The thread on chicken tikka Yorkshire pud has got me thinking, what local delicacies would you recommend trying or do you miss because you are far away and can't be found where you are now. I'd quite like to try some of your recommendations.
I miss meat and potato pie, generally from the North West and I recommend Stoke or Derbyshire oatcakes with your fried breakfast.
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I recall real fish in chip shops in the North, when some of them even had little dining areas and everything came wrapped in old newspapers.
You could buy bags of batter - the little bits that had come off in the hot fat. They used to scoop them all up and keep a supply in the glass fronted hot plate on the top.
A bag was something like 3d (in proper money)
Grew up in Cornwall so miss a good pasty, I usually buy 20 frozen ones on a trip back to check the graves.
cant get a good pasty in Sussex.
They were called scraps in the chip shops in Blackburn, they used to be free I think.Originally Posted by Velorum
Down here in Devon they sell Hogs Pudding which is a bit of a black pudding/ haggis hybrid kind of sausage.
Yes, that's it - 'scraps'
I remember now!
I seem to recall having to pay for then but this must be my memory playing tricks on me
Haggis. I have no reason to visit Dumfries any longer and haven't for some years. I miss fried haggis, tattie scones, soda bread and eggs. A real meal!
My family are originally from Gateshead. My mum makes a mean Corned Beef and Potato pie. We used to buy the corned beef squares in Greggs in Fewster Square, Leam Lane, when we visited family, and it always reminds me of that!
Marks and Sparks in Paris sells haggis. I guess it must be for sweaty sock ex-pats, I can't imagine froggies eating it even if many French delicacies are based on animal innards.
Good old Pie and Mash (and liquor of course) with plenty of vinegar.
Outside of the East End of London, and off out to into Essex where folks have migrated to, I don't think I've ever seen a Pie and Mash shop..
I was born and brung up in Somerset so I'm going to say a decent bag of pork scratchings with some proper cider. That's proper cider without a glass full of ice. I just do not understand this fad for sticking a load of ice in your cider...Its criminal.
I'm with you on that, Seadog. Can't buy a decent one here, so I make my own in batches and freeze the overspill.
Tho' I grew up in Cornwall my father was from Huntly, Aberdeenshire, where you can still buy oatmeal puddings a.k.a. mealie Jimmies. Delicious, and always retrieved back home in large quantities to keep the pasties company in the freezer.
There are one or two south of the river too- one in Greenwich market and I believe one in Bermondsey too. Proper south east London tucker, that.
Quite a few more in South London than you thought Adrian.
http://www.pie-n-mash.com/pie_shop_directory.html
I would also heartily recommend the Beigel Bake on brick lane, saltbeef beigels to die for.
Pork and anchovy meatballs. Delicious
You can't beat a good old Lardy Cake which is a southerners thing.
Perhaps they have this in other places, but I have only ever seen it in NI: that perfect post-pub delicacy, the curry chip. Chips, with curry sauce on top. Or you could get a half and half, chips + rice with curry on top.
Cheers for that Si, that's stored in my favourites.
Pattie and chips from my local chippy back in Hull. Deep fried mashed potato and herbs, keeping to a watch theme, the chippy next to Ian Blowers in Hull does a semi decent one:)
Oh my goodness, never tried them but they sound interesting, where?
Pattie and chips covered in chip spice. Lovely.
I must admit, it's localized to Italy :p but the former Michelin star chef in the in-house kitchen at a deli/butchers/fishmongers I used to manage made them. Never managed to get the recipe, and while recipes can be found online, I've yet to find either a recipe or shop offering anything comparable. To die for though.
If you don't like your arteries or heart, try one of these bad boys.......
From a local baker, Harry Gow.
They go under a rather interesting name. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the Dream Ring.
Slightly more bread than a doughnut, lovely icing, and filled with what I call 'plastic/fake' cream.
They even do a jumbo version.
If you like pie and mash, I'd say the best one I know is Maureens in Chrisp st market, should be a short dlr ride for you to all saints. Don't confuse it with Eastenders pie and mash also in the market that's rank.
https://www.facebook.com/MaureensPieNMash/
Taffy's pie
Coat a casserole dish in butter
boil 4-6 potatoes - let them go cold and slice them up around 4mm
layer the casserole;
layer of potatoes
layer of grilled bacon
layer of potatoes
layer of leeks
layer of potatoes again...etc...
pour in a tin of mushroom soup
finish with a layer of grated cheese
finish in the oven hot for 30 mins until cheese bubbling/brown
voila
1960's recipe from a local council publication....actually delicious...
Ohhh. their Salt beef beigel... (dribbles..)
Mmmmm soda bread.
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Going for a full Scottish breakfast tomorrow morningDon't forget the black pudding.
Never been a fan of the lorne sausage though.
Reminded me, chips and gravy and chip butties. I never get to eat any more for the the look of disgust and noise from the southerners I live among.
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Legend has it (sort of) that in the 70's, the post office in Uxbridge used to serve either fish and chips or curry. My uncle, a recent immigrant from the north east started work and on his first day took his tray and asked for a plate of chips and some of the curry sauce. Lots of gasps and tuts.
Next day, they all asked for the same thing!
"Bugger''.
DVLA canteen Wednesdays, half and half. Curry with half chips and half rice. Gorgeous. Is it a Welsh delicacy?
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Loren sausage in a well fired buttered morning roll...Going for a full Scottish breakfast tomorrow morning
Never been a fan of the lorne sausage though.
The best breakfast ever
Throw a slice of black pudding in there and I have died and got to heaven.
Bacon and black pudding roll works for me
The mrs always sticks to her favourite, egg banjo.
Try black pudding with seared pigeon breast and raspberry coulisBacon and black pudding roll works for me
The mrs always sticks to her favourite, egg banjo.
No idea if a common food, but had it in Bristol last year and due to lack of a butcher selling pigeon, spent a grand on an air rifle setup just so i could replicate it at will.
My brother in laws brother, keeps a variety of snakes. He feeds them on fresh pigeon caught by hand on the local high street
A quick snap of the neck, into his pocket, and home either for a fresh feed or into the freezer! Cheaper than an air rifle
Haha, legend. Pretty sure those would be feral though, not woodies.My brother in laws brother, keeps a variety of snakes. He feeds them on fresh pigeon caught by hand on the local high street
A quick snap of the neck, into his pocket, and home either for a fresh feed or into the freezer! Cheaper than an air rifle
We had a chippy tonight after the cinema and we got a bag of batter - it's free though. And it still sits in the glass-fronted hot plate. You've got to have batta on ya chips man.
Common enough round here: I've had it.
I believe it is... British Gas canteen in Cariff is where I was introduced to this
I enjoyed it, but, never tried it outside of Wales
Local delicacy in my part of the world is the humble curry
Too many good ones to mention, but, the Himalaya near Crown Hills takes some beating
Fish Pakora, Lentil Dahl, Egg Curry. Mmmmmhhhhhhh
Sliced freshly boiled ham with home made pease pudding in a buttered quarter of a stottie is a feast fit for a king. Thus fed a gadgee can don his flat cap, put the whippet on a leash and stride out to the pub for some Brown Dog...
F.T.F.A.
Nice, I miss the "butteries" and a haggis supper from around that area.
Will be all over this later
How about this.....
Having lived in Nottingham for ten years and visited the famous Goode fair year in year out there are many sellers of...
A pot of peas.....
Basically a large polystyrene cup of mushy peas
No big deal?
The accompany product is mint sauce by the ladle
Sounds bad? Taste? To die for!
Curry/gravy with chips is common in the North (or at least the North West) as is the half chips, half rice thing. One thing I haven't noticed outside of Lancashire is black peas and vinegar although they may have another name elsewhere. They were introduced to me by a mate from Bolton.
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Oh! God, yes, the "buttries"!
Another one from Huntly that I make frequently is Cullen Skink, but I make it more as a stew than a soup.
Whenever we went to visit my grandmother in Elburton we used to make a pilgrimage to the butcher for proper hog's pudding.
Some larger Tesco sell an Westaway's Hogs pudding which is an acceptable version and saves a 7 hour drive.
Soda farls. Are they the same as the Scottish soda bread mentioned above? Most of the bigger supermarkets seem to do them now but they don't taste as good as the local ones back home.
And me ! Especially if the black pudding is Macleods from Stornaway.Bacon and black pudding roll works for me
Yes, that's the thing. It's clearly not the soda bread we see baked on TV but it's doughy and enriched in some way. Halved and fried with the rest it's a great occasional treat. It does soak up the oil though. I can't find them around here. Potato scones (basically potato patties) do appear now and then. I tried making my own and failed.Soda farls. Are they the same as the Scottish soda bread mentioned above? Most of the bigger supermarkets seem to do them now but they don't taste as good as the local ones back home.
Dumfries still has an award winning butcher who does brilliant haggis, as does Castle Douglas, a pleasant little town to the west. Not been there for a generation.
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