Taking a Bite Out of Duchy Mince Pies

"Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Chef Heston Blumenthal looks in puzzlement at a Duchy Originals organic mince pie.

``It's got a bit of grit in the mince there,'' he says, examining the filling. ``I don't know what that was. And there's a slight rancidity to the pastry. It's a bit doughy. It's as if -- this might be human error -- it smells of raw pastry.''

We're sitting in a charming old upstairs room at the Hinds Head, the pub Blumenthal owns near his three Michelin star restaurant, the Fat Duck, in the village of Bray, west of London. The chef has agreed to a blind tasting of boxes of mince pies."

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