Reviews of Mince Pies available in stores during the 2007/2008 Pie Season.
Each review was conducted by an independent panel of volunteer tasters.
The review process was carried out as follows:
- Reviews were conducted 'Blind' with the identity of the Mince Pie kept secret from the tasters. (Note: As tasters took it in turns to buy the pies, one taster in each review knew the pies true identity).
Reviews were conducted with pies at room temperature, usually accompanied by a nice cup of tea. Where possible the tasters sampled the mince pies at the same time, so that age, humidity and dryness would not adversely affect the pies taste. Each Mince Pie was given a score of 0 to 5 (0 being low) on nine different criteria (devised buy the tasters). Each criteria was deemed to have equal weighting in calculating the Mince Pies Average Score or Total.
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Details of the review criteria can be found here
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| Date: | 19/12/2007 | | Pie: | Walkers 6 Luxury Mincemeat Tarts | | Cost: | £2.45 | | Score: | 59.5% |
Three steam holes, always a good sign. A plain looking pie, but one with potential. Very traditional filling, fruity and tangy. Not quite filled to the top though. | 
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| Date: | 18/12/2007 | | Pie: | Greggs Mince Pies
| | Cost: | £1.45 | | Score: | 61.6% |
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Quite a 'hand made' look to this pie. Nice edging details and covered generously with icing sugar.Mine was a bit 'lumpy' in looks though. Single steam hole in the middle looks promising though. Pastry a little dry and crumbly, but nice a soft. Not filled too the top though. Quite nice filling....even so. Write Comment (1 comments) |
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