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Seeing as how the Yorkshire Pud and the Scone threads went so well, I wondered if the posters here would like to enlighten us on what food specialties are to be found where they live, or maybe where they come from, if that is different.
I wasn't sure what to suggest myself, and when looking for an idea saw that Lardy Cake is supposed to be a specialty of Wiltshire, my home County.
That surprised me but the writer suggests it stems from the fact that Lardy cake uses fat derived from Wiltshire pigs, for which we are well known.
I'm from the north of England (Liverpool) where Eccles cakes are big. (Originally from Eccles obviously). They are a pastry filled with raisins or currants. Very tasty but looks like a pie filed with dead flies LOL. Very very similar are Chorley cakes found in Manchester and Chorely - slightly less sweet than eccles cakes.
Bread rolls are known as 'barm cakes' in Liverpool and 'cobs' in Manchester.
In Liverpool we have a meat stew called 'scouse' which is exactly like Irish stew where I guess it originated.
I have friends in Aberdeen who served something that sounds similar to your lardy cakes called 'butteries'. A sort of bready breakfast thing made from lard.
My husband misses Hollands Steak and Kidney pies which are only available in the north of England.
I lived in Whitstable for 10 years which is famous for its oysters (couldn't look at them myself).
British food has traditionally been based on beef, lamb, pork, chicken And fish which is generally served with potatoes and one other vegetable. The Most common and typical foods eaten in Britain include the sandwich, fish and chips, pies like the Cornish pasty, trifle and roast dinners. Some of their main dishes have strange names like Bubble & Squeak and Toad-in-the-hole.
My family come mainly from Cornwall which is of course famous for its Pastys and also the lesser known Saffron Cake, and the other half come from the Isle of Wight which has some great seafood but in culinary circles is mainly known for its garlic.
My parents settled in Oxford, so I'll also throw in Frank Coopers Oxford Marmalade and Oxford Skate which are actually skinless veal and pork sausages.
Stotties, Kippers, Pease Pudding, Singing Hinnies, and Pan Haggerty. I'll also throw in Greggs pasties because while Cornwall might have created the pasty, Greggs made them popular pick up and go food.
Bread rolls are not just called barm cakes in Liverpool, but also in Manchester & other parts of NW England...
No they are not called barm cakes in Manchester. I lived in Manchester for 6 years where I met my husband who is Mancunian. Trust me they do not use the name barm cakes.
No they are not called barm cakes in Manchester. I lived in Manchester for 6 years where I met my husband who is Mancunian. Trust me they do not use the name barm cakes.
Erm they DO call them Barm cakes in Manchester
I have friends from Manchester who refer to rolls as Barm cakes, heck even on Coronations Street they call them Barm cakes! Maybe your husband didn't call them that, but I'd hardly say he was the vocal majority of everyone who lives in Greater Manchester lol...
I have friends from Manchester who refer to rolls as Barm cakes, heck even on Coronations Street they call them Barm cakes! Maybe your husband didn't call them that, but I'd hardly say he was the vocal majority of everyone who lives in Greater Manchester lol...
Ok well you know better even though I lived there myself for 6 years.
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