CanaBull Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Robin Evans said: I remember going to a British shop at Steveston. It had all matter of supermarket stuff and a full range of frozen pies n mushy peyz There's probably something wrong with being quite so excited about Monster Munch, a Fray Bentos Steak and Mushroom pie and a beef and tomato Pot Noodle. And those things surely don't taste as good sober. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 6 hours ago, shaun mc said: Also black pudding in Spain and on the Canaries The Spanish versions of black pudding (morcilla), are worth trying if you enjoy the British product. I particularly like the version with rice in the mix, as it gives you more texture than some of the others. "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun mc Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, Futtocks said: The Spanish versions of black pudding (morcilla), are worth trying if you enjoy the British product. I particularly like the version with rice in the mix, as it gives you more texture than some of the others. The one I had on Lanzarote was closer to a blood sausage, if I remember, no rice. Restaurant up in the mountains. I ordered it as a starter. 3 pieces of it arrived - struggled with a main course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, shaun mc said: The one I had on Lanzarote was closer to a blood sausage, if I remember, no rice. Restaurant up in the mountains. I ordered it as a starter. 3 pieces of it arrived - struggled with a main course There are various and quite different types of morcilla, which can come as a shock if you've had one and assumed they were all the same. Some are strongly spiced, some mildly, some have onions in them, some have rice, some are thin, some are fat, etc. Edited April 29, 2021 by Futtocks "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Townie Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 21 hours ago, Leeds Wire said: I read somewhere that Cornish pasties as we know them actually originated in Cumbria. Annoyingly, I can't find the link. Originally called "Cumberland miners' pasties", they were half-savoury, half-sweet, and according to some food historians, predate the Cornish version - and also taste better. Made to an ancient recipe used by the wives of miners in Borrowdale, one end is filled with mince, vegetables and potatoes and the other with stewed apples or plums for the pudding. 1 Jam Eater 1.(noun. jam eeter) A Resident of Whitehaven or Workington. Offensive. It is now a term of abuse that both towns of West Cumbria use for each other especially at Workington/Whitehaven rugby league derby matches. St Albans Centurions Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Townie Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 The hot cross bun originated in England, and should be called the St Albans bun. 'It is said that the St Alban Bun, the precursor to the famous Hot Cross Bun, originates in St Albans where Brother Thomas Rocliffe, a 14th Century Monk at St Albans Abbey, developed an original recipe. From 1361, Brother Thomas would distribute these buns to feed the poor on Good Friday. The abbey bakers, who still bake the buns today, stay faithful to the original 14th century recipe with only a slight addition of some extra fruit. The buns are distinctive in their appearance due to their lack of a piped cross. Instead, the baker cuts the cross into the top of the bun with a knife.' Jam Eater 1.(noun. jam eeter) A Resident of Whitehaven or Workington. Offensive. It is now a term of abuse that both towns of West Cumbria use for each other especially at Workington/Whitehaven rugby league derby matches. St Albans Centurions Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 4 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: A couple of days ago Papa's fish and chips in Hull were doing deep-fried Colin the Caterpillars. strewth, one of them must soak up half a gallon of cooking oil Wibble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 1 hour ago, CanaBull said: There's probably something wrong with being quite so excited about Monster Munch, a Fray Bentos Steak and Mushroom pie and a beef and tomato Pot Noodle. And those things surely don't taste as good sober. I can just see a fray bentos pie, with a pot noodle dumped on top and a garnish of monster munch all on one plate, a proper 2am drunken supper 1 Wibble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaBull Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, voteronniegibbs said: I can just see a fray bentos pie, with a pot noodle dumped on top and a garnish of monster munch all on one plate, a proper 2am drunken supper Oh FFS, hold my beer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derwent Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 33 minutes ago, voteronniegibbs said: I can just see a fray bentos pie, with a pot noodle dumped on top and a garnish of monster munch all on one plate, a proper 2am drunken supper Got to be Pickled Onion monster munch though. I’m not prejudiced, I hate everybody equally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, Derwent said: Got to be Pickled Onion monster munch though. Heston Blumenthal would claim this as his own idea and make millions Wibble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Buckfast Wibble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Exiled Townie said: Originally called "Cumberland miners' pasties", they were half-savoury, half-sweet, and according to some food historians, predate the Cornish version - and also taste better. Made to an ancient recipe used by the wives of miners in Borrowdale, one end is filled with mince, vegetables and potatoes and the other with stewed apples or plums for the pudding. In other parts of the country such as Bedfordshire and neighbouring counties, pasties with separate savoury and sweet ends were known as "clangers". Insert lame Soup Dragon joke here. "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copa Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Faggots Scotch egg chips and curry sauce I’ve never seen these in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Copa said: Faggots Scotch egg chips and curry sauce I’ve never seen these in Australia. I'm proud of myself, that was so difficult to resist the obvious joke there..! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padge Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Trotters, anyone mentioned them yet? Visit my photography site www.padge.smugmug.com Radio 5 Live: Saturday 14 April 2007 Dave Whelan "In Wigan rugby will always be king" This country's wealth was created by men in overalls, it was destroyed by men in suits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Padge said: Trotters, anyone mentioned them yet? Depends how it is cooked - plenty of traditional French, German, Chinese, Italian recipes for trotter. "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindle xiii Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 6 hours ago, Futtocks said: Depends how it is cooked - plenty of traditional French, German, Chinese, Italian recipes for trotter. How about pork scratchings?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 4 hours ago, hindle xiii said: How about pork scratchings?! Chicharrones in Mexico, Pork Rinds in the USA. "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Food is not really national that much, despite the best efforts of the C19th. Scouse in Hamburg looks different to Liverpool but tastes the same. In Denmark it looks the same as Liverpool, but has pretty much no flavour (as the Danes prefer much of their food). Yorkshire puddings are known as Dutch to the Americans, but are clearly a roasts rather than fried pan cake. Even faggots are pretty similar to frikadeller. Pork scratchings are found in Denmark as Flaeskesvaer (again with the flavour removed). "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaBull Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Used to be a Hungarian place we'd go to here that had toportyu, cubes of fried pork belly fat. Sure, you could feel your arteries hardening as you ate it, but it was soooo good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Holland's Steak & Kidney Puddings. Nothing better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 20 hours ago, Padge said: Trotters, anyone mentioned them yet? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crubeens Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Pork Pie? Incidentally I had a Mark's & Spencer's Melton Mowbray pork pie from their " Our Best Ever " range yesterday. It was excellent. Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 15 minutes ago, Bearman said: Pork Pie? Incidentally I had a Mark's & Spencer's Melton Mowbray pork pie from their " Our Best Ever " range yesterday. It was excellent. The steak pie from the same range is a fine thing, and generously-sized too. I haven't had one since before lockdown, and now I really want one. 1 "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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