Fesshole 🧻
Resigned my job to write a book reviewing pork pies. I was 2 months into my research when I realised that no-one's going to drive from Truro to Rugby, even if there's a baker there doing an absolutely fabulous pie. They're all just pork and jelly in pastry, really.
Mar 1 at 1:20pmWeb
Show threadPsy Chuan Mar 1
@fesshole maybe not, but if they're in the area and have read your book they'll know where to go. write that book!
Show threadKarl BaronMar 1
@fesshole Nobody buying a pork pie review book is expecting anyone to actually eat them, 100% of those books are bought as a last-minute present for some relative “oh he likes pies right”
Show threadbugbearMar 1

@kalleboo @fesshole I can imagine people doing that if trains were cheaper. Not necessarily pork pies in my case, but I can see myself slowly trying places recommended in a review book (if I could afford it)

But I agree, these books are usually a lazy last-minute "Oh, I need to get them one, too" presents.

Show threadjackMar 1
@fesshole ~ten years ago some passengers on my bus had travelled to Forfar specifically for the Forfar Bridie, so there _is_ an audience
Show threadShrimpneyMar 1
@fesshole I would 100% base a holiday on an extended pork pie pilgrimage.
Show threadGJ Groothedde 🇪🇺Mar 1
@fesshole I think you're telling us porky pies here.
Show threadMatthew WilsonMar 1
@fesshole what was the title going to be?
Show threadTrendarMar 1
@fesshole
Take lots of photos of grainy, moodily-lit pork pies and turn it into a beautiful, arty, coffee table travelogue. Charge a fortune to affluent middle-class posers and you’ll be quids in.
Show threadVon XylofonMar 2
@fesshole Maybe not, but if they like travelling, they will check out the bakers that you recommend when they're close to that place. I say go ahead!
Show threadAnnaMar 2
@fesshole I planned a whole trip, called it Pie Quest, where the usual 6hr road trip was broken into 2 days. Each day had 4 pie stops. Made score cards and everything. Just 6, 30-something aged ladies in a van to find the best Australian style meat pie (there is a difference!) along 700-ish kilometers of road.