I've never had a steak and kidney pie. I came thiiiis close last summer when I was in London. My 2 Londoner pals ordered 3 pies and then balked when they were told the price. We left rather hastily as the Polish pub worker spewed insults from her pretty lips.
Never had another chance for a pie. 
Quote: DaButt @ November 2 2008, 11:03 PM GMTI've never had a steak and kidney pie. I came thiiiis close last summer when I was in London. My 2 Londoner pals ordered 3 pies and then balked when they were told the price. We left rather hastily as the Polish pub worker spewed insults from her pretty lips.
Never had another chance for a pie.
I've never had one either. 
Quote: Aaron @ November 2 2008, 11:08 PM GMTI've never had one either.
No pies, no beer ... tell me that you've eaten fish and chips at least once or I'm having you deported.
No pies and no beer make for sophistication rather than knuckle-dragging mindlessness.
Too right.
Beer and pies make me think of Peter Kaye. Or Johnny Vegas (pre weight loss).
Shut up Aaron and Zoo. Someone mail DaButt a steak & kidney.
Mississippi mud pie for me. Two please.
Rhubarb is best in a crumble, where the extra sweetness takes the edge off; but I do like an apple pie.
Steak pies are wonderful, in an ale gravy, maybe with mushroom; but my mum put me off kidney as a child, when she casually remarked that they tasted of their function... Shortcrust is much preferable to flakey, but both pale compared to marvel that is a suet pudding.
Chicken pie is also good, either with asparagus or mushroom. Or eaten cold, chicken and ham. A proper Melton Mowbray pork pie also has its merits.
I remember introducing an American companion to the joys of meat pies while travelling in New Zealand; for him it was a moment like first gazing into Chapman's Homer...
No one has mentioned mince pies yet have they??
I kinda like them. I'm not one of those people who hates them. 
Oh yay!
I LOVE them!
Mince pies, yummm...why do people only eat them at Christmas?
I like mince pies, but I'm too scared to try any that I haven't made myself.
They're all slightly different too. One could become a connoisseur.
Quote: Huge Bear @ November 2 2008, 11:37 PM GMTMince pies, yummm...why do people only eat them at Christmas?
My parents get me to bake them all year round, actually. At random juntures I'll be pushed into the kitchen on duty.
My mum makes the world's best mince pies. 
But she never makes enough.
Quote: Timbo @ November 2 2008, 11:39 PM GMTMy mum makes the world's best mince pies.
Apart from mine. Obviously.