrate!
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Sadly of course, as with so many events in 2020, covid restrictions meant we could not gather together to eat pie in celebration with 50 friends last year like we did when <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2019/10/pierate-birmingham-pie-night-for-charity-2019.html" target="_blank">celebrating our tenth birthday</a>. And this year's celebrations have been scaled back a bit. But Pierateer Rob and 9 friends enjoyed a pie meal out at Pieminster last night to celebrate the anniversary and looks forward to more pie adventures this weekend. And of course we can still use the illustrated guide below on how to rate a pie, based on our 7 Cs of pie rating, which we commissioned fellow food blogger and amazing illustrator <a href="https://twitter.com/emily_etc" target="_blank">Emily</a> from <a href="http://www.recipesandreviews.co.uk/">www.recipesandreviews.co.uk</a> to create for us for our 6th birthday!
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So here’s the deal... in six simple words: <b><span style="font-size: large;">Eat a pie and rate it!</span></b><br />
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It doesn’t matter whether it’s savoury or sweet, or whether you prefer your pies without the wheat or meat! We really do rate anything and everything that is a true pie and sometimes a number of interesting things that try to be pies too! But the important thing is we love to eat pie and rate it – for we are, after all, the Pierateers!<br />
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So once you’ve found a pie to eat – whether in the local bakery, butchers, supermarket or your favourite pie shop or one you have made in the luxury of your own home – why not rate your pie using the <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/the-seven-cs.html">Seven Cs</a> of pie rating in our lovely illustrated guide above?
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Well, first things first - you need a pie (or two!) For insPIEration you might find our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">Pie Rankings</a> helpful, with over 650 pies we've rated and reviewed over the past 11 years! Or perhaps you want to make one of the pies our Ship's Cook has made, following her <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/search/label/recipe" target="_blank">reci-pies here</a>.<br />
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You can even <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/10/the-pies-of-football-review-with-morecambe.html" target="_blank">watch us on the BBC website</a> advising what to look for in a pie!<br />
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-69041813317309900222021-11-05T10:04:00.000+00:002021-11-05T10:04:15.331+00:00Birmingham Pie Night Announced for 12th Anniversary<h3>
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It wouldn't be right to not celebrate our Pierate anniversary with a pie party and, while last year's had to be limited to just Pierateer Rob and his support bubble (which was still a decent sized pie-rty due to all the Senior kids!), this year we are back in a pie shop and ready to celebrate the only way we know how: eating and rating pie!! </span></h3><h3><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">So on 11th November, Pierate are going to rummage and pillage the pies at Pieminister Birmingham once again as we host a Pierateer Takeover for our 12th anniversary - just like we have done in the past during British Pie Weeks such as <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2018/03/birmingham-pie-night-celebrated-at-pieminister.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week 2018</a>!</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being held from 7pm on Thursday 11th November, the night will be a chance for friends of the Pierateers to catch up on what's been going down on the Pierate Ship, and most importantly to eat and rate some delicious pies! It's sure to be a great way to celebrate 12 years of pie rating!</span><br />
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For those who don't know, Bristol pie giant <b><a href="https://www.pieminister.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pieminister</a></b> opened up a shop in Birmingham city centre in mid-2017 and we've frequented it a number of times already. However we certainly hadn't waited until they opened a shop in Birmingham before rating one of their pies, for we have <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pieminister-pie-reviews.html" target="_blank"><b>rated 19 Pieminister pies in total</b></a> and one of our very first reviews over 10 years ago was from Pieminister!<br />
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Since then we've tried some of their <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pieminister-pie-election-minty-lamb-review.html" target="_blank">"Pie Election" winners</a></b> (when pie fans got to choose which old favourites to bring back to the menu for British Pie Week 2015) and we were even crazy enough to try their <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2017/04/leeds-pie-tour-insect-pie.html" target="_blank">Cricket pie</a></b> in 2017! Yes, that's right - it had actual whole insects in it!!<br />
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<b>So here's the details of the pie night and how you can get involved:</b>
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We'll be arriving at the Pieminister Birmingham shop for 7pm, where we'll have some dedicated Pierateer Takeover tables set aside for us! (We advise you book up to avoid disappointment!)<br />
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<b>Pick your pie!</b><br />
There are a whole host of pies to choose from on their <a href="https://www.pieminister.co.uk/restaurants/birmingham/" target="_blank">menu</a>.
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During the two hours Pierateer Rob will be around to chat pies, give you a bit of info about how to rate a pie on the <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/the-seven-cs.html" target="_blank">7 Cs of pie rating</a>, as well as a brief update on what we've been up to over the years! And if he can, he'll try to answer your pie-related questions (like when is a pie not a pie?!) Just look out for him in his black Pierate t-shirt and don't be afraid to come up and say hi if we haven't met yet!<br />
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This pie night is open to friends plus readers of our pie blog and entry is free - you just pay the pie shop for your food and drinks as normal - but <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">to attend we advise you ring and book into the Pieminister Birmingham Store on 0121 285 3743 </span><span style="font-size: large;">(as places in the restaurant are limited).</span></h3>
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-56620880533677018352021-03-06T09:20:00.004+00:002021-03-06T10:16:35.907+00:00The Pie Room Review<p><b>The Pie Room Recipe Book by Calum Franklin - Cheesy Dauphinoise & Caramelised Onion Pie Review</b></p><p>British Pie Week is a special time of year and the Pierate virtual pie night seemed a perfect excuse to go for something a bit fancy. One of the best known producers of fancy pies is Calum Franklin <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2017/04/meet-pie-ducer-calum-franklin-holborn-dining-room.html">who we previously talked to about the beautiful pastry creations he makes for the Holborn Dining Room</a> where he has created a specific 'Pie Room'. Calum has now released a recipe and guide book called 'The Pie Room' and given the time we are spending at home in the lockdown it seemed the perfect thing to try out for British Pie Week. Unfortunately on the Pierate Ship we are more known for eating pies and some of our creations have been far from beautiful so I was a bit concerned about how this would go. I also had to alternate from the recipe in that I made Gluten Free pastry so that Pierateer ALE could also enjoy the pie. We are moving house and had a glut of onions to use so I chose the Cheesy Dauphinoise & Caramelised Onion Pie. It also contained a lot of milk and cream which sounded great to me, being from a dairy farm I do love my milk. This was the first time I had ever made a freestanding pie, I was worried that it might completely fall apart but despite using notoriously crumbly gluten free pastry it only cracked slightly. The pie took absolutely ages to make so I didn't feel motivated to do more than a simple pastry homage to British Pie Week but it was still one of the best looking pies I have ever made (the competition isn't strong though). I slightly got the advice on egg glaze wrong which was a bit disappointing because I was keen to get a pie as deep brown as the ones Calum makes, but it was still a pleasing colour. The pie sliced like a dream which was one of the joys of making this free standing pie, it really still looked like pie when served up on your plate. I made the recipe with half the listed ingredients and Pierateer ALE and I had a quarter each.<br /><br />But how did it taste? I always find it strange to review a pie I have made but if I give the credit to Calum I think I can say that this was delicious. I can't actually remember having a meat-free pie as tasty as this. It would definitely be worthy of a Pierate Highly Recommended award. There wasn't anything too fancy or difficult to source in the recipe except quite a lot of fresh rosemary and thyme. This, along with the onion and some garlic added a delicious taste to the creamy and cheesy filling. The filling was built in layers which adds to the appearance. Unfortunately with my smaller version I think it was too shallow to fully reveal the layers but it still looked good. It was quite remarkable how moist this pie was despite being free standing. The potato was soft but retained some bite giving it a satisfying consistency. A pie really befitting of British Pie Week and I would certainly recommend it if the meat free content sounds appealing to you.<br /><br /><b>Cheesy Dauphinoise & Caramelised Onion (The Pie Room Recipe by Calum Franklin)<br />6.25/7</b></p><p><b>SJL</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFZYQHA_X8M13U3Ll2ZcLlXBIR_pCsVv8FkLYbMz56CkJEPaPtSrKE2cSb5hbIOernbt1rNHpUhPT4L5Ks3hKNobxBwZzw4RshYJw_EZ1ApaAzoaHL1Jge1bwyYuc6H9f323Qh07iisQ/s2048/IMG_20210305_194937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qUAi9bzPsZifRw_SXTtEwQ4ze_3r0d9tI72mXZW4r8azJU-BNWILmIz24lwlB8ra9Dwy43thauz6HSdJhaExsjepuxdpFYuY_ToiYzqGoLiO-WaLxBYHDqFs5AKc4_mBXFAf6T1FBtg/s2048/Pie+Room+Calum+Franklin.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="2048" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qUAi9bzPsZifRw_SXTtEwQ4ze_3r0d9tI72mXZW4r8azJU-BNWILmIz24lwlB8ra9Dwy43thauz6HSdJhaExsjepuxdpFYuY_ToiYzqGoLiO-WaLxBYHDqFs5AKc4_mBXFAf6T1FBtg/w400-h291/Pie+Room+Calum+Franklin.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFZYQHA_X8M13U3Ll2ZcLlXBIR_pCsVv8FkLYbMz56CkJEPaPtSrKE2cSb5hbIOernbt1rNHpUhPT4L5Ks3hKNobxBwZzw4RshYJw_EZ1ApaAzoaHL1Jge1bwyYuc6H9f323Qh07iisQ/w400-h300/IMG_20210305_194937.jpg" width="400" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRap2SJfcGI8aHGZpRVgWFotqW26IcZ97gyDegb6cEFxH2Z7P5LqnHX6OjAJ39mCM4j4xBZ6Ds8Rsu8MGxnqM5l28j5IxPmJ8e9P4X3-HkOP5zshyphenhyphenEujH8it7h_ev6RWfDgClPPD82mxY/s2048/IMG_20210306_080754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRap2SJfcGI8aHGZpRVgWFotqW26IcZ97gyDegb6cEFxH2Z7P5LqnHX6OjAJ39mCM4j4xBZ6Ds8Rsu8MGxnqM5l28j5IxPmJ8e9P4X3-HkOP5zshyphenhyphenEujH8it7h_ev6RWfDgClPPD82mxY/w200-h150/IMG_20210306_080754.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXY3XciZSFB_AKt7KGsMuPZLTBXl9Bffo2ZEeEaFJWduN94OWoPDSKJvCkPSFlbQgHcGWEfQp_YewlgYsT03fEzYatAKN3P-xslZ1zifeHSn43lh0Brx1nDY0qwgTFlREX0SAgher20U/s2048/IMG_20210306_080831.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXY3XciZSFB_AKt7KGsMuPZLTBXl9Bffo2ZEeEaFJWduN94OWoPDSKJvCkPSFlbQgHcGWEfQp_YewlgYsT03fEzYatAKN3P-xslZ1zifeHSn43lh0Brx1nDY0qwgTFlREX0SAgher20U/w200-h150/IMG_20210306_080831.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><br /><br />P.S. A few words on the making of this pie, I really tried to follow the recipe to the letter which took me ages. Although the ingredients were simple the potato and onion were separately cooked on the hob, then also in the oven before being wrapped in pastry. The final pie then took 45 minutes in the oven. There was also a lot of times where you had to put things in the fridge to chill, it felt complicated to someone not used to these things. I think the pie would fall apart without following all the steps so overall allow plenty of time. I made the filling the day before which worked well. The main thing that I found really amazing was that the filling all held together when I turned it out of a dish on top of the pastry. Then through some miracle my gluten free pastry stayed in one piece as I turned this onto the filling. 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With <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> kicking off today, we thought you might want to find out everything you should know about the greatest week in pie! Of course, like so many things in the world, this British Pie Week will be a little different due to the impacts of covid-19. However that doesn't stop you celebrating it! So read on to find out more!</h3>
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<b>When is British Pie Week?</b>
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British Pie Week is held the first full week of March, which this year is 1st-7th March 2021. That means it is as early in the year as is possible this year!
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<b>What is British Pie Week?</b>
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Originally set up by a pastry maker as a way to sell more of their pastry, it is now Britain’s main celebration of pie! Pubs, restaurants, pie shops and more have used British Pie Week to run com-pie-titions, pie specials and the like, while supermarkets sometimes use the week to discount their pie ranges. The <a href="http://www.britishpieawards.co.uk/" target="_blank">British Pie Awards</a> have even moved their awards to this week, to coincide with British Pie Week, though this year it won't be happening in March due to Coronavirus!<br />
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However it’s also an excuse for pie lovers like the Pierateers to do various pie stunts and for the average pie fan to excuse their pie eating for a week! (“Well it’s Pie Week, so I <b><u>have</u></b> to have a pie!!!”)
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<b>How can I get involved?</b>
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Well, the pies the limit! Of course the more traditional ways include eating a pie from a pie shop or pub but they aren't an option this year, so you could either purchase a pie from your local supermarket or make an online order from your favourite online pie supplier (or try out a new one!)
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Or you could of course make your own pie at home. While this year the "stay at home" message means we won't be able to organise an in-person pie night like we normally do, you could always try an e-pie night with friends over Zoom or Skype? That's what the Pierateers will be doing on Friday night! Or you could still do some crazy pie stunt like only eating pies for a day (which we’ve done numerous times) or create an unusual filling for a pie – like we did with our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Pie-thon</a> (python meat pie).
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<b>Online Pie Order Ideas:</b>
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You can order pies from our Number 1 rated pie maker <b>MyPie</b> on their website here: <a href="https://www.mypie.london/store" target="_blank">https://www.mypie.london/store</a>
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You can order pies from British Pie Awards winners <b>Turner's Pies</b> on their website here: <a href="https://piesbypost.com/" target="_blank">https://piesbypost.com/</a>
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You can order pies from <b>Pieminister</b> (like we have for our social bubble pie party on Sunday) on their website here: <a href="https://pieminister.co.uk/shop/category/pies/" target="_blank">https://pieminister.co.uk/shop/category/pies/</a>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The infamous <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Python meat pie</a>!</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><u>PIE-LIGHTS OF PAST BRITISH PIE WEEKS</u></span></b></h3>
During <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html">British Pie Week</a> 2014 we Pierateers consumed a quite incredible 55 pies and you can see the breakdown <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/britishpieweek2014-summary.html" target="_blank">right here</a>! There were so many highlights that we had to do a whole day-by-day account of it, including a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Python pie</a>, a day of just eating apple pie and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">Pierateer SJL eating 21 pies</a> - one for every meal of British Pie Week.
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In fact, Pierateer SJL didn't just eat a pie for every meal but he proved that you can <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">eat pie and lose weight!!!</a> Yes, we can hardly believe it either!
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In 2015 we raised the bar even higher by consuming a whopping 71 pies between 2 Pierateers! This included a <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pie-athon-challenge-who-can-eat-all-pies.html" target="_blank">Pieathon</a></b> (seeing how long we could just eat pies for) and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/british-pie-week-2015-day-seven.html" target="_blank">Rob eating pie for 67% of his diet that week</a>!</div>
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<b>When did it all start?</b>
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British Pie Week was created by a pastry company in 2007 to sell more pastry, but it seems that company have now ditched the idea, with the lucrative <a href="http://www.britishpieweek.co.uk/">www.britishpieweek.co.uk</a> webpage now just re-directing to their main pastry website and their <a href="https://twitter.com/BritPieWeek" target="_blank">@BritPieWeek</a> twitter account not having been updated since March 2016!
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This means the new home of British Pie Week is really <b>www.pierate.co.uk</b>, who don’t care about making money or selling more pastry, but want to celebrate the pie – with well over <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">600 pies</a> already rated and numerous pie-related stunts highlighting their love of pie! For more information on what Pierate have got up to over the years since first celebrating British Pie Week in 2011, check out our dedicated <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> page!
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<b>How can Pierate help me this British Pie Week?</b>
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Well, there's no denying we are the web's pie-remier pie resource with over 1 million pie fans visiting our pie blog! You can browse our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">Pie Rankings</a> of over 600 pies rated and ranked so that you can avoid the bad ones and grab the best ones, plus we have a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pierate-dictionary.html" target="_blank">pie pun dictionary</a> (so you can pun-ctuate your conversation in pie week) and more pie trivia than you can shake a stick at! We truly are the home of the pie review at <b>www.pierate.co.uk</b> and you can find out more about the piefessionals (pie experts) in our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/blog-page_11.html" target="_blank">About Us</a> section!
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Finally, if you’re a pie maker or pie seller and have any special promotions for British Pie Week, get in touch with us and we can celebrate your British Pie Week offers right here! Either send us an email to <a href="mailto:pierateship@yahoo.co.uk">pierateship@yahoo.co.uk</a> or tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/pierateers" target="_blank">@pierateers</a> to let us promote your pie week plans!
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So whatever you’re up to this British Pie Week, we hope you have pie and enjoy it! For more ideas, why not check out our <b>#PiePledge</b> video below?<br />
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-1265059606585383312020-11-12T07:30:00.005+00:002020-11-12T07:30:04.354+00:00International Pierate Day 2020<h3>
We Pierateers of pie review website <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/">www.pierate.co.uk</a> are today celebrating our 11th Birthday, and we'd love you to join us by simply eating a pie and rating it!</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">That’s why we’ve designated</span><br />
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It follows in the footsteps of the very first <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2013/11/internationalpierateday2013.html" target="_blank">International Pierate Day in 2013</a>, which has been celebrated on 12th November every year since! But we don’t want you – pie lovers worldwide – to just sit at home and watch as we eat all the pies! Oh no! Pie eating and pie rating is something we can <b>all</b> enjoy. Something that can bring friends, family and communities together. Pies are celebrated and eaten in so many countries worldwide and so today – marking our eleventh birthday – we would love you to join us in eating and rating pies this week to celebrate!
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Sadly of course, as with so many events in 2020, covid restrictions mean we cannot gather together to eat pie in celebration with 50 friends like we did last year when <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2019/10/pierate-birmingham-pie-night-for-charity-2019.html" target="_blank">celebrating our tenth birthday</a>. Instead things we will be a bit quieter this time around, as we celebrate another year of pie rating in our individual houses with a classic box of Mr Kipling pies, amongst others. But we can still use the illustrated guide below on how to rate a pie, based on our 7 Cs of pie rating, which we commissioned fellow food blogger and amazing illustrator <a href="https://twitter.com/emily_etc" target="_blank">Emily</a> from <a href="http://www.recipesandreviews.co.uk/">www.recipesandreviews.co.uk</a> to create for us for our 6th birthday!
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So here’s the deal... in six simple words: <b><span style="font-size: large;">Eat a pie and rate it!</span></b><br />
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It doesn’t matter whether it’s savoury or sweet, or whether you prefer your pies without the wheat or meat! We really do rate anything and everything that is a true pie and sometimes a number of interesting things that try to be pies too! But the important thing is we love to eat pie and rate it – for we are, after all, the Pierateers!<br />
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So once you’ve found a pie to eat – whether in the local bakery, butchers, supermarket or your favourite pie shop or one you have made in the luxury of your own home – why not rate your pie using the <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/the-seven-cs.html">Seven Cs</a> of pie rating in our lovely illustrated guide above?
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So what do you need to do now?</h3>
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Well, first things first - you need a pie (or two!) For insPIEration you might find our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">Pie Rankings</a> helpful, with over 650 pies we've rated and reviewed over the past 11 years! Or perhaps you want to make one of the pies our Ship's Cook has made, following her <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/search/label/recipe" target="_blank">reci-pies here</a>.<br />
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You can even <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/10/the-pies-of-football-review-with-morecambe.html" target="_blank">watch us on the BBC website</a> advising what to look for in a pie!<br />
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Most of all, we hope you enjoy eating and rating pies this week! We sure will and can't wait to celebrate properly again together soon!!!</h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">As the days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months, those of us still in the UK lockdown are in need of a pie pick me up! So after far too long an absence, and to celebrate 1.2 million views on the web's leading pie review blog, here are some pie-lights of the last few weeks to get you drooling!</span></b>
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Now we've been served many different pastry products and many quirky fillings over the years, but this one may be one of the more unusual we have heard of! Available in time for Father's Day (21st June), a freelance chef has won a com-pie-tition for Gunns Bakery in Bedfordshire to create their new Clanger flavour incorporating Macadamia nuts from nut supplier Nutcellars. The idea of the contest was to use the Macadamia nuts in a quirky new Bedfordshire Clanger reci-pie, creating a world first "MacClanger"!
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Historically Clangers would have been made out of pastry and whatever filling the person had available to them, with a meat end and a sweet end. So, for example, a gammon or ham and potato meat filling might be complimented by a sweet chopped up apple sauce at the other end.
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The winner of the com-pie-tition was freelance chef Spencer Westcott, who created a Chicken Satay 'n' Chocolate Macadamia MacClanger! It will be produced and sold in Gunns Bakery in Bedfordshire and, like Bakery owner David Gunn, we are intrigued to see how nuts his customers are about this new pastry product! Spencer himself is a self confessed fan of pies and pasties, and while we Pierateers would argue this MacClanger isn't officially a pie - which is filling fully encased in pastry, with a clearly defined base, sides and lid - this pastry parcel certainly sounds worth picking up for Father's Day this year!
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<b>MyPie London</b>, who make our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/10/mypie-london-steak-ale-pie-review.html" target="_blank">number 1 rated pie out of over 600</a> have been setting up shop online during the lockdown period, replacing their usual street food market stalls for nationwide delivery of their award winning and Pierate Highly Recommended pies via the <a href="http://mypie.london/" target="_blank">MyPie website</a>. We were delighted to try the Chicken and Mushroom pie recently, which will need to be reviewed soon, and Pierateer Sam sent a box of pies to his dad to cheer him up recently too!<br />
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My Dad has been in hospital a couple of times recently, I decided the perfect get well gift would be a delivery of our number 1 ranked pies from <a href="https://twitter.com/MYPIE_LDN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MYPIE_LDN</a> and they seem to have gone down well plus the chance to support a small business during lockdown ☺️ <a href="https://t.co/GX7NIyNG49">pic.twitter.com/GX7NIyNG49</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pierate Ship finally set sail to Africa!</b></span>
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We were delighted recently to finally add our African pie reviews to the blog, in our "<a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2020/04/african-pie-tour-is-dessert-in-desert.html" target="_blank">African Pie Tour</a>" article! This means we have now reviewed pies in Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia and now Africa. Only South America and Antarctica to go!!
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Sunday 26th April would have been the London Marathon, the largest one day charity fundraising event in the world. Charities are missing out on a lot of funding but still have work to do and costs, hence the 2.6 challenge was created, to do fundraising events themed around the number 26 or 2.6 such as to run 2.6 km.
I have come up with the 2.6 Pieathlon. Basically I have to eat 2.6 pies and then run 2.6km within 26 minutes. I will do this at 20.26 on Sunday 26th.
I can normally run 2.6km comfortably in around 13 minutes. I estimate around 4-5 minutes to eat 2.6 pies so it should be fairly doable if I am able to run after eating that much pie, even if it is fairly slow. I really have no idea, I am normally pretty bad at running after eating and it is likely to be fairly uncomfortable and I might feel a bit sick! I will also try and record it on my phone which will limit my ability to run. The pies are Pukka Steak pies which <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2010/03/are-you-piefectionist.html" target="_blank">we look on fairly fondly</a> despite their mass produced nature but they are fairly heavy as pies go which will add to the difficulty.<br />
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If you fancy donating follow the link below, I will add the link to the video after the challenge is completed!<br />
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<a href="https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SamLacey3">https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SamLacey3</a><br />
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The challenge was successfully completed, with the addition of 2.6 glasses of milk and a top hat! See the video on Facebook.<br />
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This remote village sits just below the Tropic of Capricorn, in the Khomas region of Namibia on the continent of Africa.</div>
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100 miles to the west, the salty waves of the Atlantic ocean lap against the iconic red dunes of the Skeleton Coast. 100 miles north-east, the sprawling capital of Windhoek is the social, economic, political, and cultural centre of the country.<br />
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Between them, dusty, rutted roads carve through the arid landscape. Mountain zebra chase ephemeral rivers. Scorpions shelter in the rocky crevices. Quiver trees eke out an existence beneath the blazing desert sun.</div>
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With no other settlements for miles around, Solitaire seems like an unlikely place to come for a pie. It's almost like we've taken a wrong turn. But we haven't. At Pierate we have always got our ear to the ground for next great pie, and we've heard that Solitaire is home to something very special.<br />
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Over 20 years ago, a Scottish adventurer named Percy Cross "Moose" McGregor moved to Solitaire. He opened a bakery and started selling a German apple pie from an old family recipe. Word of his apple pie spread far and wide, and it wasn't long before McGregor's sweet treat reached mythical status across Namibia.<br />
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Today, surrounded by decrepit American vintage cars, McGregor's Bakery stands like an oasis in the parched desert plateau. Some say that if you listen closely to the breeze as it crosses the plains, it whispers to you: "McGregors, McGregors, McGregors."<br />
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Sadly, Moose died in January 2014, but his legend lives on in the form of his famous apple pie. And this is what Pierateer TJP is here to sample today!<br />
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Inside McGregor's bakery, one can purchase a surprising array of items - coffee, sandwiches, pastries, and cool refreshing beverages. But the welcome sign at the entrance leaves no doubt about what this place is all about. Top of the list is its "famous apple pie"!</div>
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I order an apple pie. As I wait, my parched mouth salivates as my mind races through the seven Cs. What colour will it be? How filled to capacity will it be? I hope it arrives in great condition. I also wonder what kind of pastry will be used. Will it be the standard short crust, or will they have gone for a leftfield puff-pastry? Will it be a lattice? </div>
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I take the box outside and open it...and shock horror. (Warning - the following photograph might be distressing to some of you)</div>
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Yes, McGregor's "famous apple pie" is in fact a crumble. There is no pastry. Pie aficionados and followers of Pierate will know that a pie is "a filling totally and wholly encased in pastry". Don't get me wrong - the McGregor's apple crumble was delicious, but it was just that - a crumble. I have come all this way for a <i>crumble</i>. Had I been blogging for Crumblerate (trademark TBC) I'd have been delighted, but this is Pierate.</div>
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Back home, a "game" pie would probably be some kind of bird such as pheasant or partridge, but out here it could be anything from kudu to oryx. With some long drives ahead of me and a slightly upset stomach, I opt for the vegetarian pie. </div>
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I'm not entirely sure what's in it but I think I can see spinach and potato. It's a decent pie, well filled, with tasty pastry, and certainly commendable that they are able to offer a pie of such reasonable quality in a remote location like this.<br />
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I leave Solitaire slightly disappointed that the famous apple pie wasn't actually a pie, but pleased that I've at least had a pie in probably one of the most remote settlements I'll ever visit. It really is a testament to the late Moose McGregor that I can purchase a better pie in the middle of the Namibian outback than I can in many places back in the UK. If you're ever in the area, I'd recommend stopping off for a pie for your main course, a crumble for dessert, and a salute to the legend that is Moose McGregor. <br />
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I journey onwards through Namibia and come across something rather interesting in the town of Otjiwarongo. It turns out that Spar is actually a pretty big thing in Namibia (and in many other countries in Africa). Back in the UK, Spar is more commonly seen as a small convenience store, but over here you get giant supermarket Spars. And what does that sign say on the front of the store? King Pie?! This sounds like an absolute must-try!<br />
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The branding is a little confusing as the "King Pie" stall inside the Spar sells "McCoy" pies, but never the less this is extremely exciting.<br />
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I don't know how to break this to the other Pierateers..."You haven't had a pie until you've had a McCoy". Wow! Despite eating and reviewing over 700 pies for Pierate, turns out the other Pierateers have never actually eaten a pie!<br />
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In the interest of a fair comparison to McGregors, I ordered another vegetarian pie - spinach and feta. It cost 22.20 Namibian dollars, which is about £1.20.<br />
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There's no better place to enjoy a real McCoy pie than on the open road. I have to say, this pie was fine, but I didn't rate it as highly as McGregors. The pastry was a bit soggier, and the pie was not as well filled. It was what I expect from a supermarket pre-heated pie. Despite what the packaging proclaims, I wouldn't say that you need to have had a McCoy's in order to have had a pie. The other Pierateers can sleep easy tonight.<br />
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Here at Pierate, we really like to go the extra mile for our readers - so my next stop on this African pie tour took me to Mzuzu, the third largest city in Malawi. About 20 miles west from the shores of Lake Malawi, Mzuzu isn't exactly a tourist hotspot. But if you do find yourself here, is it possible to get a pie? And the answer is...yes!<br />
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Head in to your local Shoprite supermarket and you should be able to find a "Pieman" stall (seriously, who comes up with these names, they are great). This particular Pieman was selling vegetable curry pies, steak and kidney, peppered steak and mutton curry (I think) pie. All pies were 1,299.99 Malawian kwacha, which is about £1.44. I order a Pieman peppered steak.<br />
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The colour of the pie leaves much to be desired. The brown colouration is uneven, with two dark patches flanking a pale centre. I suspect this is more due to uneven glazing rather than uneven bake.<br />
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Here's a cross-sectional view, and oh goodness it's not a good one. The contents of the pie are mostly air. The peppered steak filling is relegated to a shallow smear at the base of the pie. This brings memories of the Delissia "apple" pies from Poundland, but at least they only cost a pound. I'm pleased to have found a pie, but Pieman really needs to give himself a good talking to if he's hoping to progress in this market.<br />
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And with that, I end the African pie tour. My eyes have been opened to a new continent of pies. I consider my journey to be a preliminary visit for a more thorough investigation into the African pie scene in future years. I hope you've enjoyed reading. If you have any comments about the pies I tried, or have any recommendation for pies to try in Africa, please let us know in the comments.<br />
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McGregors Famous Apple Pie (Solitaire, Namibia) - NAP (Not A Pie)<br />
McGregors Vegetable Pie (Solitaire, Namibia) - 5.3/7<br />
McCoy / King Pie / Spar spinach and feta pie (Otjiwarongo, Namibia) - 4.5/7<br />
Pieman / Shoprite Pie (Mzuzu, Malawi) - 3.1/7<br />
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-14613434318004587522020-03-09T07:30:00.000+00:002020-03-09T07:30:06.071+00:007 ways to survive post British Pie Week!<h3>
Yes, <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> is over. We hear ya! Pie specials will disappear from pub menus. Pie Week discounts will no longer apply. But we’ve got one important message for pie fans: <span style="color: red;">“A pie is for life, not just British Pie Week!”</span> We all know that pies are far too good to celebrate just one week of the year! So here's 7 ways to survive post British Pie Week:</h3>
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1) Enjoy a pie as soon as possible post British Pie Week - after all, there's no need to just eat pies in British Pie Week!
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2) Reminisce about your favourite pie or pies from British Pie Week and plan to eat them again soon!
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3) Save up your money to buy some top pies even once the promos and discounts have disappeared.
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4) Petition your local pub or pie shop to bring back some of their specials if they were only on sale for British Pie Week.
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5) Search our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">pie rankings list of over 600 pies</a> to find a new pie to try in the coming weeks!
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6) Use your extra time to catch up on all the crazy antics the Pierateers have got up to over the years!
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7) Remember - it's now less than 365 days until we do it all again, for British Pie Week 2021! It'll be from 1st-7th March 2021.<br />
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With <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> almost over for another year, here's an update on what's been going on in the world of pies in the best week of the year!</h3>
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Much like the last couple of years, it seemed rude not to celebrate British Pie Week without going to a local pie shop with friends of the blog! Therefore Pierateer Rob organised a trip to the local Pieminister shop in central Birmingham. He once again enjoyed a very nice Moolin Rouge Steak, Bacon and Red Wine pie, so look out for the review of that this coming week! That will be the 20th Pieminister pie we review, and in the meantime you can find the other 19 <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pieminister-pie-reviews.html" target="_blank">Pieminister pie reviews</a>!
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Delighted to announce that Yesterday in Melton Mowbray we were crowned British Pie Awards Supreme champion 2020!<br />
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A few years ago the <a href="http://www.britishpieawards.co.uk/" target="_blank">British Pie Awards</a> moved their awards to this week, to coincide with British Pie Week, and this year celebrated their 12th year! The results were released this past Friday 6th March and we are delighted to see that Turner's Pies have once again regained their top spot at the British Pie Awards, following their win at the <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2018/03/british-pie-awards-2018.html" target="_blank">British Pie Awards 2018</a>!
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This year's winning entry out of almost 900 pies entered was a Top Rump Steak and Stilton pie by Turner's Pies, but there were also good showings for a number of our Pierate Highly Recommended pie makers, such as our number 1 pie maker MyPie London who got a gold, silver or bronze for all of their eight entries!
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During <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html">British Pie Week</a> 2014 we Pierateers consumed a quite incredible 55 pies and you can see the breakdown <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/britishpieweek2014-summary.html" target="_blank">right here</a>! There were so many highlights that we had to do a whole day-by-day account of it, including a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Python pie</a>, a day of just eating apple pie and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">Pierateer SJL eating 21 pies</a> - one for every meal of British Pie Week.
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In fact, Pierateer SJL didn't just eat a pie for every meal but he proved that you can <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">eat pie and lose weight!!!</a> Yes, we can hardly believe it either!
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In 2015 we raised the bar even higher by consuming a whopping 71 pies between 2 Pierateers! This included a <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pie-athon-challenge-who-can-eat-all-pies.html" target="_blank">Pieathon</a></b> (seeing how long we could just eat pies for) and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/british-pie-week-2015-day-seven.html" target="_blank">Rob eating pie for 67% of his diet that week</a>!</div>
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-53710169448085112092020-03-05T23:00:00.000+00:002020-03-05T23:00:43.348+00:00Football Pie Review: The Don of Football Pies?<h3>
Rating the steak football pie at Doncaster Rovers by Pukka Pies</h3>
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After a reasonably long journey up to Doncaster I wasn't going to hang about, so after grabbing a steak Pukka Pie from the kiosk and taking a quick photo in my seat, I set about tucking into the crisp, golden flaky pastry. As is often the case with a hand-eaten Pukka, the meat and gravy has slightly tipped to the bottom of the pie, meaning the first bite or two were rather filling-lite. But it didn't take too long to get into the meaty steak chunks and the pie was well filled, not too soggy on the base and crisp on the lid. The capacity was decent, though not filled to the brim, so some points had to be deducted there. But overall, as with many a football Pukka Pie, it filled the hole well and didn't disappoint.<br />
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The price of the pie was £3.30, which is on the more expensive end of the football pie price range (especially as it was a Pukka) but I would have happily had another. Certainly not the Don of all football pies, as can be seen in it's placement in the PIEremiership Table, but a decent effort none-the-less!
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<b><u>More about us and our football pie pedigree:</u></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sam and Rob being interviewed by BBC Sport's Azi Farni<br />
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Regulars to our pie blog will know we're the world's leading pie review blog - featuring over 600 pie reviews with multiple <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/what-people-are-saying-about-us.html" target="_blank">football pie media appearances</a>! In 2014 we joined BBC Sport's Azi Farni at Morecambe FC, who make some of the best pies rated on Pierate (let alone football grounds) to discuss what makes the perfect football pie! <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29614699" target="_blank">Watch us featuring in the BBC Price of Football video here.</a></b>
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Check out our PIEremiership article and you'll find that <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/01/morecambe-football-club-pie-reviews.html" target="_blank">Morecambe FC's</a> Globe Arena is certainly the place to be for top football pies! Top of our football pie league and winners of the British Pie Awards twice, Morecambe FC make their pies in the kitchen on site by hand, rather than just buying them in! Back of the net!!
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-85030556570728379262020-03-04T07:30:00.000+00:002020-03-04T07:30:06.233+00:00British Pie Week 2020 - Wednesday Update<h3>
With <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> already three days in, here's an update on what's going on in the world of pies in the best week of the year!</h3>
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Much like the last couple of years, it seemed rude not to celebrate British Pie Week without going to a local pie shop with friends of the blog! Therefore Pierateer Rob organised a trip to the local Pieminister shop in central Birmingham. He once again enjoyed a very nice Moolin Rouge Steak, Bacon and Red Wine pie, so look out for the review of that later this week! That will be the 20th Pieminister pie we review, and in the meantime you can find the other 19 <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pieminister-pie-reviews.html" target="_blank">Pieminister pie reviews</a>!
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A few years ago the <a href="http://www.britishpieawards.co.uk/" target="_blank">British Pie Awards</a> moved their awards to this week, to coincide with British Pie Week, and this year celebrate their 12th year! While we won't be there in person this year, judging happens in Melton Mowbray today and we look forward to hearing the results this Friday!
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<b>Pie-motions this Pie Week</b>
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As it's British Pie Week, a number of pie shops and pie companies are doing special pie-motions to give you even more reason to eat pie this week (as if you really needed it!) Here are some of our favourites:
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<li><b>Pieminister</b> are offering free scratchcards when you order pie in their shops or order their pies online this pie week, which include pie-rizes such as free pies or money off your next <a href="https://pieminister.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pieminister</a> meal!</li>
<li><b>Turner's Pies</b> - who won the British Pie Awards just a few years ago in 2018 with their Steak and Ale pies - are donating money to Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice from the sale of their British Pie Week Steak and Mature Cheddar pie and Champion Pie Packs. Place your orders at <a href="https://www.turnerspies.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.turnerspies.co.uk</a></li>
<li><b>Brockleby's</b> are offering 10% off their online pies if you quote "BRITISHPIEWEEK" at the checkout on <a href="http://www.brocklebys.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.brocklebys.co.uk </a></li>
<li><b>MyPie London</b> - our number 1 pie maker out of over 600 - is out and about across London this week, with this being one of owner Chris' busiest weeks of the year!! If you are London way, check out the diary on <a href="http://mypie.london/" target="_blank">the MyPie Website!</a></li>
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If you’re a pie maker or pie seller and have any special promotions for British Pie Week, get in touch with us and we can celebrate your British Pie Week offers right here! Either send us an email to <a href="mailto:pierateship@yahoo.co.uk">pierateship@yahoo.co.uk</a> or tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/pierateers" target="_blank">@pierateers</a> to let us promote your pie week plans!
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<b><span style="color: red;"><u>PIE-LIGHTS OF PAST BRITISH PIE WEEKS</u></span></b></h3>
During <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html">British Pie Week</a> 2014 we Pierateers consumed a quite incredible 55 pies and you can see the breakdown <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/britishpieweek2014-summary.html" target="_blank">right here</a>! There were so many highlights that we had to do a whole day-by-day account of it, including a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Python pie</a>, a day of just eating apple pie and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">Pierateer SJL eating 21 pies</a> - one for every meal of British Pie Week.
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In fact, Pierateer SJL didn't just eat a pie for every meal but he proved that you can <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">eat pie and lose weight!!!</a> Yes, we can hardly believe it either!
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In 2015 we raised the bar even higher by consuming a whopping 71 pies between 2 Pierateers! This included a <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pie-athon-challenge-who-can-eat-all-pies.html" target="_blank">Pieathon</a></b> (seeing how long we could just eat pies for) and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/british-pie-week-2015-day-seven.html" target="_blank">Rob eating pie for 67% of his diet that week</a>!</div>
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So whatever you’re up to this British Pie Week, we hope you have pie and enjoy it! For more ideas, why not check out our <b>#PiePledge</b> video below?<br />
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-15976682455373213342020-03-02T00:01:00.000+00:002020-03-02T00:01:04.506+00:00British Pie Week 2020 - Everything you need to know!<h3>
With <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> kicking off today, we thought you might want to find out everything you should know about the greatest week in pie!</h3>
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<b>When is British Pie Week?</b>
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British Pie Week is held the first full week of March, which this year is 2nd-8th March 2020.
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Originally set up by a pastry maker as a way to sell more of their pastry, it is now Britain’s main celebration of pie! Pubs, restaurants, pie shops and more have used British Pie Week to run com-pie-titions, pie specials and the like (so why not ask what your local pie-selling pub is doing to celebrate pie week?), while supermarkets sometimes use the week to discount their pie ranges. The <a href="http://www.britishpieawards.co.uk/" target="_blank">British Pie Awards</a> have even moved their awards to this week, to coincide with British Pie Week, and this year celebrate their 12th year!<br />
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However it’s also an excuse for pie lovers like the Pierateers to do various pie stunts and for the average pie fan to excuse their pie eating for a week! (“Well it’s Pie Week, so I have to have a pie!!!”)
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Well, the pies the limit! Of course the more traditional ways include eating a pie from a pie shop or pub, or making your own pie at home. The more adventurous might host friends for a “pie night” – much like we are doing with our <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2020/02/british-pie-week-2020-birmingham-pie-night.html" target="_blank">Pierate Birmingham Pie Night</a> – or do some crazy pie stunt like only eating pies for a day (which we’ve done numerous times) or create an unusual filling for a pie – like we did with our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Pie-thon</a> (python meat pie).
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During <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html">British Pie Week</a> 2014 we Pierateers consumed a quite incredible 55 pies and you can see the breakdown <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/britishpieweek2014-summary.html" target="_blank">right here</a>! There were so many highlights that we had to do a whole day-by-day account of it, including a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Python pie</a>, a day of just eating apple pie and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">Pierateer SJL eating 21 pies</a> - one for every meal of British Pie Week.
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In fact, Pierateer SJL didn't just eat a pie for every meal but he proved that you can <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">eat pie and lose weight!!!</a> Yes, we can hardly believe it either!
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In 2015 we raised the bar even higher by consuming a whopping 71 pies between 2 Pierateers! This included a <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pie-athon-challenge-who-can-eat-all-pies.html" target="_blank">Pieathon</a></b> (seeing how long we could just eat pies for) and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/british-pie-week-2015-day-seven.html" target="_blank">Rob eating pie for 67% of his diet that week</a>!</div>
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British Pie Week was created by a pastry company in 2007 to sell more pastry, but it seems that company have now ditched the idea, with the lucrative <a href="http://www.britishpieweek.co.uk/">www.britishpieweek.co.uk</a> webpage now just re-directing to their main pastry website and their <a href="https://twitter.com/BritPieWeek" target="_blank">@BritPieWeek</a> twitter account not having been updated since March 2016!
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This means the new home of British Pie Week is really <b>www.pierate.co.uk</b>, who don’t care about making money or selling more pastry, but want to celebrate the pie – with well over <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">600 pies</a> already rated and numerous pie-related stunts highlighting their love of pie! For more information on what Pierate have got up to over the years since first celebrating British Pie Week in 2011, check out our dedicated <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> page!
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<b>How can Pierate help me this British Pie Week?</b>
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Well, there's no denying we are the web's pie-remier pie resource with over 1 million pie fans visiting our pie blog! You can browse our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">Pie Rankings</a> of over 600 pies rated and ranked so that you can avoid the bad ones and grab the best ones, plus we have a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pierate-dictionary.html" target="_blank">pie pun dictionary</a> (so you can pun-ctuate your conversation in pie week) and more pie trivia than you can shake a stick at! We truly are the home of the pie review at <b>www.pierate.co.uk</b> and you can find out more about the piefessionals (pie experts) in our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/blog-page_11.html" target="_blank">About Us</a> section!
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Finally, if you’re a pie maker or pie seller and have any special promotions for British Pie Week, get in touch with us and we can celebrate your British Pie Week offers right here! Either send us an email to <a href="mailto:pierateship@yahoo.co.uk">pierateship@yahoo.co.uk</a> or tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/pierateers" target="_blank">@pierateers</a> to let us promote your pie week plans!
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So whatever you’re up to this British Pie Week, we hope you have pie and enjoy it! For more ideas, why not check out our <b>#PiePledge</b> video below?<br />
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-46784529938372536722020-02-18T07:30:00.000+00:002020-02-18T07:30:00.833+00:00British Pie Week 2020 - Birmingham Pie Night Announced!<h3>
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The countdown to <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2020/02/countdown-to-british-pie-week-2020.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> continues with our most exciting announcement yet! Pierate are going to rummage and pillage the pies at Pieminister Birmingham once again as we host a Pierateer Takeover in British Pie Week 2020 - just like we did last year and in <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2018/03/birmingham-pie-night-celebrated-at-pieminister.html" target="_blank">2018</a>!</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being held from 5:30-7:30pm on Tuesday 3rd March, the night will be a chance for pie fans across the Midlands and friends of the Pierateers to catch up on what's been going down on the Pierate Ship, and most importantly to eat and rate some delicious pies! It's sure to be a great way to kick off British Pie Week 2020!</span><br />
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For those who don't know, Bristol pie giant <b><a href="https://www.pieminister.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pieminister</a></b> opened up a shop in Birmingham city centre in mid-2017 and we've frequented it a number of times already. However we certainly hadn't waited until they opened a shop in Birmingham before rating one of their pies, for we have <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pieminister-pie-reviews.html" target="_blank"><b>rated 19 Pieminister pies in total</b></a> and one of our very first reviews over 10 years ago was from Pieminister!<br />
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Since then we've tried some of their <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pieminister-pie-election-minty-lamb-review.html" target="_blank">"Pie Election" winners</a></b> (when pie fans got to choose which old favourites to bring back to the menu for British Pie Week 2015) and we were even crazy enough to try their <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2017/04/leeds-pie-tour-insect-pie.html" target="_blank">Cricket pie</a></b> in 2017! Yes, that's right - it had actual whole insects in it!!<br />
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We'll be arriving at the Pieminister Birmingham store at about 5:30pm, where we'll have some dedicated Pierateer Takeover tables set aside for us! (We advise you book up to avoid disappointment!)<br />
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While there are a whole host of pies to choose from on their <a href="https://www.pieminister.co.uk/restaurants/birmingham/" target="_blank">menu</a>, as it will be British Pie Week we're sure there will be some special sur-pie-ses! While we await the big reveal from Pieminister soon, they are promising some cracking pie-rizes for pie fans in store!!
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During the two hours Pierateer Rob will be around to chat pies, give you a bit of info about how to rate a pie on the <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/the-seven-cs.html" target="_blank">7 Cs of pie rating</a>, as well as a brief update on what we've been up to recently! And if he can, he'll try to answer your pie-related questions (like when is a pie not a pie?!) Just look out for him in his black Pierate t-shirt and don't be afraid to come up and say hi!<br />
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This pie night is open to friends plus readers of our pie blog and entry is free - you just pay the pie shop for your food and drinks as normal - but <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">to attend we advise you ring and book into the Pieminister Birmingham Store on 0121 285 3743 </span><span style="font-size: large;">(as places in the restaurant are limited).</span></h3>
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-24463835350739425142020-02-17T23:28:00.000+00:002020-02-17T23:28:46.003+00:00Countdown to British Pie Week 2020<h3>
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The countdown to <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> has begun!</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank"><b>British Pie Week 2020</b></a> - which runs from Monday 2nd March to Sunday 8th March - is now just two weeks away and we're busy at Pierate HQ making our final pre-pie-rations for the big event! We're planning another Birmingham Pie Night (like the <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2018/03/birmingham-pie-night-celebrated-at-pieminister.html" target="_blank">Pie Night we had in 2018</a>) and we will be keeping our eyes on the pies as the <b><a href="http://www.britishpieawards.co.uk/" target="_blank">British Pie Awards</a></b> are once again happening in British Pie Week too!</span>
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For those who aren't in the know, in Britain we need a whole <b><u>week</u></b> to celebrate and enjoy the wonder of pie, which is why we are proud backers and - some would argue - have been the strongest advocates of <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a>! Yes, put simply it is a whole week to enjoy the beauty of the pie!
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Some of you may well have come across British Pie Week before, which has in fact been around since 2007 as the ingenious marketing spin off of pastry company "Jus-Rol" - and they managed to bag the lucrative web domain <a href="http://www.britishpieweek.co.uk/">www.britishpieweek.co.uk</a> to encourage pie makers up and down the land to get involved. However in an obscure turn of events, it appears they have ditched this lucrative web domain again this year to re-direct straight to the generic Jus-Rol website and no real mention of pies or pie week! With the <a href="https://twitter.com/BritPieWeek" target="_blank">@BritPieWeek</a> twitter account having not tweeted since March 2016 it appears Jus-Rol may have had their pie and eaten it, meaning we may be defaulted to be the premier resource for pie advice this British Pie Week!!!
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And while others may have used British Pie Week to just promote some pastry, as good as it is, we at Pierate are dedicated to promoting <u>THE PIE</u></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>!</u></b></span>
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That's why on Pierate you won't just find an encouragement for you to make a pie this British Pie Week - though we certainly do encourage you do! We don't just suggest a reci-pie or two - though we plan to do that as well! We don't even just encourage you to go out and eat a pie (or two) during British Pie Week. We go above and beyond!
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<span style="font-size: large;">We aim to be the <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/blog-page_11.html" target="_blank">pie experts</a></b> you turn to for all your pie rating and eating needs during <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html" target="_blank">British Pie Week</a> and beyond! With over <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">650 pies rated</a> and reviewed on our unique <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/the-seven-cs.html" target="_blank">7 Cs pie rating system</a>, we commend pies to you, tell you which ones to avoid, and give you the low down on what we think makes the perfect pie!</span><br />
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During <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/british-pie-week.html">British Pie Week</a> 2014 we Pierateers consumed a quite incredible 55 pies and you can see the breakdown <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/britishpieweek2014-summary.html" target="_blank">right here</a>! There were so many highlights that we had to do a whole day-by-day account of it, including a <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Python pie</a>, a day of just eating apple pie and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">Pierateer SJL eating 21 pies</a> - one for every meal of British Pie Week.
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In fact, Pierateer SJL didn't just eat a pie for every meal but he proved that you can <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">eat pie and lose weight!!!</a> Yes, we can hardly believe it either!
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In 2015 we raised the bar even higher by consuming a whopping 71 pies between 2 Pierateers! This included a <b><a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pie-athon-challenge-who-can-eat-all-pies.html" target="_blank">Pieathon</a></b> (seeing how long we could just eat pies for) and <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/british-pie-week-2015-day-seven.html" target="_blank">Rob eating pie for 67% of his diet that week</a>!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also on 4th March pie companies from up and down the land will be having their pies rated at the British Pie Awards, where we have helped judge the pies for many years, with the results due out on Friday 6th March. After many years of service there we won't be attending this year, but we will keep an eye on the results. While last year was controversially won by a vegan pie, with the maker of the BBC documentary being filmed about the awards just happening to tweet "you couldn't write a better script!", we wonder if it will be back to a normal pie contest this time around or once again be the PR awards. All eyes will be on Melton Mowbray on Friday 6th to find out!
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So whatever pie (or pies!) you enjoy in British Pie Week, we hope it's a good one that rates well on the <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/the-seven-cs.html" target="_blank">7 Cs of pie rating</a>! If you need any ins-pie-ration, you can of course see the hundreds of pies we've rated on our pie blog via our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">Pie Rankings</a> or our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/categori.html" target="_blank">Pies Categorised</a>!
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-49756017792250136232019-11-12T07:30:00.000+00:002019-11-12T07:30:15.176+00:00International Pierate Day 2019<h3>
We Pierateers of pie review website <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/">www.pierate.co.uk</a> are today celebrating our 10th Birthday, and we'd love you to join us by simply eating a pie and rating it!</h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">That’s why we’ve designated</span><br />
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It follows in the footsteps of the very first <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2013/11/internationalpierateday2013.html" target="_blank">International Pierate Day in 2013</a>, which has been celebrated on 12th November every year since! But we don’t want you – pie lovers worldwide – to just sit at home and watch as we eat all the pies! Oh no! Pie eating and pie rating is something we can <b>all</b> enjoy. Something that can bring friends, family and communities together. Pies are celebrated and eaten in so many countries worldwide and so today – marking our tenth birthday – we would love you to join us in eating and rating pies this week to celebrate!
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This weekend we will be <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2019/10/pierate-birmingham-pie-night-for-charity-2019.html" target="_blank">celebrating our tenth birthday</a> in style, eating our number one rated pie with around 50 guests! Yes, where else could we go for a top birthday-celebrating pie than the <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/10/mypie-london-steak-ale-pie-review.html" target="_blank">Steak and Ale pie</a> from the one and only MyPie London, who have been our number 1 ranked pie for most of their five years in business! We'll be using the illustrated guide below on how to rate a pie, based on our 7 Cs of pie rating, which we commissioned fellow food blogger and amazing illustrator <a href="https://twitter.com/emily_etc" target="_blank">Emily</a> from <a href="http://www.recipesandreviews.co.uk/">www.recipesandreviews.co.uk</a> to create for us for our 6th birthday!
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So here’s the deal... in six simple words: <b><span style="font-size: large;">Eat a pie and rate it!</span></b><br />
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It doesn’t matter whether it’s savoury or sweet, or whether you prefer your pies without the wheat or meat! We really do rate anything and everything that is a true pie and sometimes a number of interesting things that try to be pies too! But the important thing is we love to eat pie and rate it – for we are, after all, the Pierateers!<br />
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So once you’ve found a pie to eat – whether in the local bakery, butchers, supermarket or your favourite pie shop or one you have made in the luxury of your own home – why not rate your pie using the <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/the-seven-cs.html">Seven Cs</a> of pie rating in our lovely illustrated guide above?
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We very much enjoyed eating and rating the British Pie Awards 2018 winning <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2018/11/british-pie-awards-turners-pies-steak.html" target="_blank">Steak and Ale Pie</a> from Turner's Pies at our annual birthday pie-rty last year!</h3>
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This time round on Saturday we are looking forward to once again enjoying our number 1 pie out of over 650 when we enjoy the <a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/10/mypie-london-steak-ale-pie-review.html" target="_blank">Steak and Ale pie</a> from MyPie London!</h3>
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-47129309844244145092019-10-31T07:30:00.000+00:002019-10-31T07:30:10.780+00:00Pierate's Birmingham Pie Night for Charity 2019<h3>
We're now just a couple of weeks away from our blog's tenth birthday (which we've named <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/search/label/InternationalPierateDay" target="_blank">International Pierate Day</a>), and with that in mind we have some very exciting news to share:</h3>
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<b>Yes, on Saturday 16th November from 5:30-7:30pm we'll be welcoming Great British Bake Off Series 6 star <a href="https://twitter.com/SANDYDbakes" target="_blank">Sandy Docherty</a> and the pies from our number 1 pie maker (out of over 625 pies rated on our blog) - <a href="http://mypie.london/" target="_blank">MyPie</a>!</b>
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Sandy, for those who don't follow GBBO (or whose memory is a little hazy!), was the contestant who referred to her home baking in episode one with words to the effect of "everything I bake at home seems to turn into a pie!" And for some reason, that seemed to really strike a cord with us on the Pierate Ship!!!
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No surprise then that Sandy immediately became our favourite of that series, despite some real competition from man of many homemade cooking aids Ian, the king of the jungle Paul and series winner Nadiya (who you may remember had the privilege of then cooking the Queen's birthday cake!) You can reminisce on all the bakers from Series 6 here in their pre-show <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/bake-off-contestants" target="_blank">BBC Bios</a> or read up on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_British_Bake_Off_(series_6)" target="_blank">Series 6 on Wikipedia</a>!<br />
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Back to Sandy and she said back in her pre-show bio that "she bakes to show her family, friends and colleagues that she cares about them" - which is a great outlook on baking and we look forward to her bringing some of her baking magic with her when she brings some pies to our pie party for our charity raffle and chats a bit about life in the tent and what she's up to these days. We were gutted that Sandy was eliminated before the week when the bakers all had to make a game pie, but can't wait to try her pies for real - not just drool over our TV screens!<br />
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Short crust lamb shoulder and veg pies, just need gravy. Happy Sunday everyone. X <a href="https://t.co/LPpJepzNOD">pic.twitter.com/LPpJepzNOD</a></div>
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Of course us Pierateers are no stranger to the Great British Bake Off either, as our first TV appearance came on <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/09/michel-roux-jr-crocodile-pie-review-great-british-bake-off-extra-slice.html" target="_blank">The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice</a> when we made a Crocodile Pie rated by none other than celebrity chef Michel Roux Jnr!
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<b>So while we had a break last year, we're delighted to once again be following the tradition of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017 in having a Pierate Birthday Pie-rty with friends and colleagues in just a few weeks time! For those wondering what it will be like, here's our review from our </b><a href="https://www.pierate.co.uk/2017/11/pierate-pie-night-2017.html" target="_blank"><b>8th Birthday Pie-rty</b></a><b> two years ago, which Sandy also attended.</b>
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And as if it couldn't get any more exciting, we're delighted that the pies will be provided by none other than Pierate Highly Recommended pie maker - and current number 1 in our <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/p/pie-rankings.html" target="_blank">Pie Rankings</a> - Chris Brumby of <a href="http://mypie.london/" target="_blank">MyPie</a>.
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Yes, like in 2017, we've once again gone straight to the top of the Pie Rankings to find a Pierate Highly Recommended pie maker to supply the pies at our tenth Birthday Pie Party, with Chris' <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/10/mypie-london-steak-ale-pie-review.html" target="_blank">Steak and Ale Pie</a> our current number 1 at 6.61/7! And we'll have a top vegetarian pie option too from Chris, who has recently celebrated 5 years of his MyPie business and has spent most of those 5 years at the top of our pie rankings!
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Plus our charity for the night will once again be <a href="https://www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk/" target="_blank">Action Against Hunger</a>, who we supported with over £300 raised at our Charity pie night in 2017!
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<b>We've still got a few tickets available, so to enquire about ticket availability to book your place at our Birmingham Pie Night in South Birmingham, please email pierateship@yahoo.co.uk with your order (Steak and Ale or Vegetarian pie). Your £6 ticket, paid on the door, will cover your MyPie, mash and veg, plus a selection of homemade fruit pies people bring along. And if you bring a homemade pie with you - which will be judged by our star baker and the Pierateers - you will get a £2.00 discount on your ticket! Let us know if you're planning to bring a homemade pudding pie when you enquire about your ticket!</b><br />
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-78298594745273464452019-03-25T21:20:00.000+00:002019-03-25T21:20:23.202+00:00Pieminister Gluten Free Moo Pie Review<b>Pieminister Steak & Ale Pie Review </b><br />
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A few years ago Pieminister started selling Gluten Free pies in their shops, but unfortunately I couldn't regularly get hold of them because there isn't a Pieminister shop near me. So I was delighted when they started selling them boxed in Sainsbury's. If I am to buy a pie from the supermarket this is my preferred choice, especially when they are on offer. It is great that there is now so much more choice in Gluten Free products including pies. It is fair to say that the standard of product has also gone up. I look back at some of the pies I reviewed a few years ago and to be honest, if I was to review some of those pies again I would probably score them lower. This Pieminister pie is probably the best you can get in a supermarket at the moment and it is well overdue a review on Pierate! Here are my thoughts on their Gluten Free Moo which is Steak & Ale Pie. I am told that this is based on one of the favourite flavours from their standard gluten containing range.<br />
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<b>Condition - 5.5/7</b> - The pie looked nice, it was tall and appealing. It had collapsed a little and perhaps could have benefited from a foil tray rather than being free standing. It was in a plastic tray in the box which I don't like but didn't affect the s.<br />
<b>Colour - 5.5/7</b> - A nice golden brown around the edges but a bit pale and greasy looking towards the middle but overall an attractive pie.<br />
<b>Capacity - 6.0/7 </b>- The pie scored strongly because it was tall, especially compared to other Gluten Free pies out there which tend to be shallow. It had a marginal sag in the middle. It was well filled with content without much air gap. <br />
<b>Cheapness - 5.0/7</b> - At £4.50 standard price this is really not a cheap pie. But it is important to remember that it is premium product. You can buy a box of two <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2016/02/hey-genius-does-gluten-free-mean-meat.html" target="_blank">Genuis pies</a> for around the same price but they are about half the size and have hardly any filling. I would rather spend my money on this pie and eat it less often.<br />
<b>Content - 5.0/7</b> - The filling was a classic beef pie flavour and was very tasty although not out of this world. The chunks of meat were in a thick sauce and accompanied by pieces of carrot. The meat was tasty but in quite small pieces, I think for the price I expected bigger chunks. The smaller chunks probably made it seem like there was more meat than there was. The pastry also tasted really nice.<br />
<b>Chewiness - 6.0/7</b> - The meat was nice and lean and I didn't find any chewy bits. There was a brilliant crunch to the outside of the pastry. <br />
<b>Consistency - 6.5/7</b> - This pie is a great pastry and filling combination and works really well. The thick sauce has a satisfying consistency.<br />
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<b>ALE</b>The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-49671662260497292832019-03-14T18:47:00.000+00:002020-01-12T18:58:15.549+00:00True North - Sheffield Pie Challenge<b>True North Pubs, The Broadfield, Waggon & Horses & The York - Pie Reviews</b><br />
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At Pierate, we like a good challenge for British Pie Week. From spending <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2015/03/pie-athon-challenge-who-can-eat-all-pies.html" target="_blank">three and a half days eating only pies</a> to <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">making unique creations</a>, we have done some quite unusual things. For British Pie Week 2019 we headed to Sheffield, we had been given some recommendations for pies to try in the city and it seemed like a good excuse for a weekend away. In particular The Broadfield pub came highly recommended. Upon investigating what pies The Broadfield had on offer we found out that they were running a Pie Week Challenge where you had to eat a pie in 3 of the pubs run by the True North Brewing Company in order to get a voucher. The concept of the Pie Week Challenge was appealing but we decided if we were going to do it we needed to up the ante. Given that we were only in Sheffield for one night, we would try and complete the challenge in just one evening! Contacting True North, they were keen on the idea and kind enough to offer pie at one of the pubs for free if we were to complete the challenge. That made it even more appealing. Given that there was a bit of distance between the pubs, we had to allow ourselves enough time to eat the pies and get between them, our itinerary (or pie-tinerary) was as follows;<br />
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First up The Broadfield was a relatively easy walk down Abbeydale Road from where we were staying. It was a traditional drinking pub but done up in a tidy manner. They were clearly doing something right because it was very busy on this Saturday Night with drinkers and diners. We were ushered to our table in the fashionable semi-gloom that illuminated the dining area. The menu didn't have an overly extensive pie choice with only two meat pies available. There were both vegetarian and vegan pies available which we have nothing against but we would rather <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leicestershire-47503482/british-pie-awards-vegan-pie-crowned-champion" target="_blank">let the British Pie Awards deal with those</a> and we can stick to the meat pies.<br />
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Condition - 6.25/7 - Tall and well formed, this had a classic look with a nice crimped edge and pastry animal shape on top. Arrived with chips & peas well presented together. Unfortunately it was covered in gravy which made the appearance harder to assess.<br />
Colour - 6.50/7 - A dark brown, and excellent colour hinting at tasty pastry.<br />
Cheapness - 5.40/7 - There was a really good amount of meat in the pie but the pea and mash portions seemed unnecessarily stingy, although only the pie was rated this did affect the value.<br />
Capacity - 6.80/7 - This pie achived near perfect capacity. It was tall, quite big and hardly any air gap.<br />
Chewiness - 7.00/7 - All the Pierateers agreed that the texture of this pie was perfect, from the melt in the mouth meat to the crunchy on the outside and gooey in the middle pastry. We felt it had to be given maximum marks. Pierateer SJL tried to argue that full marks are not possible. The others then found histoiric reviews where SJL had given a number of 7s for one pie so he had to concede!<br />
Content - 6.00/7 - The meat and gravy were delicious and brilliantly captured the quintessential Beef & Ale pie flavour. It was noted that there didn't seem to be any mushroom at all and overall the flavours, whilst brilliant, didn't really have anything to give it an edge.<br />
Consistency - 6.50/7 - The filling was moist enough with a thick sauce, the additional gravy wasn't really needed. The pastry and filling worked well together, the pie was consistently of a very high standard.<br />
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We had to eat quickly and be on our way. The Waggon & Horses was on the same road so we opted for a walk, but it was a rather long way down the road at 1.3 miles so we had to walk quickly. Whilst it was good to start burning off some of the pie calories, I regretted the choice of having already had a pint at The Broadfield.<br />
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The Waggon & Horses was an altogether different type of establishment. On the edge of a park it was a bright and family friendly pub, more aimed at meals than drinking. The staff were well aware of our challenge and the most enthusiastic, even trying to influence us to rate them higher than the other pubs. Ever the professionals we had to tell them our votes could not be bought in any way no matter how much free stuff they gave us and the bar had already been set very high at The Broadfield.<br />
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The range of pies here was more extensive and we opted to try a few different ones. Pierateers SJL & TJP opted to split the Chicken, Leek & Mustard and then start pudding early by splitting an Apple pie. Pierateer RAS chose to stict to the main course with a Venison pie.<br />
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Condition - 6.25/7 - Very similar to the appearance of the Beef pie in The Broadfield. The pies are apparently made on site but they seemed to follow the same blueprint. Fortunately this pie was not covered in gravy but it was slightly cracked.<br />
Colour - 6.50/7 - A bit paler than the beef pie but it still looked very appealing.<br />
Cheapness - 5.40/7 - Again, this pie was £9.50 which is perhaps relatively pricy but quality is worth paying for!<br />
Capacity - 6.80/7 - Very similar size and shape to the beef pie.<br />
Chewiness - 5.70/7 - There was a range of types of chicken meat but none of it was chewy. The pastry seemed to be quite different to The Broadfield. This was more buttery and crumbly and perhaps not quite the perfect pastry texture the beef pie pastry had. The pastry might have been dry were it not for the fact it was quite thin. However it did taste very nice, even to eat on its own.<br />
Content - 5.00/7 - The chicken was nice and flavoursome. There filling had a slightly sour taste, perhaps from the mustard which was not unpleasant but perhaps not as creamy as I expected. The flavour of the filling complemented the buttery pastry.<br />
Consistency - 5.20/7 - Whilst very tasty, this pie was a little bit lacking in moisture, Pierateer TJP even poured extra gravy on his which wasn't necessary with the pie at The Broadfield.<br />
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Condition - 4.75/7 - The pie was well presented on the plate with fruit and syrup. However it was a lattice top pie which we are not so keen on at pierate. Ideally we don't want to see the filling before breaking into the pastry.<br />
Colour - 5.90/7 - The colour was pretty good. A glisten to the pastry indicated a sweet pastry.<br />
Cheapness - 4.10/7 - At £5 this was pretty standard restaurant dessert price with ice cream or custard but the pie was not very big, probably helpful given we had more to eat but did affect the value.<br />
Capacity - 2.75/7 - The slice of pie was both not very tall and also quite small, neither made us optimistic that it would have much in the way of content.<br />
Chewiness - 4.00/7 - A bit too soft, there wasn't really anything to get your teeth into with this pie. This applied to both the pastry and the few chunks of apple that we found. The apple filling was more like jam. Not the perfect apple which has a bit of bite.<br />
Content - 4.90/7 - The filling was sweet and syrupy which was actually quite tasty. It might have got sickly if there was more of it.<br />
Consistency - 4.25/7 - Although tasty enough, the soft texture of this pie let the consistency down. Not one we would order again.<br />
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After polishing off the pie in the Waggon & Horses we had to dash over to The York. This was a bit further away so we took an Uber. He must have known we were in a rush because he didn't even stop at a pedestrian crossing when the light was red and a pedestrian was crossing. This was perhaps taking things a bit far, pies are very important to us but we might draw the line at killing bystanders.<br />
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Anyway, we made it to The York without significant injury and went inside. A bit more like The Broadfield, this was a dimly lit drinking hole although there were plenty of tables for eating. They didn't quite understand the challenge we were doing but nevertheless they diligently answered questions about the pies.<br />
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We opted to all try the Steak, Ale & Root Veg pie, thinking it would be quite similar to the excellent pie in The Broadfield but we were wrong, here is how it rated;<br />
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Condition - 6.25/7 - On the face of it, this pie looked pretty similar to the others.<br />
Colour - 6.25/7 - Again a nice glossy brown although this one was perhaps a bit overdone at the edges.<br />
Cheapness - 5.10/7 - For some reason The York charged an extra 50p for thier pies at £10 a pop, with a small amount of potato wedges and peas the value could have been better.<br />
Capacity - 6.80/7 - Again the capacity was very strong.<br />
Chewiness - 2.50/7 - Whilst not as tender as the meat in The Broadfield pie, it wasn't too chewy. The veg was nicely done. However something had gone very wrong with the pastry for this pie, to be brutally honest it was awful. It was soft but also somehow oddly chewy. It tasted like it had been microwaved. We didn't know for sure if this was the case but the waitress did say they cook them in batches and heat them up. She then said they use hot water crust pastry which can go wrong if not heated properly.<br />
Content - 3.50/7 - The steak had a nice flavour although there was less of it given that some space was given over to veg. The pie was sweeter tasting which was perhaps from the root veg which seemed to be predominantly carrot and parsnip. However the taste was tainted by the pastry which not only had an odd texture but also an odd flavour. TJP was brutaly honest when he said that it was a bit flavourless and the flavour it did have wasn't enjoyable.<br />
Consistency - 3.50 - What could have been a consistently good pie was ruined by the pastry, a shame to end the challenge on a low note but given the good filling we can at least say this pie had potential!<br />
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<b>Steak, Ale & Root Veg (The York [S10 3BA])</b><br />
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So we have a clear winner in the True North Sheefield pie challenge. As recommended to us, the pies at The Broadfield were truly outstanding gaining Pierate Highly Recommended status. The meat pies at the Waggon & Horses were also highly regarded with a score which achieves a Pierate Recommended award. Many thanks to all at True North, especially Tom in the media team for arranging it, we had a great time and a fun weekend seeing the sights of Sheffield despite the awful weather!<br />
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The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8109655968287114028.post-28350174929551113632019-03-08T08:23:00.001+00:002019-03-08T08:28:50.409+00:00Pancake Pie for British Pie WeekThere are some celestial events that occur infrequently and are worth celebrating. For instance, eclipses or close passes from comets gain widespread media attention. So it is this year as British Pie Week and Pancake Day align, a relatively rare event which will not happen again until 2025.<br />
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Whilst British Pie Week always occurs the first full week in March, the date for Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday to give it's proper title) is not as fixed. It is governed by the start of the period of Lent which is 46 days before Easter. Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon that falls on or after March 21. Therefore the alignment of British Pie Week and Pancake Day happens only about once every 3-8 years. This is something we decided should be celebrated on the Pierate Ship so we have done something we wouldn't normally do; <i>to twist the rules surrounding what makes a pie a pie. </i>For those that don't remember, our definition states;<br />
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2. A pie must have sides, a base and a discernible lid made from a separate piece of pastry.<br />
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But we have never defined exactly what <i>pastry</i> is. So for this experiment I postulated that if pastry dough were to be replaced by a suitable pancake batter and thus used to fully encase a filling, it could be argued that it is in fact a pie which would perhaps be called a Pancake Pie. Aren't batter and pastry pretty much the same thing anyway? A bit of flour, a bit of fat and a bit of liquid? Given the higher liquid and protein content perhaps batter is like a diet version of pastry, perhaps we could be onto a new <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/pies-dont-make-you-fat-pie-health.html" target="_blank">pie based diet like a our attempts during British Pie Week 2014</a>.<br />
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Despite not being a true pie, the Pancake Pie tasted great. It had a really interesting mottled brown Colour and the lid and sides held together well so it was in good Condition. The pancake lid had a nice crispy texture, as you might want from good pastry, whilst the base and sides had a more gooey texture having mingled with the banana. As for the filling, the Hazelnut spread had melted into the warm banana very nicely. It tasted great and made me wonder why there aren't more Banana, Hazelnut and Chocolate pies out there. The benefit of having made a Pancake Pie rather than just eating this as pancakes is that it meant the filling had really heated up and the filling and pancake had mingled together rather than simply just being on the same plate. The crispy pancake was also really nice which was an unexpected surprise.<br />
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So there you have it, we have tried a few experiments on the Pierate Ship but unlike the <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/how-not-to-make-python-pie.html" target="_blank">Pie-thon (Python Pie)</a>, the <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2013/03/british-pie-week-day-four.html" target="_blank">Piezza</a> or the <a href="http://www.pierate.co.uk/2014/03/top-12-most-unusual-pies-weve-ever-eaten.html" target="_blank">Popcorn Pie</a>, this is one of the rare occasions where it actually worked! Do try this at home, I think I will try it again in 2025.<br />
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<b>SJL</b>The Pierateershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996523345813301518noreply@blogger.com0