Pie and Wine Evening

On the night there were eleven pies brought in for judging. One was truly disgusting as it was a mud pie made with real mud.(Thank you Ed Jordan). Neither Andrew nor I could bring ourselves to taste it, but it did not come last as it was well presented with a decoration of lemon balm. This honour (and the wooden spoon) went to Peter Jordan for his bland offering of 3.142, otherwise known as 22/7 or p.

Having judged the pies (sweet and savoury) on appearance, pastry texture, filling uniformity, pudginess and finally taste we had to reach an agreed order and winner.

All the pies were well-made and tasty and the outcome was only decided by one or two points. We decided to award prize certificates as follows ;

Savoury : 1st : Claire Bourne

2nd : Joyce Harrison

Sweet : 1st : Janet Newman

2nd : Janet Hall

However we both felt that one pie was the overall winner and we awarded Sue Jordan this prize. Perhaps after eating Sue's pies for many years they have become my favourite, but fortunately Andrew agreed with me.

After the judging most of the pies were quickly devoured by the hungry audience who had come along to watch, drink, chat and be merry (particularly after several tastings of the home-made wines on offer).

Although I enjoyed the evening I will be more than happy to relinquish the judging back to Dave next year and simply enjoy the fruits of the pie-makers labours.

Tony Jordan.

Wine Competition

White Wine - Joyce Harrison overall winner)

Red Wine - Ron Greenhill

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