I like to try different foods wherever I go, even in different regions of the UK. Cakes in Yorkshire, orange battered fries in Stafford (I think), jellied eels in the East End etc. Yesterday I was in North Yorkshire, and noticed the fishery served Parmesans.

 

I remember Wheats saying how much he loved them, so I thought I try one

 

WTF

 

How anyone came up with one, or could eat a full one is beyond me. For those who don't know, it's breaded chicken, deep fried, topped with cheddar and bechemel sauce. Served with chips, salad and tartar sauce.

 

That's a twisted culinary imagination.

 

What's your weirdest/favourite/worst etc?

Butter pie was a northwest staple - made for Catholics primarily, for meat-free Fridays.

Yeah I'd heard that, was surprised as come from an old Bolton Irish Catholic family and never come across it.

I'm related (by marriage) to a family of master bakers or I probably wouldn't have heard of it either...until last month, when I was offered one as an alternative to a Carr's Cheese and Jalapeño Pastie, in the unlikely surroundings of the Premier Store on Settle Street. I can't recall if it was a Friday though. Surely that tradition, amongst others (weekly baths etc.) has died out among the lily-livered generation of mine?

It looks like sick and smells like BO. That's all you need to know really.

Just done some research. It's just beef stew isn't it? I can't see how that can be a bad thing? With some crusty bread!

Oat cakes are alright despite coming from stoke.

In Stoke now, will try and find one. Can't remember if I had one when we played Vale

In Stoke now, will try and find one.

You should have started a "Stoke on Trent recommendations" thread.

Was chatting with a Mexican woman about their food, and I asked are empanadas part of the cuisine.

 

No, but pasties are.

 

What?!

 

Apparently exported by Cornish miners to various corners of the globe, including Mexico.

 

Even adopted the word...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paste_(pasty)

 

She also confirmed cheese on burritos is an Americanism that I've long suspected

Just come back from Mexico and many different types of pasty were served at the lunch buffet every day.

 

They were all shit though.

Foreign muck!