Home Made?

[hc4361]

Does using shop bought frozen pastry and a jar of mincemeat count as home made?

[humbersloop]

dave, even with a nasty attitude and a hammer, mr sloop is struggling to herd the haggis in for breakfast on the day

[ladyalex]

Counts as home made in our house.

[Tilly2]

I can honestly say that I have never made acceptable pastry. I just don't have the knack. I always buy pastry sheets.

[FrogNog]

I'm not saying don't use bought pastry. But it's a bit of a cheek to then call them home made IMO. What did you actually make?

[237SJ]

I guess if you entered a competition for home made mince pies and they found out that you used bought pastry and mincemeat, you would be cheating. A bit like in pubs when they advertise their "home made" pies that were home made somewhere else and not in their kitchen.

[humbersloop]

waves at ladyalex, all well?

[ladyalex]

Sorry for delay, Humber...waving back...all well here.
Son and heir due back for Christmas hols in ten days time, so all is well with the world.

[humbersloop]

good lass, hope the fatted calf's hand reared, and milk fed ;x)

best to you

[ladyalex]

And best to you too, humber.
:-))

[tamborine]

Nope, thats a con

[anneasquith]

son, home for xmas .. lovely,,, will you be opening the packet of pastry,and opening the jar ? surely homemade. :)

[hc4361]

I think I've left it late to raise my own cow and slaughter it for the suet, grow my own wheat and mill it for the flour and candy orange peel although I could probably grate the nutmeg and grind the cinnamon if I'm allowed to buy it from the shop.

I'll settle for adding brandy to the jar of mincemeat, cutting the pastry in to Christmas trees for the lids and dusting them with icing sugar.

Fingers crossed! Only 200 to make.

[tamborine]

Puff pastry is best

[janbee]

Mais oui ... xx