Mum's the word
Greetings home-slices,
Picture this: Established. Mother's Day, 2019. Open to a bustling, trendy cafe full. of. mothers. Camera pan to two 20-somethings jealously guarding a four-person table, with no mother to be found.
In our defense, it was #NotOurMothersDay. The American celebration falls on May 12th this year (and don't tell our moms they could've had a second one...).
Picture this: Tesco. Late February, 2019. A Crusty Gal, perusing the produce aisle and minding her own broccoli, notices a flashy pink Mother's Day card display and PANICS. She is BAMBOOZLED, folks! And tricked by Corporate Britain into buying a card 3 months before #OurMothersDay.
Back to present day. After elbowing mothers a-plenty out of our way, we finally sat down to our hard-won (and defended) dark chocolate peanut butter and caramel apple pies. On this British/Irish Mothers Day, Established went in a surprising direction with these two traditionally American flavors. Dare we say they're... pandering?
While the apple pie initially fooled us by looking dense, dry, and burnt, appearances can be deceiving and you should never judge a pie by its cover--unless you're a pie blogger, that is. The upper crust was thick and braided, encasing a myriad of thin (some might say too thin) layers of apples and sparse caramel. Notably, you did not have to kill your hand sawing through this one--the crust was soft and supple, and just the right amount of chewy.
One of these Crusty Gals has a lot of opinions about apple pie, including the shape of the apple and its peel, and Established committed a Mortal Skin by leaving theirs on! But skin or not, this pie was tasty.
The chocolate peanut butter, on the other hand, was pretty as a picture of your mom, but let us down on the flavor. The peanut butter cream was sandwiched not between the classic bread of our childhood (just like Mom used to make!), but a chocolate ganache and chocolate biscuit crust.
It was dense, silky, and rich, but the peanut butter just didn't cut it. Our palates are spoiled by the American stuff, which, let's be honest, is peanut better (#ChoosyMomsChooseJif). To be fair, it's not their fault that their country produces substandard nut spreads, but it's a darn-tootin' shame nonetheless. Ultimately, the apple took the pie.
Picture this: Mendocino County, California. September, 2015. One Crusty Gal's father places a steaming plate of pie in front of her, made with homegrown apples and handpicked huckleberries. Nothing can compare.
But Established did alright.
Stay sweet till next week,
Two Crusty Gals
Picture this: Established. Mother's Day, 2019. Open to a bustling, trendy cafe full. of. mothers. Camera pan to two 20-somethings jealously guarding a four-person table, with no mother to be found.In our defense, it was #NotOurMothersDay. The American celebration falls on May 12th this year (and don't tell our moms they could've had a second one...).
Picture this: Tesco. Late February, 2019. A Crusty Gal, perusing the produce aisle and minding her own broccoli, notices a flashy pink Mother's Day card display and PANICS. She is BAMBOOZLED, folks! And tricked by Corporate Britain into buying a card 3 months before #OurMothersDay.
Back to present day. After elbowing mothers a-plenty out of our way, we finally sat down to our hard-won (and defended) dark chocolate peanut butter and caramel apple pies. On this British/Irish Mothers Day, Established went in a surprising direction with these two traditionally American flavors. Dare we say they're... pandering?
While the apple pie initially fooled us by looking dense, dry, and burnt, appearances can be deceiving and you should never judge a pie by its cover--unless you're a pie blogger, that is. The upper crust was thick and braided, encasing a myriad of thin (some might say too thin) layers of apples and sparse caramel. Notably, you did not have to kill your hand sawing through this one--the crust was soft and supple, and just the right amount of chewy.One of these Crusty Gals has a lot of opinions about apple pie, including the shape of the apple and its peel, and Established committed a Mortal Skin by leaving theirs on! But skin or not, this pie was tasty.
The chocolate peanut butter, on the other hand, was pretty as a picture of your mom, but let us down on the flavor. The peanut butter cream was sandwiched not between the classic bread of our childhood (just like Mom used to make!), but a chocolate ganache and chocolate biscuit crust.
It was dense, silky, and rich, but the peanut butter just didn't cut it. Our palates are spoiled by the American stuff, which, let's be honest, is peanut better (#ChoosyMomsChooseJif). To be fair, it's not their fault that their country produces substandard nut spreads, but it's a darn-tootin' shame nonetheless. Ultimately, the apple took the pie.Picture this: Mendocino County, California. September, 2015. One Crusty Gal's father places a steaming plate of pie in front of her, made with homegrown apples and handpicked huckleberries. Nothing can compare.
But Established did alright.
Stay sweet till next week,
Two Crusty Gals
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