Comments on: The Big Eat 2008 https://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-big-eat-2008 A collection of oddities that includes weird places, strange people, bizarre events and other odd stuff from all around the world Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: fries everthing « make you hungry https://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-361494 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:59:20 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-361494 […] opened back in 2001, when its owners, Chris Sell and Suzanne Hackett, missed their native British delicacies, and decided to introduce New York to good ol’ English batter. The deep frying madness began at a […]

]]> By: claire https://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-27717 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:50:19 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-27717 They’re a simple xmas dessert snack. They’re best homemade, and ate right out of the oven. And im not British, so this isn’t just in UK.

]]> By: w https://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-18069 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:04:00 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-18069 I forgot to add that actual meat pies are called just that – “meat pies” and are much larger than these – these being smaller “mince pies” or xmas pies.
Thank you come again.

]]> By: w https://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-18068 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:01:41 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-18068 THERE IS NO MEAT IN THESE PIES!!!

The British call these “Mince Pies” they contain minced fruit (predominantly raisins/sultanas) and are a favorite @ christmas time. They are very much a meatless treat.

]]> By: Guinn Terry Davis https://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-17051 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:38:54 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-17051 I actually tried out a meatpie when I was over in England several years back. Not terrible, but I don’t believe I’d have the passion to place first in a contest.

]]> By: Bill https://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-16902 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:39:45 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-big-eat-2008.html#comment-16902 Must be a Brit thing, mincemeat is foul! Kind of cheap, disallowing non-brits, eh?

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