Jodie says "I make my own shortcrust pastry and use Robertson's Mince which is not only delicious but handy!"

We've just been sent this photo, by Jodie in Australia, showing Mince Pies growing in trees!

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What a lovely 'hand made' looking pie with nice star design for the lid.
Not a classic looking pie, but good. They did well to survive the post from Yorkshire!
You can see my pie had a little rough edge where it was bounced by the post.
Not much sugar or aroma.
First impressions lovely. Soft moist pastry. loads of sweet and fruity filling.
That pie was great. I could eat loads more of them.

Today's pie was small but quite good looking.
A nice star design on the top and a gentle sprinkling on sugar made it look just nice.
It was on the small side though and only just filled it's foil case.
First impressions were disappointing, as the crust was quite thick, leaving not much space for filling.
Despite it's thickness the Crust was nice and light, moist enough not to crumble.
As there was little filling, it was hard to tell what it was like, no sign of any fruit.
I'm left with quite a sweet taste in my mouth... not much else.... I won't be asking for another one.

It's the second time that we have tried today's interesting pie.
Another 'Baked In Store' variety.
Not a very tall pie, but a pleasant change from some of the mass produced pies.
Presentation was subtle, light sprinkle of icing sugar. Though short, pie was a good weight so it felt like it was full.
The pies also stacked rather well on the review plate... eat your heart out Ferrero Rocher!
First bight was a delight. Soft, but slightly crunchy pastry. Sweet filling with some fruit.
A very pleasant pie. 
In summary, flat but oozing goodness.  Should I eat the last pie going spare.....

Today's pie was very good. Not amazing, but very good.
Very well presented with both holy leaf design and crimped edges. Good sprinkling of granulated sugar and the granules stayed on the pie too.
First impressions a little disappointing as the pastry was a bit dry/hard so there was too much of a crunch for my liking.
The filling was excellent, a tad too sweet, but quite fruity with a good texture. The pie could have had a bit more filling, but it was OK.
All in all a very good pie.
Can I have another one please?

"Last Thursday, I was responsible for my own nourishment on the long trip to Liverpool, so I armed myself with the travel essentials - tube of fig rolls, six-pack of mince pies and two pints of semi-skinned - and headed for the M6. If you have never experienced the heady combination of mince pie and milk, let me take this opportunity to heartily recommend it to you. My own personal opinion is that limiting the mince pie to the festive period is a shambolic way to treat such a culinary delight."

We agree with you Dan, Mince Pies should be avaliable all year round.

You can read his full article here on the BBC web site

He says
"I couldn't resist taking a few pies with me to Israel after seeing Tarit and Karin's pictures at Macchu Picchu. The aim was to take it to the top of Mt. Masada and get a similarly epic photo but despite planning it and taking three of them with me to the Holyland, I still managed to leave them in our room when we set off for Masada - big fail."

"Still, in order to make the best of it, I ran up to the roof of where we were staying and realised we had an excellent view of the Dome of the Rock... so I took these photos with the Dome in the back ground. It's a Sainsbury's own, iced-top mince pie - a fine pie."

Well done Harold, thanks so much for the pictures.

A home made look and taste to this vanilla scented pie, which had a generous dusting of caster sugar and large pieces of glace cherry in the mincemeat. Some tasty mixed peel, too.
It was a large pie, deep and filled to the top, so despite the rather thick pastry it's well balanced.
The filling tastes of Christmas, more so than any pie so far this year.
The Best Mince Pie so far in 2009!
http://www.bramleybakery.co.uk/