Contributor Review | Barbara | ELMSBURY Chicken and Vegetable pie

The following report is from Barbara, a fellow pie enthusiast. Further details (regarding cost, grading and photographs) have not been provided. A comprehensive review of the Elsmbury Chicken and Vegetable pie can be found here. “Well tasteless would have to be the predominant word. The pastry was dry and lacked any flavour, and if a chicken was introduced to … Continue reading

Elmsbury Chicken and Vegetable Pie

Here I am, reviewing another pie. This time, it is Emsbury’s Chicken and Vegetable Pie. piesaregoodforyou tries out a friend of the beef variety.  Cost: budget pies at $4 per 4-pack. Pastry: tasty puff pastry lid (it is worth mentioning that this is proper puff pastry and not the usual ironed-on faux-puff pastry we find on other budget … Continue reading

Aldi | Elmsbury Premium Pies | The Last Of The Cheapest

Here it is, folks! The last of the budget pies. How does Aldi’s Elmsbury Premium Pie match up against the other competitors in the budget pie ($1 or less per pie) market? Let’s See. Cost: $3.99 per 6-pack. Pastry: thick and biscuity. There is nothing special about this pastry; it is a little sweet and generally quite bland. … Continue reading

Aldi | Elmsbury Meat Pie | A Review

According to the internet, Aldi supermarket has received some pretty high praise lately for their Elmsbury meat pies. They fared better than other supermarket pies (i.e., Coles Smart Buy pies & Woolworth‘s brand pies) in a relatively limited survey conducted by the Federal Government’s National Measurement Institute, commissioned by the less-than-reliable Today Tonight show. It made perfect … Continue reading