I think we had this discussed a year or two ago. I grew up in Leicester, my grandparents were from Leicester. We usually had pork pie for Christmas morning. I came to Canada in 1968. In the 1970s and 80s Marks and Spencer operated stores in Canada where they sold pork pies - a reasonable facsimile of the real thing. So we were able to keep up the tradition Sadly M&S are gone now. It is possible to get pork pies in various places including Pete's Frootique in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My son bought some in Buffalo in the USA last year. But none available here in Newfoundland. Nowadays for Christmas morning we have bacon, eggs, sausages, fried bread etc. (some people don't know what fried bread is) Anyway happy Christmas to all and spare a thought for the unfortunates in Toronto who may facing Christmas Day without electricity due to an ice storm. To return to genealogy does anybody have information on the Corts of Great Bowden or the Wales of the Lutterworth area? Don Hurd, St John's, NL, Canada Sent from my iPad

We emigrated to the US in 1966, but when ever we went back, my Nana would always have a Pork Farms Pork Pie.  She lived in Nottingham.. I have tried to make them, some years are better than others.. I saw on Amazon.co.uk that they had pork pie seasoning, but they couldn't send it overseas.  There is a company called "The English Pork Pie Company" near or in Buffalo NY. I bought one last week from British food store in Westford, MA.  Hope it will be good! On Sunday, December 22, 2013 3:23 PM, Donald Hurd <donaldhurd@hotmail.com> wrote: I think we had this discussed a year or two ago. I grew up in Leicester, my grandparents were from Leicester. We usually had pork pie for Christmas morning. I came to Canada in 1968. In the 1970s and 80s Marks and Spencer operated stores in Canada where they sold pork pies - a reasonable facsimile of the real thing. So we were able to keep up the tradition Sadly M&S are gone now. It is possible to get pork pies in various places including Pete's Frootique in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My son bought some in Buffalo in the USA last year. But none available here in Newfoundland. Nowadays for Christmas morning we have bacon, eggs, sausages, fried bread etc.  (some people don't know what fried bread is) Anyway happy Christmas to all and spare a thought for the unfortunates in Toronto who may facing Christmas Day without electricity due to an ice storm. To return to genealogy does anybody have information on the Corts of Great Bowden or the Wales of the Lutterworth area? Don Hurd, St John's, NL, Canada Sent from my iPad ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message