Comments on: Noel - Delia or No Delia? http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/ The musings and rants of two thirty-something Englishmen...of course! Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Charles A http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-70933 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:08:03 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-70933 Hi Ian... By chance you were starting a new same hobbies as I was at around the same time as well and came across your site just by chance of googling "yappari"... Lucky for me I had my mom's baking hardware...just need to try lots of trial and error on the recipes I've tried :D Good luck with the new hobbies though :D Hi Ian…
By chance you were starting a new same hobbies as I was at around the same time as well and came across your site just by chance of googling “yappari”…
Lucky for me I had my mom’s baking hardware…just need to try lots of trial and error on the recipes I’ve tried :D
Good luck with the new hobbies though :D

]]> by: Victoria http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-65858 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:16:03 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-65858 Oh Ian! I'm exhausted just from reading your mince pie cooking story... and you're making me feel very lazy. I will confess to doing the cliched mince pie thing - buying a load then bashing them around and passing them off as my own. At least next year, with all the equipment you've bought, your cost per unit will be lower. Have a great break x Oh Ian! I’m exhausted just from reading your mince pie cooking story… and you’re making me feel very lazy. I will confess to doing the cliched mince pie thing - buying a load then bashing them around and passing them off as my own. At least next year, with all the equipment you’ve bought, your cost per unit will be lower. Have a great break x

]]> by: Saffron http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-65104 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:01:41 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-65104 .. remember to keep your old dog food tins for cutting out pastry circles too! .. remember to keep your old dog food tins for cutting out pastry circles too!

]]> by: Ian http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-65035 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:11:54 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-65035 Also - wanted to point out that weighing scales weren't on my original list either, and I had to fork out for those too! Also - wanted to point out that weighing scales weren’t on my original list either, and I had to fork out for those too!

]]> by: Ian http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-65034 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:09:58 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-65034 Blimey Saffron - lots of cool tips. Where were you before I started baking? Good point about the cost of the oven - although I didn't attribute any of the cost of the oven to the unit cost of the mince pies deliberately. That was because the purchase of the fan-oven was a necessity for drying my socks after the microwave broke. Unit cost of emergency drying of socks currently stands at £107.50 per pair... but usually comes down every month or so! Happy Christmas too!xx Blimey Saffron - lots of cool tips. Where were you before I started baking? Good point about the cost of the oven - although I didn’t attribute any of the cost of the oven to the unit cost of the mince pies deliberately. That was because the purchase of the fan-oven was a necessity for drying my socks after the microwave broke. Unit cost of emergency drying of socks currently stands at £107.50 per pair… but usually comes down every month or so! Happy Christmas too!xx

]]> by: Saffron http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-64214 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:30:56 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-64214 ... what about the cost of the oven? If you're going to fully burden the cost of each mincepie I think you should consider assigning some of the cost of your house to keep the blender (use your HANDS!), bowl, rolling-pin, pastry cutters, pastry brush (what do you need that for anyway?), spatular (again, why?), cooling stand, apron, mincepies (until consumed) and oven!!! You'll find that the cost actually is closer to £50,000 each pie - how many pies do you have to make to compete with Tesco???!!! I made some gourmet mincepies which worked out at about 10p each (excluding electricity & rent), a little more than Dear Delia's as I used expensive French butter and made my own mince... I didn't buy a bowl (just use a big bench space) and I reused my muffin tin which has been used to make so many muffins & cupcakes that the allocated cost for my 36 mincepies is negligible... and I find that a litre bottle of spirits with cling film around it works a treat as a rolling-pin with the added bonus of keeping me amused during the baking stage ;) I hope you have many more years of fun baking mincepies to get the unit cost down!!! Happy Christmas xx … what about the cost of the oven? If you’re going to fully burden the cost of each mincepie I think you should consider assigning some of the cost of your house to keep the blender (use your HANDS!), bowl, rolling-pin, pastry cutters, pastry brush (what do you need that for anyway?), spatular (again, why?), cooling stand, apron, mincepies (until consumed) and oven!!! You’ll find that the cost actually is closer to £50,000 each pie - how many pies do you have to make to compete with Tesco???!!!

I made some gourmet mincepies which worked out at about 10p each (excluding electricity & rent), a little more than Dear Delia’s as I used expensive French butter and made my own mince… I didn’t buy a bowl (just use a big bench space) and I reused my muffin tin which has been used to make so many muffins & cupcakes that the allocated cost for my 36 mincepies is negligible… and I find that a litre bottle of spirits with cling film around it works a treat as a rolling-pin with the added bonus of keeping me amused during the baking stage ;)

I hope you have many more years of fun baking mincepies to get the unit cost down!!!

Happy Christmas xx

]]> by: Daniel http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-64132 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:41:33 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-64132 There should have been a sieve in the list of purchases as well? I knew your story had holes in it... :) There should have been a sieve in the list of purchases as well?

I knew your story had holes in it… :)

]]> by: Ian http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-64131 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:40:04 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-64131 Oh yes... and the unit cost of the mince pie has just increased - I forgot to mention the stainless steel sieve I had to purchase too! Oh yes… and the unit cost of the mince pie has just increased - I forgot to mention the stainless steel sieve I had to purchase too!

]]> by: Ian http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-64130 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:35:08 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-64130 Home brewing eh... sounds expensive. Mince pies were great - well the second batch of 12 were the best. The first batch were short on pastry, too much filling, cooked too high and left on for too long. They were tasty, but crunchy and chewy - in much the same way as a mint hum-bug is crunchy and chewy. Home brewing eh… sounds expensive.

Mince pies were great - well the second batch of 12 were the best. The first batch were short on pastry, too much filling, cooked too high and left on for too long. They were tasty, but crunchy and chewy - in much the same way as a mint hum-bug is crunchy and chewy.

]]> by: Daniel http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-64114 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:51:30 +0000 http://www.yappari.co.uk/archive/2008/12/23/noel-delia-or-no-delia/#comment-64114 Genius! When are you starting your home-brewing to save yourself some money on beer? How did they taste by the way? Genius! When are you starting your home-brewing to save yourself some money on beer?

How did they taste by the way?

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