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I have reached the stage in lifewhen I can accept that my mince pies
are not as good as my mother's mince pies.
Mine are good but hers are better.
There...I said it without grinding my teeth
and I see this as a positive development.
Next week I will do a comparative study
assisted by some volunteers in the Department
but I am not holding out much hope
for my Special (but not special enough) Recipe.
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If you would like an unbiased opinion, send some to me. :-) They look really yummy!
ReplyDeletePerhaps your mother is not as delightful a blogger as you are. It all balances out.
ReplyDeleteI am sure they are amazingly fine! but if it makes you feel better, I have a mother who grows begonias...so I do understand.
ReplyDeleteExcellent positive development.
ReplyDeleteI've yet to reach it in the gravy department. My Mum is mortified that I use granules!
Look good to me, with cream please.
ReplyDeleteOh please! There are a million things my mom can do and I can't. But I never tried to compare anything.
ReplyDeleteWe're ALL different and I bet your china collection is WAY bigger and better than hers ...
AND let MrM say which are best, you can't be the judge.
Well, they are certainly pretty! Funny -- we had a housekeeper when I was growing up, and I will never ever be able to make certain recipes of hers as well as she could. I think it's not as bad as it would be if she were my mother. (Does that make any sense?) My mother is better at main courses.
ReplyDeleteI bet yours are pretty amazing, too. I'm happy to volunteer for the comparative study :) K x
ReplyDeleteMine are not good. In fact they are slightly reminiscent of burned ice hockey pucks. I now accept this graciously and allow Mr Waitrose to make mine.
ReplyDeleteHis stollen is better than mine too, which galls me far more.
Mr M is unavailable to comment: he is between a rock and a hard place at the moment............... :O))))
ReplyDeleteScrumptious !
ReplyDeleteThey look good to me and I bet they are yummy.
ReplyDeleteMy mother was a great pastry cook but she generously conceded that despite my distressingly heavy handed technique my pastry was as good as hers. She 's not here to compare notes with anymore.
ReplyDeleteEven more mortifying, my son is a far better cook - but he is totally useless on a computer!
ReplyDeleteBobby x
I can beat my Mum on mincepies, but her rock cakes will forever reign supreme. Yours look great to me.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they are delicious and just remember one day MIss M will wish hers are as good as her mother's!
ReplyDeleteMy mother, a great cook, was a legendary Awful Baker. One highlight of our childhood involved a block of marzipan being rolled out to top a steak pie, with much puzzlement following some time later as to why it hadn't puffed up. So even my worst mince pies are brilliant in comparison....
ReplyDeleteYours look delicious anyway!
Oh my, mincepies and mulled stuff open house on Sunday afternoon, with not a thing made and any mince pies would do- especially these ones!!
ReplyDeleteThey look pretty splendid and yummy to me! Its funny how this year so many variations are appearing! I made mine this morning with an almond 'bakewell?' topping!
ReplyDeleteENJOY!
i am making mince pies for the first time ever (no, i'm certainly not young, by conventional standards)and i love your star-topped ones. Thank you for this inspiration!
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