Stoke pie

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:35 am

The best meat and potato pie I can remember buying at a match. Wrights Pies …… could certainly teach Hollands a lesson .

durhamclaret · Post by **durhamclaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:55 pm

On the subject of pies the balti one I had at Sheffield United was inedible, awful.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:00 pm

I used to look forward to Rochdale away, purely for the pies. Only ground I bought a pie on entering… and another at ht.

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:01 pm

Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:35 am
The best meat and potato pie I can remember buying at a match. Wrights Pies …… could certainly teach Hollands a lesson .

Do you put any sauce on your pie?

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:04 pm

elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:00 pm
I used to look forward to Rochdale away, purely for the pies. Only ground I bought a pie on entering… and another at ht.

Second that, and I’ve only been once!
Bristol City did unreal Cornish pasties

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:05 pm

Even a rancid old cowclap could teach Hollands a lesson.

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:05 pm

Well done Stoke for working out there’s a gap half way during a game when you can serve hot food. Someone at Turf Moor should copy that idea

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:05 pm

I love Hollands pies and puds but the meat and potato pie should be done under the trade descriptions act. It’s a potato pie with a couple of grains of mince.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:06 pm

Best pie for me was the pukka pies Rotherham sold on their old ground. They were really good.

Now they're in all the supermarkets, thats if they're the same ones.

Never heard of Wright's must admit. However, Clarets fans taste is never in doubt.

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:11 pm

No Ney Never wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:01 pm
Do you put any sauce on your pie?

Never....other than mushy peas and pickled red cabbage when available nothing improves a good meat and potato pie.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:16 pm

Think it was York that used to do hot pork pie with mushy peas with optional mint sauce (Yorkshire style). One of the best ideas to come out of Yorkshire.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:21 pm

We had a great steak pie with mint sauce at Barnsley

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:37 pm

Fulham do pork and apple burgers, pricey but decent enough. The pies on the Turf are terrible, no steak Tuesday either - the meat/potatoes are laughable

MancunianClaret · Post by **MancunianClaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:40 pm

Need to get Haffner's on the case at Turf. So many good bakeries around this part of the world, Hollands being somewhere mid-table imo!

burnmark · Post by **burnmark** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:54 pm

Wright’s Pies used to be my Saturday dinner time staple when I was a student in Alsager.

Brought back some good memories last night eating one.

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:54 pm

MancunianClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:40 pm
Need to get Haffner's on the case at Turf. So many good bakeries around this part of the world, Hollands being somewhere mid-table imo!

The whole food & drink offering needs an overhaul. Like you say, there’s plenty of good local food companies/breweries etc that could improve things beyond the rollover.

Haffners pies would be a great start.

I’m hoping the fact that nobody buys the Carlsberg they’ve been subjecting us to for years will give them the nudge they need to keep improving things.

MancunianClaret · Post by **MancunianClaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 2:06 pm

NewClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:54 pm
The whole food & drink offering needs an overhaul. Like you say, there’s plenty of good local food companies/breweries etc that could improve things beyond the rollover.

Haffners pies would be a great start.

I’m hoping the fact that nobody buys the Carlsberg they’ve been subjecting us to for years will give them the nudge they need to keep improving things.

Agreed - and whilst we're making a wishlist, having those machines that poor 8 pints at a time like they have in other stadiums would significantly improve queue times.

Guitargeorge · Post by **Guitargeorge** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 2:26 pm

I had to drive back down the M6 feeling very ill after a Carlisle pie years ago

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 2:50 pm

MancunianClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 2:06 pm
Agreed - and whilst we're making a wishlist, having those machines that poor 8 pints at a time like they have in other stadiums would significantly improve queue times.

Tbf I will say that they have massively improved organisation with the bene’s pre-poured now. And I’ve noticed maybe one or two more staff on.

But agree entirely on the machine. Would pay for itself in one week I’m sure.

Went in to the club shop & saw they were selling Burnley-branded beers, but you can’t buy them in the ground. Sure a local brewery could do a decent lager and ipa/pale that beats our current offering - although again will say San Miguel is a massive improvement on Carlsberg so credit where it’s due.

LawsCanalJump · Post by **LawsCanalJump** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 2:58 pm

Worst pie award goes to United last week.
Cooked Cardboard

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:03 pm

Had a cheese pastie yesterday and nearly got 3rd degree burns. The choice of beer was awful yesterday too. Hobgoblin has to be one of the worst I’ve experienced

strayclaret · Post by **strayclaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:35 pm

Bradford city away circa 1978 Cornish pastie wonderful
Wrexham away pork pie excellent 1988
Harrogate Town v Kings Lynn circa 2009 pie and peas the best yet.
Bring back pie and peas to the Turf 2023

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:21 pm

Morecambe's were unbelievable - made at the ground, but I think someone head hunted the chef.

Billyblah · Post by **Billyblah** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:52 pm

strayclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:35 pm
Bradford city away circa 1978 Cornish pastie wonderful
Wrexham away pork pie excellent 1988
Harrogate Town v Kings Lynn circa 2009 pie and peas the best yet.
Bring back pie and peas to the Turf 2023

Turf Moor circa 1979... Dire beer is nothing new....Brew Ten served in a plastic pint tumbler from a little shed somewhere round the back.of the Long Side

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:53 pm

Holland’s pies on the Turf or terrible. It used to be that you took your chances and they were regularly burnt with a rock hard pastry.

Now the tops have a white and wet texture, like they haven’t been baked properly.

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:56 pm

I had a fantastic pie at Shrewsbury in pre season.

Holland’s are very poor. Soggy.

BennyD · Post by **BennyD** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:58 pm

Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:11 pm
Never....other than mushy peas and pickled red cabbage when available nothing improves a good meat and potato pie.

Yes it does; replace the potato with meat, and replace the meat with peppered steak.

BennyD · Post by **BennyD** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:02 pm

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:21 pm
Morecambe's were unbelievable - made at the ground, but I think someone head hunted the chef.

Where did they put it? On a stick in the car park as a warning?

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:28 pm

The best pies ever on a ground was from the Bee Hole kiosk 1985 ish to 1992 ish.

I expect the pies were the same in other parts of the ground.

ICL · Post by **ICL** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:38 pm

Beef slice on the way to the ground at Barnsley; made with suet pastry. The best.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:39 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:28 pm
The best pies ever on a ground was from the Bee Hole kiosk 1985 ish to 1992 ish.

I expect the pies were the same in other parts of the ground.

Great little kiosk that, Stan.
On a good day, you wouldn't get a wiff of the beehole bogs.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:40 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:05 pm
I love Hollands pies and puds but the meat and potato pie should be done under the trade descriptions act. It’s a potato pie with a couple of grains of mince.

Well, just meat gravy actually. I doubt it has any meat that would pass the food count regs.

NL Claret · Post by **NL Claret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:42 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:28 pm
The best pies ever on a ground was from the Bee Hole kiosk 1985 ish to 1992 ish.

I expect the pies were the same in other parts of the ground.

Whites Pies? Yes, decent them with some Sainsburys own red sauce on.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:43 pm

BennyD wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:02 pm
Where did they put it? On a stick in the car park as a warning?

Quite possible in Morecambe. Lord of the Flies.

My Morecambe ST pal (a Brummie, bizarrely) tells me the chef passed on his secrets and the home made pies there are still excellent.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:51 pm

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:39 pm
Great little kiosk that, Stan.
On a good day, you wouldn't get a wiff of the beehole bogs.

Pie and p1ss

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:52 pm

NL Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:42 pm
Whites Pies? Yes, decent them with some Sainsburys own red sauce on.

Yes I believe they were.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:56 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:52 pm
Yes I believe they were.

Ah, they were Whites' pies! Thanks, been trying to remember who made those.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 7:01 pm

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:56 pm
Ah, they were Whites' pies! Thanks, been trying to remember who made those.

I only know because someone on here told me.

Oshkoshclaret · Post by **Oshkoshclaret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:42 pm

Anyone that follows the Footy Scran Twitter feed will know that there is some really amazing and creative stuff being served at grounds all round the country... just not at Turf Moor.

Croydon Claret · Post by **Croydon Claret** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:53 pm

My favourite ever pie was at West Ham of all places. Served in a tray, and impossible to eat without a fork, but super tasty

MG70 · Post by **MG70** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:33 pm

The fish and chips at Scarborough were amazing.

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:35 pm

Does thy like it moist?

welsbyswife · Post by **welsbyswife** » Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:11 am

Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:28 pm
The best pies ever on a ground was from the Bee Hole kiosk 1985 ish to 1992 ish.

I expect the pies were the same in other parts of the ground.

If you got on early they used to stack the crates of pies up against the wall outside the kiosk near the bogs waiting for the shop to open. Never ate another after seeing that!

welsbyswife · Post by **welsbyswife** » Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:12 am

Exactly the same wall people used to **** against when the bogs were rammed.

ClaretinJapan · Post by **ClaretinJapan** » Sun Jan 01, 2023 2:50 am

gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:03 pm
Had a cheese pastie yesterday and nearly got 3rd degree burns. The choice of beer was awful yesterday too. Hobgoblin has to be one of the worst I’ve experienced

It's hotter than the sun!