Reply to: When was the last time you bought a pasty at Greggs

[pjclarke]

Northerners making good pasties? I've heard it all now.

Pies, though. We do good pies.

A poetic pie - Monday 5th March 2012 | Chronicle Online News | Official site of the Barnsley Chronicle

Not to mention the Wigan Kebab - three pies on a stick ....

[d000hg]

Greggs - spit, cold, all pastry and no meat (or veg) - spit. Ford Focus of pasties.

The hot ones are not cold

[Sysman]

I really miss the small local bakeries that you could find in most towns in days gone by, sausage rolls, scotch pies, freshly baked bread and rolls that you could get hot from the oven at the back door very early in the morning.

This is where you can get pies hot from the oven:



While it takes to effort to overcome the urge to buy the enture shop, you settle for some stand pies to take home, plus some hot pork pies to eat straight away.

Eating them hot is an art. You bite a small hole in the crust, then tip back and drink the juices. It's wise to stand with any prevailing wind coming at your back...

Skipton Pork Pie Establishment

[MarillionFan]

Are you sure it's just indigestion?

Are you saying that greggs is a modern day Sweeney Todd?

[Diver]

I'm only 30 minutes from Bridgwater if that helps?

Only 30 minutes away

Move further away

[gingerjedi]

I am now taking my coat off and offering you out. Bit tired tho, tmrw?

I'm only 30 minutes from Bridgwater if that helps?

[Diver]

Terrible memories of pasty and peas down Farnworth conny club.

And 'D'you want some wet with that luv?'

Then there's Pie N Pea soup that round slowly desolving crusted gem floating in a turgid sea of green Mmmmm!

[Old Greg]

Carr's Pasties of Bolton are the Rolls Royce of Pasties. Many prefer Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe pasties from the shop/bakery on Churchgate but for me they are second best. Sort of the Bentley of Pasties.

Greggs - spit, cold, all pastry and no meat (or veg) - spit. Ford Focus of pasties.

Greenhalgh's - I spit on your plain pasties and your flakey ones - 1976 Vauxhall Chevette of pasties

Sayers (formerly Hampsons) - I spit on your small pasties, pathetic small, pathetic. Can't think of any more cars, Austin Maxi prolly...

Terrible memories of pasty and peas down Farnworth conny club.

And 'D'you want some wet with that luv?'

[stek]

Northerners making good pasties? I've heard it all now.

Pies and bitter up North, pasties and zider down South (West), volovants and lager shandy for the SE.

I am now taking my coat off and offering you out. Bit tired tho, tmrw?

[vetran]

Greggs Steak Bake, universally accepted round here as morning after food.

If Greggs are the Ford focus of Steak Bakes that makes Tesco the Reliant Robin (quirky & not very substantial) and Sainsburys the OX cart (full of gristle and manure).

Wouldn't mind but they were more expensive than Greggs.


Only Ginster pastie worth eating is the peppered steak (cold with milkshake and post beer hangover).

Morrisons do a nice pastie (sometimes).

[AtW]

Many years ago when I did not have a car and had to wait for bus - pretty good value for money it was (Greggs).

[gingerjedi]

Carr's Pasties of Bolton are the Rolls Royce of Pasties. Many prefer Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe pasties from the shop/bakery on Churchgate but for me they are second best. Sort of the Bentley of Pasties.

Greggs - spit, cold, all pastry and no meat (or veg) - spit. Ford Focus of pasties.

Greenhalgh's - I spit on your plain pasties and your flakey ones - 1976 Vauxhall Chevette of pasties

Sayers (formerly Hampsons) - I spit on your small pasties, pathetic small, pathetic. Can't think of any more cars, Austin Maxi prolly...

Northerners making good pasties? I've heard it all now.

Pies and bitter up North, pasties and zider down South (West), volovants and lager shandy for the SE.

[stek]

Carr's Pasties of Bolton are the Rolls Royce of Pasties. Many prefer Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe pasties from the shop/bakery on Churchgate but for me they are second best. Sort of the Bentley of Pasties.

Greggs - spit, cold, all pastry and no meat (or veg) - spit. Ford Focus of pasties.

Greenhalgh's - I spit on your plain pasties and your flakey ones - 1976 Vauxhall Chevette of pasties

Sayers (formerly Hampsons) - I spit on your small pasties, pathetic small, pathetic. Can't think of any more cars, Austin Maxi prolly...

[Cliphead]

Had the occasional steak bake which was hit or miss with quality (if you can use that word associated with Greggs).

I really miss the small local bakeries that you could find in most towns in days gone by, sausage rolls, scotch pies, freshly baked bread and rolls that you could get hot from the oven at the back door very early in the morning.

We have Aulds in Scotland which is Greggs without the quality and more expensive. Seems they're struggling and won't be missed if they go down.

Nothing like making your own bread and pastry (and fillings).

[d000hg]

Greggs are a bit cheap and nasty. Ginsters are okay in their chicken and mushroom slice form. Nothing like a good pie (no jokes please). My favourite off-the-shelf one while I'm away is from these chaps:

Ginsters are just muck, at least Greggs are fresh. Their pasties are NOT pasties but I like the sausage rolls.

Greggs gives me indigestion.

That's just because you're middle aged. HTH.