McRobb Butchers Wigan lobby pie with beetroot
I paid my first visit to McRobb’s Butchers on Saturday, primarily to get BBQ gear but of course, there was no way I was leaving without a pie.
McRobb’s are based in Chorley, Lancashire but also have an outlet in a nearby retail centre, where I have previously bought their meat but now,
Percy Ingles Steak Bite
aka How not to buy a pie down South
Chapter 4 of Life of Pies was a hard lesson learned about the intricacies of pie eating in the capital city. You see, I foolishly thought that, like in Wigan, you would just walk into a bakers cum pie shop and get one delivered in your luck, hot off the rack. No
Taylor’s Meat and Potato Pie
Following my extensive review of Taylor’s Peppery Pie, I also tried a couple of their other top sellers.
The steak and ale will follow soon but I also sampled the large meat and potato pie, which is well padded with a creamy mash filling and sweet flavour. Again, there is lots of pepper present, to add a bit
Greenhalghs’ Butter Pie
Ah yes, the butter pie: talk about a pie which divides opinions.
My personal opinion is that they are pleasant, but I’d always rather have a bit of meat in there if possible.
For the uninitiated, this is a pie made with butter, potato and onion. In much the same way as Friday is “chippy tea” day, the Butter pie was conceived
Taylor’s Pepper Pie
Well, well, we are still in lockdown so my movements are so limited, I can’t even get across to Leigh. However, with a bit of improvisation, it was possible for a few pastry shaped pieces of Leigh to come to me.
Cook & Foragers is a butchers based in Appley Bridge near Wigan who also sell pies. They sell them from
Bald Ambition: Road testing Baldy’s Pies
There I was, nervously sat in a deserted pub car park, unaware of the experience that lay ahead. I had been told to wait, flash my lights twice and a stranger would come over. Oh, hang on, wrong blog!!
Thing is, that’s not far off the truth and, it is a sight that has become commonplace throughout the hospitality industry over
The Return of Dawson’s Crust
No, not Dawson’s Creek! Crust!! Anyway, it seems that after a few years’ closure, the legendary Dawson’s Bakery from the Leigh / Tyldesley / Atherton side of the Wigan Borough of Greater Manchester (written as such because both Wigan and Manchester will want to claim these pies as their own) has now re-opened.
Look, let’s cut to the chase here. Dawsons
Steve’s Chicken Curry Pie
Now then. Time for a little something different. A mate of mine, Johnny Stafford, who acquired my previous book, the Life of Pies, some years back, had a neighbour who makes his own pies.
What started as a hobby turned into a passion with Steve taking them into work for his colleagues to try. I have got to
Anyone for Beetroot?
Maybe not, but what about beetroot IN A pie? Well, I’ve give it a go. Mate of mine, Paul (@NorthernCasual) has been testing out the pie range at the new butchers in Standish (Wigan) J McRobbs.
They have a great range of pies, including the aforementioned “Lobbies pie”. Lobbies is a form of Hot pot without the crust
Muffin Man Meat and Potato Pie
This was the second pie I reviewed in Life of Pies, and being within a mile or so from my house, it is a pie that I have sampled many times before and since. At the time, I was operating incognito, with not even my good lady wife aware of my plan to eat hundreds of pies, therefore the need
Sayers Meat and Potato Pie
Hampson’s Meat and Potato Pie
NB Now trading as Sayers
Today we go right back to the start. To be honest, we had been reviewing pies informally for years in the fanzines I was involved with but Monday 16th January 2012 was the first day that I consciously went out to buy a pie and review it.
It took place in one of
Bowen’s Meat and Potato Pie
Time for another North West fave, although as with Turners Pies, Bowens Pies now serve the whole country.
I didn’t know much about them, when I started my research in Life of Pies, just that they had supplied the pies for the annual Wigan Pie Eating awards. Little did I know that both then and now, they supply