Meat & Potato Pie.  Or, to be PC, Potato & Meat Pie (for bought ones).

Who amongst you have what you consider the best recipe for this dish, please?  Hubby (from Wigan) is desperate to taste what were his local pies and although I've made acceptable ones, it seems to lack that 'magic'.  No worries about my pastry, just the innards.

Thanks, in anticipation.

hippytea, the supermarkets do not stock Wigan pies.  Hubby has communicated with Greenhalghs(?) of Wigan and they don't sell to supermarkets, nor will they post any.  I did say hubby was desperate, didn't I?

Don't trust any 'innards' now but then I've always made my own pies.

Hey bit of a random one, but please bare with me and as we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short, do any thing, -only keep your temper.

Me and my girlfriend has a bit of a quarrel the other day because we were trying to decide which were the two most sexy and two least sexy herbs in the world. I said that the two most sexy were coriander and basil, and that the two least sexy were chives and bay. She (almost unbelievably) said that the sexiest were coriander and PARSLEY (!!??!?!?) and the two least sexy were dill and thyme. Dill I can understand.... but thyme?

Anyway to cut a long story short, we'd really appreciate as much input as possible on this one, would help settle a few scores and maybe help us get back on track with the things that matter!!!
Many thanks.

Yes, basil is sexy in a flashy, flimsy way, but give me rosemary over that floozy any day. It's got experience. It's seen the world. And it's got stamina - stick it in a casserole and it's still going strong eight hours later, after all your flimsy, leafy numbers are long gone.

What the hell am I talking about?

I blame Nigella.

ann.moss do you have time to make a pasty? Home made are best. If you want to lighten it and cut the fat intake, use bread dough to make a calzone, or just flour and water dough kneaded and rolled thin and glazed with egg.

Or home made sausage rolls. I use a scone recipe for the crust instead of pastry (lighter and quicker to make) and experiment with different flavourings in the sausagemeat. I like pork sausagemeat with grated apple mixed through it. Let me know if any of these interest you and I could try and knock up a recipe for it.

   Curry leaf is the sexiest herb!  Good-looking, exotic, satisfying, complex, it has it all!