I eat mcds too, what do you eat salmon and duck 24/7? And im not fat yet :stuck_out_tongue:
evostick47
24 Feb 16#37
Minging. :confused:
Bubuka83
24 Feb 16#36
thanks op, heat added! :-)
seanmorris100
24 Feb 16#34
Tbh i like them and for a quid much better than greggs. Sure its more like a peppa tatty pasty but what do you want for a quid? Full price noway...
cb-uk to seanmorris100
24 Feb 16#35
If it gives you a break from eating your daily McDonalds super-size meal, then I'm sure you probably enjoy it :wink:
splatsplatsplat
23 Feb 161#18
I wouldn't touch a Ginsters with a barge pole, but 14% meat sounds about right for a pasty considering the other ingredients needed.
I've never found a decent cold shop bought pasty (don't think nice ones exist). I tend to buy pastys from my local shop frozen (cheaper) and cook when needed.
I find the extra large Ginsters actually too big myself, so I tend to prefer the normal size and I think the chicken and bacon Ginsters pasty (which only seems to be available in normal size) is a better tasting version. It does amuse me how all the Ginsters-haters come out and berate the pasty on HUKD and then usually don't offer a better nationally-available alternative around the same price.
DealJourno to rkl
24 Feb 16#32
Try reading a recipe and making your own. I love when people buy and eat this rubbish and then defend it like there are no alternatives.
DealJourno
24 Feb 16#31
Greggs are planning to open 50 shops in Northern Ireland. They currently have 1 there. Time to warn the population.
Middlers
23 Feb 16#12
I agree that these r crap but can anyone recommend a decent pasty? Always looking.
artnada to Middlers
23 Feb 16#15
Go to a Cornish Pasty shop in your town if they have one. Ones that sell proper Cornish pasties
999kernow to Middlers
23 Feb 161#17
Any village far West of the Tamar will have proper pasties for sale. I prefer Rowes and never Warrens
DealJourno to Middlers
24 Feb 16#30
Make your own.
artnada
23 Feb 169#1
Ginsters should never be associated with the words "Cornish" & "Pasty". Cold.
encaser to artnada
23 Feb 161#2
I'm not so sure, I like them cold. That is until I broke a tooth on a bone in one. :disappointed:
watergatebay to artnada
23 Feb 162#4
Never a truer word spoken. Bl##dy awful things
themorgatron to artnada
23 Feb 16#5
They'd need to quadruple the price for a start.
Give me an Welsh Oggie any day.
Dragon32 to artnada
23 Feb 161#6
I'm afraid I agree.
I guess they use to be nice years ago, but have not eaten them for years as always find grizzly bits in them and no taste apart from salt.
Sorry.
cb-uk to artnada
23 Feb 161#22
Or healthy. If Greggs & Ginsters were banned, it would pretty much solve the UK's obesity crisis :wink:
DealJourno to artnada
24 Feb 16#29
Or food.
GrabbaBargain
24 Feb 16#28
I was shocked the other day when I actually thought I preferred a Ginsters to a local made offering.
From my childhood memories of holidays in Cornwall, a proper pasty should have thin layers of potato not chunks, and only a touch of pepper. I find a lot of 'traditional' 'proper' ones have too much pepper. Something at least Ginsters avoids.
When in a foreign county I sometimes settle for a Ginsters cold when need a quick bite to eat. Got to be healthier than most fast food outlets, even if only psychologically.
Mark43
24 Feb 162#27
Truly awful. It's a shame that there could be some people who eat this thinking it's actually an example of a Cornish pasty, what a poor impression they will get of something so wonderful.
I'll offer a better alternative, starve.
MisterSkinflint
24 Feb 161#25
14% beef, 86% heart attack.
cainer1
24 Feb 161#24
Mmmm, i love that thick layer of fat left on the roof of my mouth after a Ginsters pasty
xenole
23 Feb 16#23
In Tesco today and it was the small 227g one that was £1 and not the larger 284g one.
smp
23 Feb 16#21
14% beef did the ginsters van drive past the field the cow was in good price if your skint and hungry well spotted
kw2
23 Feb 16#11
These are a good price but with 102% of daily fat allowance and 55% salt intake - this bit is not good.
Jefft to kw2
23 Feb 16#20
No one says this when cream cakes or donuts are posted.
splatsplatsplat
23 Feb 161#19
Barnecuts for me, nice and juicy, rowes can be a little too dry. Though Asda in Bodmin sell rowes pastys for £1 in the foyer. Always clear them out when passing the A30 :laughing:
999kernow
23 Feb 161#16
No no no. This is NOT a Cornish Pasty. its dog food in pastry
xenole
23 Feb 16#13
I just eat the filling and that seems spicy to me rather than salty. The pastry is rather dry so the birds get that.
smugjojo to xenole
23 Feb 16#14
You need reporting for cruelty to birds. :smiley:
smugjojo
23 Feb 16#10
14% beef(?) - 86% crud. No, sorry, 100% crud.
lucas
23 Feb 162#8
They are so full of grissle every bites a lottery.
zx636r to lucas
23 Feb 161#9
Yeah......both contain balls.
Jefft
23 Feb 163#7
"grizzly bits" would you believe it, first horse meat and now bear meat?
Newbold
23 Feb 16#3
'Beef' is a word with a very wide and strange meaning when it comes to UK food regulations. And there's only 14% of that - whatever it is! :confused:
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Ingredients:
Potato, WHEATFLOUR, Vegetable Oil (Palm, Rapeseed), British Beef (14%), Water, Onion, Swede, Beef Fat, Salt, EGG, Cornflour, Black Pepper, Vegetable Bouillon, MILK, GROUND MUSTARD SEEDS, White Pepper, Coriander, Vegetable Bouillon contains: Dried Onion, Dried Leek, Salt, Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Turmeric, Black Pepper, Allergen Information: Milk, Wheat, Gluten, Egg, Mustard
Ginsters Chicken & Mushroom Slice (204g) was £2.00 now £1.00
Ginsters Steak (22% British Beef) Slice Slice (204g) was £2.00 now £1.00
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Ice cold
I've never found a decent cold shop bought pasty (don't think nice ones exist). I tend to buy pastys from my local shop frozen (cheaper) and cook when needed.
Or make them yourself, I made this recipe and they were ansom, though the pastry was a little dry, might need more fat http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/396158/Hairy-Bikers--The-People-s-Cornish-pasty
Give me an Welsh Oggie any day.
I guess they use to be nice years ago, but have not eaten them for years as always find grizzly bits in them and no taste apart from salt.
Sorry.
From my childhood memories of holidays in Cornwall, a proper pasty should have thin layers of potato not chunks, and only a touch of pepper. I find a lot of 'traditional' 'proper' ones have too much pepper. Something at least Ginsters avoids.
When in a foreign county I sometimes settle for a Ginsters cold when need a quick bite to eat. Got to be healthier than most fast food outlets, even if only psychologically.
I'll offer a better alternative, starve.