2009 was another great pie year, though petering out in the final month, however we sampled 45 different pork pies (counting the two Christmas “novelty” pies)! Trailing the 49 of last year, though of the 43 bona fide pork pies, an incredible 29 were sampled for the very first time. Now we have all the scores in, I can announce our top 5 pies of 2009:
- Clarkes Quality Meats, huge pork pie sampled on 26th July
- Bray's Cottage, "Naked Pie", sampled on 11th October
- “Butlers Choice” R.A. Cawdron & Son, Stalham, sampled on 5th April
- Pickerings large pies, sampled on 1st February
- G. Morris & Sons - Mega pie, sampled on 26th April
Our all time top 5 pies are:
- Mrs. King’s Melton Mowbray pie sampled on 26th November 2006
- M & M Rutland sampled on 29th April 2007
- Gloucester Old Spot from Picnic Fare Deli sampled on 11th May 2008
- Clarkes Quality Meats, huge pork pie sampled on 26th July
- Graves of Briston, sampled on 9th March 2008
That’s it for 2009, an excellent pie year, with lots of good pie munching. All it leaves me to do, is wish you a good pie munching New Year. Don’t forget your new year’s resolution to regularly visit the Pork Pie News - we have welcomed 3,758 visitors from 58 nations!
Pie Master
