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How much salt do you put in your pastry?
None, never, ever
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 34%  [ 9 ]
Just a sprinkling in all pastries
42%
 42%  [ 11 ]
Just a sprinkling for savoury pastry only
23%
 23%  [ 6 ]
Frankly, I put a little pastry in my salt
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Some contrary position not adequately covered by these options
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Barefoot Andrew
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 2:14 pm    Post subject: How much salt do you put in your pastry? Reply with quote
    

Well?
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Fee



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Sprinkling in savoury for me, can see I'm not alone.

And the reason for your interest?

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

ditto

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Usually about half what the recipes states ...which wasn't an option BA.

EV

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Just a small sprinkling in savoury, why, what do you do?

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 3:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Usually just a sprinkling, but I put a teeny bit too much in yesterday by mistake and was wondering what everyone else did.

As it happens, it was a vaguely successful error I made a leek & haddock tart, and hadn't salted the filling at all. Sometimes I do like to try salt-free cooking, but on this occasion the slightly saltier pastry was a nice counterfoil. Worked quite well. So it wasn't salt-free cooking then before anyone mentions

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Don't like pastry that much.

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 4:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

vegplot wrote:
Don't like pastry that much.


I do - I'm very partial to a nice pie. Has to be good shortcrust pastry though.

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

VP's short and crusty. *runs away at very high speed*
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
vegplot wrote:
Don't like pastry that much.


I do - I'm very partial to a nice pie. Has to be good shortcrust pastry though.


My Mum is queen of 'short' pastry!
A bit too short for my liking because it just goes everywhere.

Whenever she eats out, she avoids pastry because it's not as good as her own (bless her).

EV

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Me too, though the Beer Engine at Newton St Cyres does a good steak pie (just missing a spot of kidley)

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
(just missing a spot of kidley)


!!
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earthyvirgo



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
Me too, though the Beer Engine at Newton St Cyres does a good steak pie (just missing a spot of kidley)


ooo, that's the second mention of the Beer Engine in as many weeks ... MUST go back there next time we're in Devon.

Is it still as scruffy as it was ...please say they haven't tarted it up?
EV

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It's quite smart
I had a similar shock at seeing the Black Lion in Llanbadarn Fawr recently. Used to be a real comfy old dive. Now the back is smart looking restaurant.

 
earthyvirgo



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 09 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
It's quite smart
I had a similar shock at seeing the Black Lion in Llanbadarn Fawr recently. Used to be a real comfy old dive. Now the back is smart looking restaurant.


I do so wish they wouldn't do that to tired, slightly rough round the edges but wonderfully homely pubs which you can go to looking and feeling decidedly scruffy.

Why do they think we all want chintz or worse?

EV

 
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