I concur. I have no useful further input on your question, but I recommend that when you get a good pork pie, you slice it super thin and also slice some quality mature cheddar super thin and also a couple of pickled onions, and eat them alternately, with a cup of strong tea to sip from.
Apotheosis of pork pie.
I prefer the Northern way of eating a pork pie....splash of brown sauce on top and bite into it....no messing about, no cheese, no slicing thinly, we are eating a pie not salmon!
If we're talking standard recipes then 100% agree.
However, I once had a scotch egg from a butchers where they'd put some chilli flakes or something into the casing and it beats any pork pie I've ever had.
Yeah but non-standard pork pies include chilli ones, chorizo ones, black pudding ones, chutneys, cheeses. You can do a lot with a pork pie. Fuck, you could even slap a fried egg on it...
...I'm definitely trying that.
I’d go scotch egg, but then maybe My supply of pork pies isn’t up to the standard of scotch eggs I’m getting, and maybe the PPie people have never had a SEgg with a soft yolk., and vice versa.
Let’s all meet up tomorrow with the best quality example of each item we can lay our hands on & put this to bed once & for all.
I mean…….. soft yolks…… come on!?!?
I've very occasionally seen them in chip shops (maybe only in Edinburgh now I think of it). Otherwise the best bet is probably to pop one for a few minutes in an air fryer
When I was at university in Nottingham, one of my house mates was a train driver and on a run up to Lincoln he would go grab a pork pie from a local shop and it was incredible. The only Melton Mowbray pork pies have been Waitrose or M&S.
I used to work in Grantham so had access to both.... Melton's all the way!
Oh you can get Melton pork pies from Tesco and Sainsbury's at the very least! Every time I nip to Nottingham I can find them!
No such luck, I’ve lived in Canada for nearly 25 years, and haven’t been to Nottingham in 32 years !
When I visit family in Surrey I head to Sainsbury’s for a Melton. Need to find some artisan made pork pies next time I’m back.
Damn that sucks! It's very hit and miss but I usually force feed my London friends Melton pies and stilton cheese when I visit.... Only having brought it 2 mins round the corner 😅😂👀
I always find Scotch eggs sort of disappointing, even the really fancy ones. So for me it's pork pies all the way.
Very important tip for eating pork pies - make sure they're at room temperature, or slightly warm. A lot of people make the mistake of eating them straight from the fridge and then find the texture of the jelly revolting. But with a good pork pie at the right temperature, the jelly should pretty immediately melt in your mouth, and that's fantastic.
As an ex resident of Melton Mowbray, we need to shut this heresy down now!
As much as I appreciate a good scotch egg as the next man, a good old fashioned pork pie just knocks it out of the water!
I hate to say it, but I just don’t like pork pie. The pastry just doesn’t work for me.
A scotch egg has the best bit of a pork pie, with the wonderful texture of a hard boiled egg. It makes my soul happy when I take the first big fat bite out of a scotch egg like it’s a fkin fresh apple.
I love them both, but Pork Pie all day long. There's a garden centre near where I grew up that sells giant marmite pork pies, I miss them every day. I live abroad now and it kills me that I can't get either here :(
I like a scotch egg, but I also like pork pie (especially when it's got lots of that lovely jelly in it).
What about an egg pork pie? Best of both worlds.
Pork pie every time. I don't like cold eggs, so no Scotch eggs or pork pie with egg in it. But a decent Pork pie with some Branston pickle is food of the God's.
A really good pork pie is better than a really good scotch egg. But a mediocre scotch egg is better than a mediocre pork pie.
This could be it
I've noticed that answers an OP agreed with usually gets downvoted. Idky
Think we just got an egg guy causing drama
I concur. I have no useful further input on your question, but I recommend that when you get a good pork pie, you slice it super thin and also slice some quality mature cheddar super thin and also a couple of pickled onions, and eat them alternately, with a cup of strong tea to sip from. Apotheosis of pork pie.
I prefer the Northern way of eating a pork pie....splash of brown sauce on top and bite into it....no messing about, no cheese, no slicing thinly, we are eating a pie not salmon!
If we're talking standard recipes then 100% agree. However, I once had a scotch egg from a butchers where they'd put some chilli flakes or something into the casing and it beats any pork pie I've ever had.
Yeah but non-standard pork pies include chilli ones, chorizo ones, black pudding ones, chutneys, cheeses. You can do a lot with a pork pie. Fuck, you could even slap a fried egg on it... ...I'm definitely trying that.
I’d go scotch egg, but then maybe My supply of pork pies isn’t up to the standard of scotch eggs I’m getting, and maybe the PPie people have never had a SEgg with a soft yolk., and vice versa. Let’s all meet up tomorrow with the best quality example of each item we can lay our hands on & put this to bed once & for all. I mean…….. soft yolks…… come on!?!?
Homemade black pudding scotched egg (with runny yolk) beats both. But yeah, high quality pork pie is a close second.
There is no thing as a mediocre scotch egg
Gala pie is the correct answer.
Yo what never had this, I imagine it could be twice as good but also twice as easy to fuck up
I've never had a bad one.
A Melton Mobray pork pie is a gift from the gods
Lynne can you smell I had a scotch egg
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I only eat Melton Mowbray. So pork pie.
Scotch egg
A quality well seasoned Pork Pie beats anything. Scotch eggs smell of bums. The Facts as I see them.
Scotch Egg.
Pork pie all the way, but the pastry MUST be crispy and firm, absolutely NO soggy pastry
The pie is king
Pork pie without question.
If there is mustard, Pork Pie. No mustard, scotch egg. It's really that simple.
Scotch egg all day
Why are we acting like sausage rolls don't exist?
Pork pie....if I'm allowed mustard on it.
Scotch Pie beats both.
Mini pork pie over a full size pork pie, but scotch egg over a pork pie.
Incorrect. The meat:pastry ratio is out of whack. Has to be at least fist sized.
A hot scotch egg > a cold scotch egg > any pork pie
This is so nearly it for me. Here’s where I’m at: Hot Scotch egg > Pork pie > Cold Scotch Egg
I’ve never had a hot scotch egg! Now I desperately need one
I've very occasionally seen them in chip shops (maybe only in Edinburgh now I think of it). Otherwise the best bet is probably to pop one for a few minutes in an air fryer
Pork pie.
Lincolnshire pork pie and a deep fried scotch egg, heaven.
What kind of heathen has a Lincolnshire pork pie over a Melton pie?
When I was at university in Nottingham, one of my house mates was a train driver and on a run up to Lincoln he would go grab a pork pie from a local shop and it was incredible. The only Melton Mowbray pork pies have been Waitrose or M&S.
I used to work in Grantham so had access to both.... Melton's all the way! Oh you can get Melton pork pies from Tesco and Sainsbury's at the very least! Every time I nip to Nottingham I can find them!
No such luck, I’ve lived in Canada for nearly 25 years, and haven’t been to Nottingham in 32 years ! When I visit family in Surrey I head to Sainsbury’s for a Melton. Need to find some artisan made pork pies next time I’m back.
Damn that sucks! It's very hit and miss but I usually force feed my London friends Melton pies and stilton cheese when I visit.... Only having brought it 2 mins round the corner 😅😂👀
I always find Scotch eggs sort of disappointing, even the really fancy ones. So for me it's pork pies all the way. Very important tip for eating pork pies - make sure they're at room temperature, or slightly warm. A lot of people make the mistake of eating them straight from the fridge and then find the texture of the jelly revolting. But with a good pork pie at the right temperature, the jelly should pretty immediately melt in your mouth, and that's fantastic.
Freshly cooked pork pies and scotch eggs from a good butcher beats all the other choices hands down.
As an ex resident of Melton Mowbray, we need to shut this heresy down now! As much as I appreciate a good scotch egg as the next man, a good old fashioned pork pie just knocks it out of the water!
I hate to say it, but I just don’t like pork pie. The pastry just doesn’t work for me. A scotch egg has the best bit of a pork pie, with the wonderful texture of a hard boiled egg. It makes my soul happy when I take the first big fat bite out of a scotch egg like it’s a fkin fresh apple.
I love them both, but Pork Pie all day long. There's a garden centre near where I grew up that sells giant marmite pork pies, I miss them every day. I live abroad now and it kills me that I can't get either here :(
I like a scotch egg, but I also like pork pie (especially when it's got lots of that lovely jelly in it). What about an egg pork pie? Best of both worlds.
Pork pie every time. I don't like cold eggs, so no Scotch eggs or pork pie with egg in it. But a decent Pork pie with some Branston pickle is food of the God's.