On 1/30/2013 9:41 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:48:10 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Christopher M." > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Eating a pork pie is like going to White Castle and ordering a pork
>>> burger.
>> Then you have never eaten a pork pie from a Pork shop in Ripon, Yorkshire
>> called Appletons! The best pork pies I have ever eaten. The ones in
>> Supermarkets are horrible.
>>
>> http://www.appletonsbutchers.co.uk/
>> --
> O, would you describe the texture and flavor of this pork pie? I've
> never had one but am willing to have a go at it. However, recently I
> was gifted with a terrine that looked very similar to the meat filling
> of your pork pie and I was really turned off by the texture. It was
> too dry and thick on the tongue. I would probably like something a
> little smoother and creamier, more like a pate, but maybe that isn't
> the nature of the beast. Help.
> Janet US
I seem to remember pork pies with affection from my childhood. They had
a fairly light crust and the meat was in small pieces but far from a
pate and not dry at all. Apples were also used in some pies. I also
recall that there was quite a bit of gelatine near the crust. The pies I
remember were large and were served in slices.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.