#3? Jeez, stop it with the Viagra.

I almost PM'd you about a beer, but I only arrived at 9 pm on Saturday and had an all day meeting on Sunday starting at 7:45 am, so I thought better of it.

I've mentioned it before but I'll be back for a week in mid-February.

I'll let you off, this time. Feb is probably good. Failing that, I'm in TO in March for a few days.

Noted.

Hey at least he can use it.

you have me drooling all over the keyboard now! what will i tell mr fluff when he notices that nothing works when he types?
i think you should ask your lovely wife to pass the mince pie recipe over to me (pleaaaase) - mr fluff adores them and thinks his mother's recipe is the best . i'd love to proove him wrong

Cheers Steve, I've just been and bought some

the secrets, as far as I can tell, are threefold. First is to use last year's homemade mincemeat that has been "resting" in the cold room and regularly topped up with brandy through the year. We've just made this season's batch to use in next year's pies. I've no idea where the original recipe for that came from, but I suspect it goes back a couple of generations.

The second secret is to make the pastry really, really short, and rolled as thin as you dare, so that it holds the pie together in your hand but melts in your mouth.

Third, and most crucial, is to prise the lid off a hot pie and put a huge dollop of brandy butter in it just before eating. Mmmmmmmmm.

I'm starting to worry about you.

Why? Just because I like a good mince occasionally....

Boarding school didn't......

Oh, never mind.

thanks Oakvillian, I'll give it a try!