problem is the factories must make a big vat of filler, that vat will have the right percentages, but when it comes to some tube pouring a specific amount of weight into the pie they dont seem to be able to make sure theres the right amount of meat in there. so some people get mostly gravy, some will get more meat. I always seems to be the one who gets the more gravy, so i gave up buying pies.
First,excellent review- good to know about it. Trusting the content by percentage,hmmm 🤔 They are governed by laws and legislation but is this to be trusted?after all, use mass production machinery to make these things. Dubious- yes . On the fence - yes trust- not entirely 🙌🎄🎄🎄
It's how it's worded, they manipulate the description to make it sound good, when actually it's not at all. The Australian standard for pie filling is it must contain no less than 25% meat. Yeah but what part of the meat? Some of the cheapies are much better in their meat filling consistency than the more expensive pies. Independent bakeries make much better pies overall than commercial bakeries do as far as meat quantity, quality and flavour goes..
That is shocking. We bought a steak pie and it was just mainly Gravy. Very disappointing. We only go to the Butcher's down the road for Pies now as they are full to the brim with Meat.
Well, flour is still cheap as compared to the meat. So flour is gradually bulking the pies out. Soon to be called a pastry pie with a hint of meat flavour. The Eco types will love it.
Recently lost my mum and as daft as it sounds your videos are what are keeping me going through nights sometimes when i cant sleep and im in my own head, thanks mate keep them coming
Chicken and bacon pie is so easy to make, it should be impossible to mess up, i make my own i use 2 or 3 chicken breast depending on there size, i put them in tinfoil wrapped in bacon and season the breasts with salt and pepper and put it in the oven till cooked normally around 1 hour at 180c, then i cut up the chicken and bacon then i make the white sauce via a couple of packs of Colemans white sauce mix and milk and pour into a sauce pot/pan then i pile the chicken, bacon and white sauce into a steak pie ashet and a pie flute and leave to cool then i put a puff pastry lid on and i egg wash the puff pastry and cook in the oven at 200c for 25 to 30 minutes and then 160c for another 20 minutes to ensure the chicken and the sauce are hot ... it's so easy and it tastes amazing my pies are like 60 to 70% chicken and bacon
It sounds amazing and I’m going to try it. Only thing is I don’t like white sauces, so can I just make up a sauce using chicken gravy granules? Thanks!
@@katperson7332 that should work as well, but you want to make sure the chicken gravy granules have cooled down before adding the puff pastry lid and a pie flute is needed to release any build up of steam in the pie
Chicken and bacon combined makes up 24%. The rest is 76% gravy and pastry. So basically it's a Pastry and Gravy pie, with a hint of Chicken and bacon. Lol!
19% chicken and 5% pork the pork is made of only 88% pork. So you got 24% meat. Less than a quarter. The rest is water and mush by the look of it. Don't know how they get away with calling it Chicken and Bacon. When 76% of it is liquid and extracts.I'm ashamed to be a Yorkshire Man. from Leeds. 😢
Chicken slop wrapped in pastry...with some pork smelly bits.. I've seen better things in a mop bucket. I've been served better crap in the Forces. Good for you Gareth for getting through that.
Yes,everything is going the same way! Rip off prices and very little filling in our food products! It is unacceptable Gareth I agree. Its getting ridiculous at all supermarkets.its not us being greedy we expect more as a paying customer. 👍
I think instead of relying on supermarkets which are basically designed to extract the maximum amount of money out of consumers, in return for the minimum amount of poorest quality food they can get away with, we need to form purchasing groups & commission the pies we want, to agreed recipes, direct from butchers & bakeries.
Hi Gaz👍what a joke mate, Morrisons has been spiralling down in standards since their takeover, shame as their pies were a real selling point for the firm years back. Cheers buddy✌️
There’s enough pastry in half for me but id scrape out the filling from the other half and be happy enough. But not at £3.99. No way. Thanks for showing us. 👍
Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed that it is now a real struggle to get an ordinary chicken and mushroom pie, or cheese and onion pie for example in the mainstream supermarkets etc? They are now called 'Slice'. Is it because the public rather a 'slice' instead of a 'pie' or is it because a slice looks about the same size but holds much less filling? Just saying.
From a proper bakery where they bake their own stuff in the shop - or, at least their own bakery, albeit in a remote location, it usually has decent portions of steak or chicken or whatever it’s meant to contain - most of the stuff bought in supermarkets is often little more than soup in pastry!
I have seen Chicken and Mushroom pies but again I prefer to make my own especially as any leftover chicken is more than adequate and not shaped. Yuk. Plus I have noticed every pie seems to have all the same ingredients whoever bakes it and that is true of mine from the Real Pie Co. Giving them a miss in future too
I haven’t found a decent pie in ages,at any price! There all made for a price,and most could contravene the trade description act with picture on the box☹️!
Definitely scrimping on the filling, that's not a patch on my home made pie, 7/10 is being very generous, I'm afraid I would have given it far less, possibly a 4/10, loved the video though, and I hope Morrisons take note of the comments and buck their ideas up
Since I started following Gareth’s channel (around 18k subscribers) I have rejected ALL supermarket pies, pasties, etc. and started making all my own. No palm or seed oils in my pastry and much better fillings.
Thanks for your reviews sir, like me I'm sure you never trust the 'recommended' serving photos on the packaging! A chicken pie with only 19% chicken - just fraudulent in my opinion.
I've noticed this with a lot of pies, the meat content is minimal. Malcolm Allan steak pie fed four no problem before now you're lucky to feed two from it. We don't bother buying it anymore.
Great review Gaz 👍♥️ It looked good, but cream sauce was putting me off a bit 🙃 I had the all butter pastry steak pie from Morrisons, they were delicious 🤤😋 so thank you for the heads up on them 👍 Have a lovely evening Gaz and family ♥️
I was on a low potassium diet when kidneys failed and was waiting on a transplant, obviously a dietician told me what and what not to do food and drink wise. I have never seen a low potassium diet warning on anything before, good move.
Could you please do a review on Fish Pie/Admirals Pie? I have yet to find one that has more than 6 small pieces of fish in it. It's usually about 96% potato. Thanks.
Talking about portions, i remember back in the 60s and early 70, a fry bentos beef and kiddney pie , my mam made it go around five of us.There would have been either shed loads of lumpy mash or a frying pan or two of lard coated chips, and a good loaf of butterd bread. I wonder why the three of us siblings were skinny little buggers ? Even mow after all those years i love a meat pie sandwich, thats what one gets when dragged up in a pit village. I suppose ? 🤣😂👍
I bought the steak pie in shortcrust pastry in the same range. I found it had a bitter taste to it and eventually threw most of it away. That night I had a massive upset stomach. Have been in contact with them, but after the first email acknowledging receipt of mine, I have not heard back from them.
hi gaz, great video as usual. that pie will do 2 people only, are they acting the goat ? try a Fray Bentos tinned pie but will need a road drill to get in, the lid is too hard these days broken 3 tin openers already
I still think your review of the Aldi 2 for £1.89 chicken n mush pies is the gamechanger and the one all others should aspire to. I only go to Morrisons now for beef dripping and beef liver-there's very few other places that sell these delights. Have a nice xmas mate.
I bought the frozen Morrison's family beef pie a couple of years ago and it literally had no meat in it, not one chunk even though it said 27% beef. Probably bought a dud so probably unlucky but didn't buy another to find out.
@Curryking32000 british consumer law allows the manufacturer to include tiny flecks of meat towards the meat content. Stuff that the average punter would think is part of the gravy. example from years ago. co op family steak pie 30% beef- packed tesco deep filled steak pie 39% beef-empty.
Really like this food vlog proper food autopsy this one I love the editing and close up of it I'm personally not a fan of flaky pastry think that's more of a filler for the pie and packaging but yea good vlog 👍
Hi Gareth, I'm afraid I gave up on supermarket pies a long time ago. Following a revue I saw on another channel we tried the Greggs steak pies from Iceland, thinking that with the Greggs name they'd be good, but alas not, absolute rubbish. With pies now I think you have to pay a bit more and support your local farm shop and butchers. Thank you for all your reviews, they really do help.
What a shame… it looked proper good too… but I’m a bit of a sucker for some flaky pastry so I would probably be happy with the filling. I’ve obviously got more money than sense 😂😂😂 I flipping wish! Another great review G 😊
I went to Iceland today to buy that Peperami pizza. It was the last one in the freezer and it was actually hiding under a huge stack of the Heinz Beans pizzas, so it looks like I got quite lucky and the mob before me missed it. I have high hopes for it now. I will eat it tonight.
Good review as always. The problem as i see it is this: We are all guilty of a little bit of laziness and it is too easy to go to a supermarket, buy whatever, and then get ripped off in terms of quality. This pie is mind of representative of that. It also shows how little £4 gets you today, sadly.
There are a similar one at Asda 17% chicken serves 3 @ £3.60 It has the same problem of being short on chicken, would not be surprised if both are made in the same plant.
You can't beat making your own cook a big batch of beef skirt in the slow cooker thicken up the gravy cool and bung between frozen pastry or put some of the meat in individual dishes top with flaky pastry .save some of the meat for a winter stew reheat with dumplings on top. Freeze some of the pies for a quick dinner with chips and veg.
When they photoghraph food for the packets or even recipes in a book, they are always faked up. Even serving cold food and then getting a sanitary towel and heating it in the microwave then sticking it behind the food to show it steaming. They're conning us! 🤣
I've worked out Gareth in the last 10 years if you want a quality pie then only buy a quality pie don't eat it from a company you've never heard of or from a supermarkets own brand
Hmm ? chilled Pies ?. Morrisons pastry, mince, onion, Colman's gravy "made into a pie". A Big Un. mash, peas, Parsley liquor. Bit of MSG. 100% scran. You remind me of Steve McQueen in Bullet doing his weekly freezer diner shop lol. Cheers Gareth.
These seems to be the way pies are going with less and less meat in them and too much empty space surround by a thick crust. What a shame, Morrisons own brand 550g pies used to be excellent. Having just checked, this one is part of an offer of any 3 for the price of 2 so perhaps they have kept some chicken back for the free one! Back to Aldi for pies i think.
Gareth takes the lid off! Thank you for investigating, as ever. As a rule, I've found large supermarket pies do not have sufficient filling and the enticing picture on the box is misleading. As to "Serves 4", its LoL!
Oh well. I was hopeful before the autopsy rendered the pie an unappetizing mess. Still think it could be rescued with creamed onions on top and a side of pork and beans -- maybe even for two, definitely not for four.
Did you watch Dispatches on Channel 4, the great food swap? These pies and sauces are being filled with modified starch. The chicken and expensive ingredients are being swapped for cheaper subsitutes.
@@BaldFoodieGuy You want to get to see it. All about sustituting cheap ingredients for more expensive. They all doing it. Modified starch is the bad one.
Pastry is the cheap ingredient here, especially when they use the cheapest of fats to make it. This means, with the amount of meat, this is a rip-off. I bet there is a massive markup on these (as with most things at the moment).
We have dug our electric pie maker back out , less unsavoury additives. I only like butchers type pork, chicken and cranberry pies , like they make pork pies . You can eat them cold for buffets .
There really should be more enforcement by trading standards over this kind of misleading packaging. That was pretty disappointing after what was depicted on the box.
It seems you get more pastry than fillings in pies now a days the best pies are the pies from mud pies which are worth the money and they are very tasty try them you won't be disappointed
Seems to me they have used the same amount of chicken that they use for a single pie . Ill pass on that mate ,shame really does need more chicken , Great review again .Cheers
Many times I've purchased tinned meals that state 12% meat, only to find 3 pieces the size of a marble inside. I think it's standard practice to overstate meat content. But I never buy that product again, so they lose a customer. Silly really.
Aldi do a chicken pie which looks similar to that. Can you do a review of that also so we can see the difference with Morrisons. Also Aldi do a nice looking Oakhurst Beef Bourguignon which I would like you to review please if possible.
I think this all part of the Shrinkflation trend !! I recently bought some Birds eye chicken kievs ( 4) and i couldnt believe how thin they were !! More like a chicken burger with a tiny dribble of butter inside !!
Lol Gareth. I suggested maybe to dissect one half, and just eat as is the other? Maybe mash the whole is the future? (I think not..) . Do as you do, I'll likely watch anyway..
Hi all, this got me a little disappointed. Can we really trust the percentages they quote on the box? Food for thought! All the best all 😋
Shrinkflation man! Everything is getting smaller.
problem is the factories must make a big vat of filler, that vat will have the right percentages, but when it comes to some tube pouring a specific amount of weight into the pie they dont seem to be able to make sure theres the right amount of meat in there. so some people get mostly gravy, some will get more meat.
I always seems to be the one who gets the more gravy, so i gave up buying pies.
No, we can't trust them and shouldn't
First,excellent review- good to know about it.
Trusting the content by percentage,hmmm 🤔
They are governed by laws and legislation but is this to be trusted?after all, use mass production machinery to make these things. Dubious- yes . On the fence - yes trust- not entirely
🙌🎄🎄🎄
It's how it's worded, they manipulate the description to make it sound good, when actually it's not at all.
The Australian standard for pie filling is it must contain no less than 25% meat. Yeah but what part of the meat?
Some of the cheapies are much better in their meat filling consistency than the more expensive pies.
Independent bakeries make much better pies overall than commercial bakeries do as far as meat quantity, quality and flavour goes..
That is shocking. We bought a steak pie and it was just mainly Gravy. Very disappointing. We only go to the Butcher's down the road for Pies now as they are full to the brim with Meat.
Well, flour is still cheap as compared to the meat. So flour is gradually bulking the pies out. Soon to be called a pastry pie with a hint of meat flavour. The Eco types will love it.
then eventually the flour will be replaced with as much "cricketmeal" as they can get away with.
Recently lost my mum and as daft as it sounds your videos are what are keeping me going through nights sometimes when i cant sleep and im in my own head, thanks mate keep them coming
Oh I'm so sorry 😞
Hi Gareth from Spain. The obvious answer to these pies is 'Make your own' it will be cheaper and you will know just what is in it.
Thanks Gareth for showing us all just how much we are being RIPPED off. There should be checking before they are allowed to sell utter crap
this is just one mans opinion do you believe every thing that baldie says
I agree with you the meat content in pies now seems to be getting less and less..😢 and the pastry content more and more😅
Chicken and bacon pie is so easy to make, it should be impossible to mess up, i make my own i use 2 or 3 chicken breast depending on there size, i put them in tinfoil wrapped in bacon and season the breasts with salt and pepper and put it in the oven till cooked normally around 1 hour at 180c, then i cut up the chicken and bacon then i make the white sauce via a couple of packs of Colemans white sauce mix and milk and pour into a sauce pot/pan then i pile the chicken, bacon and white sauce into a steak pie ashet and a pie flute and leave to cool then i put a puff pastry lid on and i egg wash the puff pastry and cook in the oven at 200c for 25 to 30 minutes and then 160c for another 20 minutes to ensure the chicken and the sauce are hot ... it's so easy and it tastes amazing my pies are like 60 to 70% chicken and bacon
It sounds amazing and I’m going to try it. Only thing is I don’t like white sauces, so can I just make up a sauce using chicken gravy granules? Thanks!
@@katperson7332 that should work as well, but you want to make sure the chicken gravy granules have cooled down before adding the puff pastry lid and a pie flute is needed to release any build up of steam in the pie
@@SaorAlba1970 many thanks! I’ll need to look out the pie flute I’ve had for years but seldom used. 👍
Chicken and bacon combined makes up 24%. The rest is 76% gravy and pastry. So basically it's a Pastry and Gravy pie, with a hint of Chicken and bacon. Lol!
'Just a hint of'. Makes it sound very refined. Sounds really posh. Must be good. Ha ha ha..
Same as a Fray Bentos then!!
19% chicken and 5% pork the pork is made of only 88% pork. So you got 24% meat. Less than a quarter. The rest is water and mush by the look of it. Don't know how they get away with calling it Chicken and Bacon. When 76% of it is liquid and extracts.I'm ashamed to be a Yorkshire Man. from Leeds. 😢
Chicken slop wrapped in pastry...with some pork smelly bits.. I've seen better things in a mop bucket.
I've been served better crap in the Forces.
Good for you Gareth for getting through that.
And there was a lot of pastry
Yes,everything is going the same way! Rip off prices and very little filling in our food products! It is unacceptable Gareth I agree. Its getting ridiculous at all supermarkets.its not us being greedy we expect more as a paying customer. 👍
I think instead of relying on supermarkets which are basically designed to extract the maximum amount of money out of consumers, in return for the minimum amount of poorest quality food they can get away with, we need to form purchasing groups & commission the pies we want, to agreed recipes, direct from butchers & bakeries.
Hi Gaz👍what a joke mate, Morrisons has been spiralling down in standards since their takeover, shame as their pies were a real selling point for the firm years back. Cheers buddy✌️
Absolutely correct my friend 👏 👍
Must be the wallpaper paste that stops the filling falling out like a normal pie 😅
There’s enough pastry in half for me but id scrape out the filling from the other half and be happy enough. But not at £3.99. No way. Thanks for showing us. 👍
Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed that it is now a real struggle to get an ordinary chicken and mushroom pie, or cheese and onion pie for example in the mainstream supermarkets etc? They are now called 'Slice'.
Is it because the public rather a 'slice' instead of a 'pie' or is it because a slice looks about the same size but holds much less filling?
Just saying.
From a proper bakery where they bake their own stuff in the shop - or, at least their own bakery, albeit in a remote location, it usually has decent portions of steak or chicken or whatever it’s meant to contain - most of the stuff bought in supermarkets is often little more than soup in pastry!
I have seen Chicken and Mushroom pies but again I prefer to make my own especially as any leftover chicken is more than adequate and not shaped. Yuk. Plus I have noticed every pie seems to have all the same ingredients whoever bakes it and that is true of mine from the Real Pie Co. Giving them a miss in future too
Try the Aldi, not quite an 80's Pukka chicken n mush pie but decent value.
I haven’t found a decent pie in ages,at any price! There all made for a price,and most could contravene the trade description act with picture on the box☹️!
It’s like a lot of these pies are all pastry and very little filling,and you are right we are not getting value for money 👍🏻happy days.
Definitely scrimping on the filling, that's not a patch on my home made pie, 7/10 is being very generous, I'm afraid I would have given it far less, possibly a 4/10, loved the video though, and I hope Morrisons take note of the comments and buck their ideas up
Since I started following Gareth’s channel (around 18k subscribers) I have rejected ALL supermarket pies, pasties, etc. and started making all my own. No palm or seed oils in my pastry and much better fillings.
Thanks for your reviews sir, like me I'm sure you never trust the 'recommended' serving photos on the packaging! A chicken pie with only 19% chicken - just fraudulent in my opinion.
Imagine Desperate Dan .Trying that instead of his cow pie? He would be desperate lol. Great vlog Gareth.👍
I've noticed this with a lot of pies, the meat content is minimal. Malcolm Allan steak pie fed four no problem before now you're lucky to feed two from it. We don't bother buying it anymore.
Great review Gaz 👍♥️ It looked good, but cream sauce was putting me off a bit 🙃 I had the all butter pastry steak pie from Morrisons, they were delicious 🤤😋 so thank you for the heads up on them 👍 Have a lovely evening Gaz and family ♥️
Agree, the prices are going up and the fillings are abysmal, better going to local butchers or making your own if you have the time
I was on a low potassium diet when kidneys failed and was waiting on a transplant, obviously a dietician told me what and what not to do food and drink wise. I have never seen a low potassium diet warning on anything before, good move.
30 years ago, Millers did a Chicken and Bacon pie. That was superb. In all the tears since, nothing has come close
6:14 "this requires a full autopsy this one" LOL!🤣
Can anyone tell me how long a Turkey lasts for in the freezer? I only put it in last night and when I checked today it was dead!
Yes they'll last for as long as you keep feeding them.
For me, M&S Gastropub pies are the gold standard for supermarket pies. Bit more pricey though.
When the box says 19% chicken and 88% pork and there’s nothing inside….,you know your in trouble!!!💯😂
Very nice I like a nice pie good video as usual it would make a nice Christmas dinner
Could you please do a review on Fish Pie/Admirals Pie? I have yet to find one that has more than 6 small pieces of fish in it. It's usually about 96% potato. Thanks.
This is why i rarely buy pies from supermarkets anymore. I go to a butchers or just make my own.
Good idea
Not on here! 😂😂 brilliant as usual. And honest.
Yes I love a good chicken and bacon pie I’m going to get one now hope you have a good day Gareth and congratulations on 83k you deserve it mate
Cheers pal, all the best mate
Talking about portions, i remember back in the 60s and early 70, a fry bentos beef and kiddney pie , my mam made it go around five of us.There would have been either shed loads of lumpy mash or a frying pan or two of lard coated chips, and a good loaf of butterd bread. I wonder why the three of us siblings were skinny little buggers ? Even mow after all those years i love a meat pie sandwich, thats what one gets when dragged up in a pit village. I suppose ? 🤣😂👍
I bought the steak pie in shortcrust pastry in the same range. I found it had a bitter taste to it and eventually threw most of it away. That night I had a massive upset stomach. Have been in contact with them, but after the first email acknowledging receipt of mine, I have not heard back from them.
Love your ortopies, needs to be done , have you tried the new Hollands family pies , the cheese n onion is very nice
That is a one man pie ! Love ❤️ your videos.👍🏻😎👍🏻
My old dad used to say,"Never trust covered wagon!"
hi gaz, great video as usual. that pie will do 2 people only, are they acting the goat ? try a Fray Bentos tinned pie but will need a road drill to get in, the lid is too hard these days broken 3 tin openers already
I've reviewed them. Look in my pie playlist
Great review Gaz it’s a shame they skimp on the fillings of what could be a great pie 👏👏👍👍
I still think your review of the Aldi 2 for £1.89 chicken n mush pies is the gamechanger and the one all others should aspire to. I only go to Morrisons now for beef dripping and beef liver-there's very few other places that sell these delights. Have a nice xmas mate.
I bought the frozen Morrison's family beef pie a couple of years ago and it literally had no meat in it, not one chunk even though it said 27% beef. Probably bought a dud so probably unlucky but didn't buy another to find out.
I bough a beef stew dinner in Lidl a few weeks back .no meat whatsoever in it . Gravy and some potato . Never again .
@Curryking32000 british consumer law allows the manufacturer to include tiny flecks of meat towards the meat content. Stuff that the average punter would think is part of the gravy. example from years ago. co op family steak pie 30% beef- packed tesco deep filled steak pie 39% beef-empty.
@@AndrewMinns it was all gravy, not even flecks of meat in it
Really like this food vlog proper food autopsy this one I love the editing and close up of it I'm personally not a fan of flaky pastry think that's more of a filler for the pie and packaging but yea good vlog 👍
Cheers
This is how supermarket make money put less in and charge more for it, daylight robbery. Thanks for your videos from Australia 🇦🇺
Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Another cracking review, Gaz 👍🏻👍🏻
Cheers pal more Pies coming up
A Fowl meal lacking a bigger bird inside 😂 😂
That was very poor, holy smokes! Not a lot in there, serving four is an absolute joke. Great video mate as always. 👍🏼
Thanks 👍
Hi Gareth, I'm afraid I gave up on supermarket pies a long time ago. Following a revue I saw on another channel we tried the Greggs steak pies from Iceland, thinking that with the Greggs name they'd be good, but alas not, absolute rubbish. With pies now I think you have to pay a bit more and support your local farm shop and butchers. Thank you for all your reviews, they really do help.
Cheers Bob, you're welcome 😊
You should try Morrisons big Yorkshire pudding filled with chicken, wee sausage, potatoes and gravy. It's lovely.
Oh yes
Thanks for the review def to much pastry ,it looks tasty enough but it has to be filling and have a we bit of nutrition cheers ❤
Keep up the great work
Had a butcher's butter pie a few days ago. Delicious. Wish you could buy some frozen.
Hi Gareth, I had the Steak pie yesterday from Morrison's, very disappointing, all pastry and gravy, although that was lacking and not a lot else!!!
I dont think much of any supermarket pies,the ones local decent butchers make are always far better and meatier!!
What a shame… it looked proper good too… but I’m a bit of a sucker for some flaky pastry so I would probably be happy with the filling. I’ve obviously got more money than sense 😂😂😂 I flipping wish! Another great review G 😊
I went to Iceland today to buy that Peperami pizza. It was the last one in the freezer and it was actually hiding under a huge stack of the Heinz Beans pizzas, so it looks like I got quite lucky and the mob before me missed it. I have high hopes for it now. I will eat it tonight.
Enjoy
They ought to call it a milky pastry pie with chicken and bacon, as there is probably more milk and pastry than meat. This definitely one to miss.
I had one of these maybe 2 weeks ago. Unless it's reduced to about 50p, or unless you REALLY like pastry, leave it where you found it.
Good review as always.
The problem as i see it is this: We are all guilty of a little bit of laziness and it is too easy to go to a supermarket, buy whatever, and then get ripped off in terms of quality. This pie is mind of representative of that. It also shows how little £4 gets you today, sadly.
You're welcome 😊
There are a similar one at Asda 17% chicken serves 3 @ £3.60
It has the same problem of being short on chicken, would not be surprised if both are made in the same plant.
Price goes up, ingredients go down, puff pastry is the supermarkets golden goose…..
It would only serve two for the price I would be expecting more another great food review
Yes shame really, cheers pal
I used to know a bloke who used to eat a whole chicken my him self. You'll be fine. 😊
You can't beat making your own cook a big batch of beef skirt in the slow cooker thicken up the gravy cool and bung between frozen pastry or put some of the meat in individual dishes top with flaky pastry .save some of the meat for a winter stew reheat with dumplings on top. Freeze some of the pies for a quick dinner with chips and veg.
Have u tried the ginsters Festive slice bud. Absolutely lovely especially as u love Stuffing
Think I did last year David. All the best 👍
When they photoghraph food for the packets or even recipes in a book, they are always faked up. Even serving cold food and then getting a sanitary towel and heating it in the microwave then sticking it behind the food to show it steaming. They're conning us! 🤣
I've worked out Gareth in the last 10 years if you want a quality pie then only buy a quality pie don't eat it from a company you've never heard of or from a supermarkets own brand
Cheers Gaz spot on 😋👍🎅🌲
Hmm ? chilled Pies ?. Morrisons pastry, mince, onion, Colman's gravy "made into a pie". A Big Un. mash, peas, Parsley liquor. Bit of MSG. 100% scran. You remind me of Steve McQueen in Bullet doing his weekly freezer diner shop lol. Cheers Gareth.
Will take that as a compliment 😁
Yep Steve McQueen in anybody's language is a compliment. And Kojak lol Cheers. Have you seen "Bullet ?" @@BaldFoodieGuy
Congrats on getting 83k subscribers
Cheers pal
These seems to be the way pies are going with less and less meat in them
and too much empty space surround by a thick crust.
What a shame, Morrisons own brand 550g pies used to be excellent.
Having just checked, this one is part of an offer of any 3 for the price of 2
so perhaps they have kept some chicken back for the free one!
Back to Aldi for pies i think.
Gareth takes the lid off! Thank you for investigating, as ever. As a rule, I've found large supermarket pies do not have sufficient filling and the enticing picture on the box is misleading. As to "Serves 4", its LoL!
You're welcome 😊
Enjoying watching another bad pie
Best wishes gareth
Cheers Kizzy, all the best 👍
Try them PITMAN pies ..absolute lovely .....
I must
I know now not to buy chicken pie's from Morrisons! Thank you Gareth for reviewing this pie 🥧 😊
My pleasure 😊
these pies should be called pastry pie with bits of chicken and bacon. ( by law ) as there is not much described filling.
Oh well. I was hopeful before the autopsy rendered the pie an unappetizing mess. Still think it could be rescued with creamed onions on top and a side of pork and beans -- maybe even for two, definitely not for four.
It’s ridiculous they don’t have more chicken, it’s not like chicken is expensive.
@@janetpendlebury6808 I believe so, have a son who lives in Melbourne, apparently the pay is far better in Australia.
Did you watch Dispatches on Channel 4, the great food swap? These pies and sauces are being filled with modified starch. The chicken and expensive ingredients are being swapped for cheaper subsitutes.
Sorry missed it John
@@BaldFoodieGuy You want to get to see it. All about sustituting cheap ingredients for more expensive. They all doing it. Modified starch is the bad one.
You should review Fray Bentos pies!
I've reviewed them look in my pie playlist
Looks ok but could do with more filling 👍
Definitely Sarah 😊
Pastry is the cheap ingredient here, especially when they use the cheapest of fats to make it. This means, with the amount of meat, this is a rip-off. I bet there is a massive markup on these (as with most things at the moment).
PIE PLAYLIST 😆
We have dug our electric pie maker back out , less unsavoury additives. I only like butchers type pork, chicken and cranberry pies , like they make pork pies . You can eat them cold for buffets .
Nice one I've heard of them pie makers
Buy some pre made pie cases and pre made puff pastry for lid. Fill up with loads of chicken and bacon 🥓… lovely and far better quality
There really should be more enforcement by trading standards over this kind of misleading packaging. That was pretty disappointing after what was depicted on the box.
I missed the price but I find stuff like this is handy to throw in the freezer for when you can't be arsed to cook, never gonna blow you away like.
3.99
It seems you get more pastry than fillings in pies now a days the best pies are the pies from mud pies which are worth the money and they are very tasty try them you won't be disappointed
“Made from scratch ourselves” 😂
Seems to me they have used the same amount of chicken that they use for a single pie . Ill pass on that mate ,shame really does need more chicken , Great review again .Cheers
turners pies if you can get them cost more but FULL of fillings
Cheers for the information 👍
If I got a ¼ of that I'd find it difficult to score it more than a 2.
Many times I've purchased tinned meals that state 12% meat, only to find 3 pieces the size of a marble inside. I think it's standard practice to overstate meat content. But I never buy that product again, so they lose a customer. Silly really.
That looks more like a lucky pie to me lucky if you find any chicken.!!
The content amount looks more like a pasty for one filling.
Stick to your local pie shops they were really good quality and fare price ❤
Aldi do a chicken pie which looks similar to that. Can you do a review of that also so we can see the difference with Morrisons. Also Aldi do a nice looking Oakhurst Beef Bourguignon which I would like you to review please if possible.
Cheers for the tip
Given the picture on the front you could report them for false advertising. That would make for an interesting video follow up.
I think this all part of the Shrinkflation trend !! I recently bought some Birds eye chicken kievs ( 4) and i couldnt believe how thin they were !! More like a chicken burger with a tiny dribble of butter inside !!
Lol Gareth. I suggested maybe to dissect one half, and just eat as is the other? Maybe mash the whole is the future? (I think not..) . Do as you do, I'll likely watch anyway..
Cheers pal