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Reviews 2006 - Round 21

Date:	21/11/2006
Pie:	M&S Connoisseur Recipe 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies
Cost:	£3
Score:	78.5%

M&S Connoisseur Recipe 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies

What an amazing Pie...

And the tasters mostly agreed that it was a good pie too.

This amazing pie scored the highest, so far, in all the categories apart from Visual Presentation and Aroma.
So it was not the Perfect Pie.... But it was ver, very good.

8 of the 12 tasters gave it their highest score so far...

	Pie Scores (0 to 5)
Visual Presentation:	4.00
Aroma:	3.38
Sugar Coating:	4.08
Size:	4.08
Weight:	4.00
First Impressions:	3.96
Crust Thickness/Quality:	3.82
Filling Quality:	4.15
Filling Quantity:	3.85

TOTAL (of 45)	35.32 (78.5%)
VFM:	0.71
SD:	3.30

Reviewers Comments and Guessed Origin
"It has to be the M&S Connoisseur Mince Pie. Yummmm"
"Wow, a cracker! Definitely the best pie this year. Got any more? - M&S?"
"The filling was too chewy for my liking."
A bit alcoholic but where's the harm in that!"

Packaging Description
Connoisseur Recipe 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies.

Rich mincemeat with Almonds, Apricots, Brandy and Courvoiser VS Cognac in melt-in-the-mouth all butter pastry

Nutrition Information (Per Pie)

Energy 280 kcal

Protein 3.6g

Carbohydrate 40.7g

Fat 11.4g

Fibre 1.9g

Salt 0.2g

Best Before: 28 Nov 2006

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