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.
Karl Baron@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”
bugbear@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.