Beard Liberation Front
8th March
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social
British Pie Week: Pork Pie voted most Beard Friendly Pie 2025
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has issued advice on pie eating and Beard Friendly Pies as part of British Pie Week 2025 which runs from March 3rd to March 9th.
It has also ran an on-line poll to find the most Beard Friendly Pie. The humble pork pie triumphed with 80% of the 1,000 votes cast. Butter Pie, Mushroom and Ale Pie and Beef and London Porter were also rans in the poll.
The hirsute campaign group say that as with many prepared foods the requirements of people with beards are often overlooked when it comes to pies.
The BLF says that common issues with pies for those with beards are:
Excessive gravy
Puff or flaky pastry
‘Deep filling’ making it difficult to avoid contact of the pie with the beard
The campaigners cite the traditional steak and kidney pie as an example of pies which are made without thought for the requirements of the hirsute pie consumer. Such pies often have excessive gravy- and comparatively little steak and kidney- which ends up in the beard.
The campaigners say that the hirsute should choose their pies with care to ensure that they enjoy a traditional eating experience without beard pollution
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, no self-respecting beard wearer wants the remains of their lunch or dinner in their beard so once again as part of British Pie Week we are promoting the Beard Friendly Pie. Its something of a comeback for the traditional pork pie, perhaps reflecting that the hirsute are fed up with pies that, pace the Twits, leave as much in the beard as goes in the mouth
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