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When I was a lad growing up in the West Riding they would clear the concert room in the working men's club when the steward announced the pies are on in the foyer . Lovely hot pork pies out of the oven mushy peas and mint sauce top notch grub lol
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Melton Mowbray pork pies are Leicestershire but I believe main difference with them is shape? Standard pork pies are made and sold all over England . In Yorkshire one difference was we liked them baked in the oven delicious. Mind I do like a good Melton Mowbray pork pie .

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Give me a Yorkshire pudding any day of the week :D[/QUOTE]
Can't beat Yorkshire Pudding on its own with gravy fill thisen up and eat less meat lol
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Quite rare to get jelly in a pork pie these days, I didn't like the jelly in.cold Pork pie but when warmed in the oven it was melted and seemed to add flavour. Mind I used to like tripe and onions but wouldn't eat it now 🤣

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Big problem I've found here in the UK with PG tea bags is that they split, since they stopped using an plastic in the bags they are weaker and more likely to split, progress Eh? I stopped worrying and just buy Yorkshire, at one time I did compare prices but not any more.

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I remember 20 + years ago I could get Naafi tea bags in UK supermarkets. They were excellent made a proper strong cup of tea. Also in the UK Sainsbury's used to sell their own extra strong tea bags which again was excellent. It does seem that these days you don't get a good strong cup of tea that you used to. Maybe I need to resort to Yorkshire tea but I was always told it was specifically blended to make a good cup of tea with hard Yorkshire water ? Then again most water in Spain is quite hard so that may be the answer or use loose tea in a teapot making as strong as one wants. Spanish tea is way too weak for my taste.
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Never tried a pork pie (when I hear the word pork I crave for a whole rack of ribs... not a pie!) and not much of a biscuit (or sweet stuff in general) person either, but I am thinking of bringing back lots of stuff for lunch and dinner (marinated meats ready to be put into the oven, etc.) in addition to a traditional shipment of M&S teas. :)

I'm currently in Oz and Twinings is as good as it gets here. I thought of getting some tea on the way in Singapore but I wasn't sure whether it would be allowed into Australia so I passed on the idea. Do they allow tea in or would it have ended up in the bin? :ohmy:

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I love pork pies (the more jelly the better) and will definitely be having one when I go to the UK next month, maybe bringing one back with me as well. But it definitely won't be a Wall's one or any other supermarket brand, I would rather go without than eat those. Kirkgate Market in Leeds is the most likely port of call for one made by an independent butcher.

When I was working in central Manchester in my much younger days I used to buy a really good pork pie for my lunch some days, from the rather posh food hall in the Kendal Milne department store on Deansgate. At my leaving party one of the gifts they presented me with was a beautifully wrapped and beribboned pork pie from Kendal Milne! Sadly they got rid of the food hall when the store was taken over by House of Fraser

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My mum used to make one at Christmas time....those were the days when food was real, safe to eat and had taste!

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I don't think you are allowed to bring back meat products anymore from UK to Spain ?
You are right re a good pork pie from an independent butcher. Walls the meat filling is just totally wrong and one I got ended up in the bin. Years ago I remember Morrisons doing reasonable pork pies . I suppose a lot of it comes down to what one is used to and personal taste. Now if you have sauce with a pork pie is it ketchup brown sauce or mustard? For me it's brown sauce or mustard .
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Pork ribs, yum!

No problems bringing packaged tea from Singapore into Australia. I always bring Twinings back because they sell it there in in posh little muslin bags - I'm sure the tea tastes better in those.

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No, we are not supposed to but I like to live dangerously. I brought some back last year with no problems, they are always in checked in luggage. I think the worst that could happen is that they could be confiscated.

For me it's neither brown sauce nor mustard with a pork pie. They are one of only two food items I like to eat with Branston pickle (the other being a corned beef sandwich and I am picky about the corned beef too, cannot be out of a tin and only buy the supermarket premium brands such as Tesco Finest). I do like brown sauce but it's too wet somehow with a pork pie, and I absolutely loathe mustard, even the smell of it makes me physically sick.

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That reminds me of a snack I used to buy many years ago, a round (as in spherical) pork pie with either pickle (or chutney) mixed in. Pretty good. Can't remember the name.

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Corned beef another favourite of mine and like you not the tinned variety but the pre sliced. A favourite of mine is corned beef and piccalilli sandwich or corned beef and sliced beetroot. I do miss corned beef .

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These ones look rather good, I wish I could get my hands on one right now.

Traditional Pork Pie - Wissage Bakehouse

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I gave up trying to buy pork pies in Spain so I started making them myself. Its really quite easy and you can get the texture and seasoning the way you like it.

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I checked on the Government customs website and it specifically states that meat products CAN be brought into Spain from the UK - will try and find link again

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Found this.

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=4b2a5...ZW4uaHRt&ntb=1

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That link applies to travel WITHIN the EU, not bto the EU. There is a link on theat site which covers travel TO the EU.

If you travel to the EU from a non-EU country, you are not allowed to bring any meat or dairy products with you. You can however bring a limited quantity of fruit and vegetables as well as eggs, egg products and honey. Restricted quantities of fish or fish products are also allowed.

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If you mean the UK government website, they updated the advice to say you can't.

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Scan down a couple of paragraphs and it is about non EU countries.

If you travel to the EU from a non-EU country, you are not allowed to bring any meat or dairy products with you. You can however bring a limited quantity of fruit and vegetables as well as eggs, egg products and honey. Restricted quantities of fish or fish products are also allowed.


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My mistake. I checked again and it was EU to UK where you can take meat products in

EU to UK rules

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I took your advice and tried the Dunnes teabags, just their standard ones. I must say they make an excellent strong brew and I will be using them in future, thanks for the tip.

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Very interesting, I have never seen tea bags in Dunnes, where are they then? Do you mean the Dunnes in El Ingenio in Velez Malaga? I am fed up of paying through the nose for British tea bags:(

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Yes, they are on sale in the Dunnes store in El Ingenio. I haven't tried them yet but have also been told by a friend that they are good. They don't stock very many food items now so can be a bit hard to spot, but they are close to the crockery and bed linen areas. Besides teabags they also sell a few different types of biscuits and a few canned goods.

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Thanks for that, I will take a look the next time I am there.

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Yes that's where we got them. They do a standard type and a gold blend (I think it's called that). We tried the standard ones which cost around 4 euros for a box of 160. We happened to be in there the other day.and I remembered bob bobs recommendation so thought I will give them a go. For me they are good strong looking brew nice colour to it and nice taste, they will be my go to tea bags now.