I know there's a lot of pie eaters post on here so what's you favourite one apart from humble pie?

I'm partial to a butter pie ,closely followed by a Kate and Sydney pie.

I was going to say Sharon Stone’s…

Who ate all the pies

Border Collie.

Steak and Kidney Haffners

End of thread

The little bakers on the left as you drive into Crawshawbooth on the way to Burnley the tastiest Meat & Potato pies ever,sadly I've been told the shop has shut now as the owners have retired....they will never be beaten....and there custards were something else....God I'm making myself hungry.

Cissy Greens take some beating. Legendary round the valley!!!

Butter pie for standard pie-eating purposes and if I’m in a pub on a winters day then a nice cheesy, leeky, potatoey type thing.

Mannings Meat & Potatoe pies in the late 70s were very good,latterly not so good,Cordey's in Waterfoot another that deserves a mention,not sure if they still bake though,the Meat & Potatoe pies in Scotland are a weird concoction of meat,with a topping of mashed potato.....topped with Baked Beans.....Weird

They don't do decent pies in Scotland. Meat pies are full of some glutinous mutton based stuff. There are also oddities as described and of course, macaroni pies.

Have lived here since 1992 but regularly smuggle pies back over the border following trips south. Take the Blacko-Gisburn-Long Preston route to the road from Skipton to Kendal to minimise motorway driving and divert to a fantastic bakers in the tiny village of Endmoor to stock up. Such a small place the bakers is the only shop, so it must be very good.

Never been caught during my covert pie smuggling operations yet.

Meat and potato, to answer the question.

Julia Taylor

Drake and Macefield take a lot of beating for their Porky Pies (and most other meat based products) Butchers in Settle Market place and on Otley St in Skipton ... we had a lunch (after interring our kids ashes in LP churchyard) on Wednesday of D&M pork pie and Sausage Roll with home made Veggy Soup absolutely scrummy .

Brewdog Punk IPA.....

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 5:15 pm

Drake and Macefield take a lot of beating for their Porky Pies (and most other meat based products) Butchers in Settle Market place and on Otley St in Skipton ... we had a lunch (after interring our kids ashes in LP churchyard) on Wednesday of D&M pork pie and Sausage Roll with home made Veggy Soup absolutely scrummy .

Sounds good BC, can't remember what it's called but, have you been to that bakers in Ingleton ?
We call in when we are over that way, some really nice tackle in there

the EA-18G Growler

SlidingTackle wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 4:59 pm

Have lived here since 1992 but regularly smuggle pies back over the border following trips south. Take the Blacko-Gisburn-Long Preston route to the road from Skipton to Kendal to minimise motorway driving and divert to a fantastic bakers in the tiny village of Endmoor to stock up. Such a small place the bakers is the only shop, so it must be very good.
Never been caught during my covert pie smuggling operations yet.

Nicola Krankie is an avid reader, without contributing, to UTC. I’d be expecting a knock on the door.
2 Hollands puddings covered in mushy peas being my vote.

Aclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 5:23 pm

Sounds good BC, can't remember what it's called but, have you been to that bakers in Ingleton ?
We call in when we are over that way, some really nice tackle in there

Rarely in Ingleton Ac ... but I have had stuff from there in the past and very good it is too ...

There used to be a good family Butcher in Saltaire/Shipley on Bradford Rd, used to get some stuff there when I was working over Bradford way Locksmithing. But we were through that way a few weeks ago and its gone ... People need to use family Butchers and keep them going ... you cannot beat a good local butcher

Yep, agree with that BC.

Rounds Bakery, Preston. Their Meat and Potato is a pastry slice of heaven.

I thought a ‘growler’ was the term for an individual meat pie and not any other flavour?
I stand to be corrected though…..

Stanforrhs of Skipton , legendary growlers

Stayingup wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 4:29 pm

Cissy Greens take some beating. Legendary round the valley!!!

On a visit to Burnley we went to Cissy Green's (was it Haslingden?), the MRS didn't like the greasy stuff so she poured it out on the pavement and created a bit of a slick, but even she had to admit they were excellent pies despite the grease

Eloise Laws wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:01 pm

I thought a ‘growler’ was the term for an individual meat pie and not any other flavour?
I stand to be corrected though…..

Just depends on your area ,think pork pies are growler in Yawkshire. I stand to be e corrected.

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 5:15 pm

Drake and Macefield take a lot of beating for their Porky Pies (and most other meat based products) Butchers in Settle Market place and on Otley St in Skipton ... we had a lunch (after interring our kids ashes in LP churchyard) on Wednesday of D&M pork pie and Sausage Roll with home made Veggy Soup absolutely scrummy .

Angela & John did good pies at maypole especially the 3 peaks when they ran it as I recall, regarding skipton Phillips is not bad bakery I think it’s located on sackville street just further up from Gulshan.

many moons ago when I was attending Halifax tech college we used to nip out around 10 and get meat and potato pies , no idea what the shop was called, and the lunchtime up to the chinese chippy for curry sauce and chips, exciting times

I enjoyed my Holland's peppered steak pie on the match v Palace, and it didn't give me heartburn either.

Which was nice.

Many moons ago when I was attending Halifax tech college on day release we used to nip out for lunch to the snooker hall and go back after the 5pm break. Needless to say most of us did not finish the course.
On the pie front, if in the Stoke area go to a Wrights bakery, we always get some meat and potato pies for the freezer when we are down that way.

conyoviejo wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:07 pm

Just depends on your area ,think pork pies are growler in Yawkshire. I stand to be e corrected.

Always called a growler is a pork pie here in Yarkshire..


15900 now Pushypussy

15900 now Pushypussy

Beeholebob wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:02 pm

Stanforrhs of Skipton , legendary growlers

Well marketed perhaps, but not the best, nor indeed even in the top-3 just in Skipton

cbx750 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:57 pm

Many moons ago when I was attending Halifax tech college on day release we used to nip out for lunch to the snooker hall and go back after the 5pm break. Needless to say most of us did not finish the course.
On the pie front, if in the Stoke area go to a Wrights bakery, we always get some meat and potato pies for the freezer when we are down that way.

I go to Keele a lot. I'll pop into a Wright's shop when I go back down the A50 to Notts.

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:06 pm

Always called a growler is a pork pie here in Yarkshire..


15900 now Pushypussy

And in God's own county pie and peas is ALWAYS a pork pie. Mushy peas, mint sauce.

I like Bertwistles steak pies go out of my way to buy them at times.

I do enjoy a Butchers/Bakers Meat and Potato pie but if we are dining out in a decent pub, it has to be Cheese and Onion.

Not a fan of Cissy Greens. Haffners are decent enough for the price they charge, but the best pies in Burnley are from the little butty shop next to Queensgate bus depot.

Correct calling it a Growler in these parts Con.

Sharon Stone flashed her clout, not a growler.

I do like a Whitesides pork and apple. But you can't beat a good meat and tatie (pronounced taytee) and some of the best ones I ever had was on t'Turf in the late 80's, still don't know who supplied them.

Havenhands the bakers Boroughbridge. Always come top in the blind pork pie challenge, between Appleton’s butchers, next door and Greggs! down the road.

Despite my username, I do like a homemade cheese and onion pie.

conyoviejo wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:07 pm

Just depends on your area ,think pork pies are growler in Yawkshire. I stand to be e corrected.

I've always know a Pork Pie as a Growler but I spent 20 years with a load of West Yorkshire folk.

Nothing like a Fray Bentos pie cooked and then squashed between an Oven Bottom t/cake ..Delicious..

conyoviejo wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:16 pm

Nothing like a Fray Bentos pie cooked and then squashed between an Oven Bottom t/cake ..Delicious..

I can't imagine you've had many of them Con, as that's grub for someone not living beyond 50

Benton are disgusting. Greasy puff pastry with gloop filling.

Going into town early tomorrow morning. Might call off at Haffners and get some pies for lunch. I love their chicken & mushroom.

Growler was a very old manc saying - dogs eye= pie = growler,though I’ve heard it all over . While butchers pies always the best , of the over counter stuff I’d give a passable shout for Pukka, and Hollands as a good basic “ you know where you are “ pie. Haffners always a decent pie. As for Fray Bentos… Jesus wept! They should have stayed in the 70’s with Vesta curries , Smash and Findus “ crispy “ pancakes

Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:24 pm

I can't imagine you've had many of them Con, as that's grub for someone not living beyond 50

Ha ha,i must try one soon BOT,it's been a while since I had one ..cheap as chips as well.

My Mother’s Cheese and Onion. Sadly I will never have one again