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The Mince Pie Roundup

A Closer Look

Published: 24th December 2010 | Source: Voltmodded Pastries | Price: £1 - £3 | Author: Milind Chidrawar

A Closer Look

Tesco Mince Pies

Depending on the current in-store offers, this pack of six will cost you anwhere between £1 and £1.50.

The mince pies themselves are large enough for the hungier than average bear. Our samples arrived without any damage although star shaped template used for the top of each pie seems to have malformed some of them; nothing like some politically correct pastries.

Mr Kipling Mince Pies

Known for their "exceedingly good cakes", we were intrigued to find out how Mr Kipling's mince pies faired against its generic store branded stable mate.

The pies themselves are very similarly sized with a near identical pastry. The story of imperfect samples continue with two of the six suffering from cracks/holes on the top. Aesthetically not so good, Mr Kipling.

M&S All Butter Mini Mince Pies

Finally we have the range topping guns from Marks & Spencers. Known for their focus on quality we had high expectations for these festive delights...

...and thus far we have not been disappointed. These mini mince pies arrived without so much as a single imperfection. The samples themselves looked considerably more appetising although their size definitely made them seem as though they lacked substance.

As we all know, Mince Pies aren't for staring but for eating. With this in mind, let the testing begin!

Most Recent Comments

24-12-2010, 04:58:19

tinytomlogan

This Christmas, we are here to show you the finest Mince Pies of 2010.

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24-12-2010, 05:08:26

Junglerog

Haha good stuff. Merry Christmas!

24-12-2010, 05:17:12

Ghosthud1

Ohhhh Mann we have Mk pies. Have a good Xmas all

24-12-2010, 05:26:54

SnW

Are these software cookies ?

24-12-2010, 05:32:01

Alicarve

Now my favourite is the cooperative brandy puff mince pies that are baked in store

24-12-2010, 05:33:15

timothyh

Scruptious review! Merry Christmas to you all

24-12-2010, 06:09:48

Todd

Haha, nice one matey! So is the Tesco one like the GTX460 then?

24-12-2010, 06:43:54

s0x

Haha it made me laugh right on the index page of overclock3d.

Merry Christmas to you all!

@Todd, very much like HD6870.

24-12-2010, 06:54:35

Zeals

Any chance for a review on what SLI of these pies is like? Sometimes eating one at a time isn't enough

24-12-2010, 08:23:47

justjoe666

Haha love it, especially "Not all of us have the time or will power to build our own mince pies"

Just what I needed to get me into the Christmas spirit.

Merry Christmas to everyone

24-12-2010, 10:16:24

killablade

This made me hungry

24-12-2010, 10:47:50

Toxteth O'Grady

Lots of performance headroom to overcook these but temps can get a little high unless you have a good liquid cooling loop (brandy or clotted cream recommended). Needs a decent psu (pie supply unit) as well.

TOG

24-12-2010, 10:59:08

Zeals

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxteth O'Grady Lots of performance headroom to overcook these but temps can get a little high unless you have a good liquid cooling loop (brandy or clotted cream recommended). Needs a decent psu (pie supply unit) as well. TOG

Too many puns

24-12-2010, 12:17:33

Delusion77

LMAO! Awesome review!

24-12-2010, 16:15:07

Captain Caveman

LMAO...

What...no scones or truffles and I thought you guys were UK? Didnt you guys learn anything from Julia Childs. She cracked me up, always figured she was drunk on her shows Lol

Merry Christmas everyone

24-12-2010, 20:45:34

Tortuga

I liked the Dan Akyroyd SNL bit he used to do as Julia Childs ^^^. He would always injure himself but continue to cook, blood would be everywhere! Haha

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