This will probably sound odd, but I have long had a fascination with porcine products - I think it not only comes from my love of sausages, pork pies, brawn and black puddings but as a child I had a much loved Hornby Palethorpes' Sausages wagon. A fine wagon it was too - long lost now, but there was a rather lovely butchers bunch of sausages on the side and very appealing they were too. And so the spark was ignited.
A pork pie, especially a fine artisan pie, is something I look forward to at this time of year - one to slice on Boxing Day accompanied by a home made chutney or a pickled walnut perhaps?
I hope you enjoy yours if you like such things and just to keep you going until the magic day here is a selection of goodies I have picked up over the years. Pass the knife Gramps....
6 comments:
Our local butcher retires next year and I am being given his giant, porcelain Gloucester Old Spot. He makes fabulous sausages too. The butcher that is. John
How lovely! I also like a tile or two in a traditional butchers - where will you display such a treasure TT? In the kitchen? All the best, Dickie
Bowyers in Gaywood do a damn fine pork pie.
I'll remember that next time I am up that way BB - had a Top 5 pork pie in Ledbury the other day - high class butchers named Wallers - superb, wish i had brought one back for Christmas! TTFN Dickie
Its hard to beat a good pork pie Dickie.Especially with a spoonful of chutney or dollop of mustard.
Ive always fancied making one.I remember one of the TV chefs making one.Gary Rhodes i think it was.
Never have been able to pluck up the courage to try it tho......
Indeed Champ! Best recipe I have seen and like you I have not tried it yet was a Nigel Slater one - maybe this Christmas? Tight lines, Dickie
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