June 2007 Print
Pie Club Meetings 2007

2 June 2007

 

Litvenyenco suspect will not be sent back by Russia

Tony Blair’s farewell tour continues.

School children to be told not to put hands up in class.

Teachers can now search for knives

 

Sport

 

Frankie Deltorri wins Derby at 5 -4

Premiership wages reach £19 million

Coldest day in test match cricket in Leeds this week.

England v Brazil 1 – 1

 

 

Pies

 

Phil – Alien looking pie, fresh, thin pastry,not much taste.   6

 

Bruce – Strange looking pie,pinkish,thin tasty pastry      7

 

Fred  -    Egg custard look, jelly on top of pie.No flavour to meat.Dry pastry.   6.5

 

John – Reminded me of old age pensioner ! Dry but soggy pastry.Solid meat lacked spice.

 

Tim – Pathetic custard pie. Did not taste or look like a pork pie.  4

 

Steven ( Butcher) – Dreary appearance,quite liked it. Commercially a good pie but not from this area. Natural seasoning,rough cut meat.      7

 

 

Mark – Bakers pie, crispy on top, fresh lacked seasoning    6

 

Amanda  -   Did not like jelly on top. Liked pastry

 

Peter – Lake of jelly on top not to my liking. In need of more flavour. 6



9/6/07 

 

World Events

 

25 years since the Falklands War

 

150 UK soldiers have now been killed in Iraq.

 

Russia threatens new cold war

 

Scottish Mountain is 16 inches too short to be a mountain. Foirnhaven is now a hill

 

Pork pies make a national come back. Everybody is trying them says Tesco

 

Paris Hilton goes to jail, released and sent back again.

 

40th anniversary of the Israel 6 day war

 

Sport

 

England beat Estonia 3-0 Beckham set up two crosses .John says “ that is what he is paid for”

 

England cricket team on verge of beating West Indies at Old Trafford.

 

Pies

 

Peter

 

Crisp fresh pastry, well filled , not much flavour in pastry,salty, lean and well ground meat. OK 6.5

 

Phil

 

Fresh, crispy pastry. Solid meat that needed jelly. Good husbandry, pie at a good temperature for a warm day.   7

 

John

 

Rough and ready pie. Fresh,crispy pastry. Jelly everywhere! Plenty of salt and tasty. 7.5

 

Kevin

 

Fresh, crisp pastry. Heavy pie, full of meat. No jelly, moist meat, well kept. Too salty. 8.5

 

Bob

 

Slightly soggy pastry. Tasty meat.  7

 

Bruce

 

Fresh, well filled,crisp pastry, salty meat. Lacked spice.  8

 

 

Source – Dave Todd’s of Bingley. Cost 75 p. Average = 6.7

 

 

 

 

16/6/07

 

 

World Events

 

Most popular name in UK  is Jack followed by Mohammed!

 

Olympic logo costs £400,000

 

Michael Barrymore arrested in connection with death in his swimming pool

 

Wettest June on record!

 

Sport

 

Louise Hamilton wins his first formula one event

 

Lord Stevens report criticises Football agents.

 

Pies

 

Bob

 

Certainly different, doubt if it is a port pie. Needed a poppdom and a chapatti with it! A good starter for an Indian restaurant.  8

 

Bruce

 

Pork pie with curry and chucky like pedigree chum. Crispy pastry.  9

 

Peter

 

A pork pakora ! Wished it was warm. Moist and very tasty.  8

 

Mark

 

Had rising damp, rotting from the bottom up. Tasty and chunky. A novelty pie. 6.5

 

Phil

 

Fresh, white meat ! Enjoyed it.  7

 

John

 

Cat food, never pork ! Liked the pastry. 3

 

Stuart

 

Chicken with curry powder !  2

 

Kevin

 

Chunky pork with lots of spice. A winter pie. Tasted better than it looked. 7.5

 

Average 6.2 Source – Anton from Halifax. Donated for us to taste.

 

 

30 June

 

World Events

 

Gordon Brown is the new prime minister.

 

Last Saturday for smoking in public buildings

 

Postal strike starts

 

Worst UK floods in living memory with M1 closed for 2 days in case a damn breaks in South Yorkshire

 

2 car bombs in London and Glasgow

 

Sport

 

Ricky Hatton wins again.

 

Jane Tomlinson (cancer patient) organizes Leeds 10 km

 

Pie

 

Bruce

 

Strange complexion, thick pastry on top. Tasty jelly course meat, fresh. 6

 

Peter

 

Thick pastry. Average sort of pie 5

 

Phil

 

Fresh, shallow filling of meat. Sour meat 6.5

 

Stuart

 

Tasty with good afterburn 6.5

 

Kevin

 

Crisp top,good jelly. 7

 

Bob

 

Nice meat.  8

 

From the Pantry at the Rams Head Denshaw.  Average 6.5 Price not recorded.

 

Source – Shackleton’s of Clitheroe,Lancashire.   77p