Dr Faustus Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Parmo, pet! Not tried one yet, definitely want to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Deep fried Pizza in Scotland was strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Thousand Year Old Eggs in China - basically they bury duck eggs in mud for 100 days, until they turn black, the yolk becomes a horrific green colour and the white is a blacky/brown jelly type texture. They fucking stink Sea Cucumber as well, that's fucking atrocious, it's like eating a massive slug Lobby - vile food of the peasants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Faustus Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 Yeah, had that in Stranraer- wasn't expecting it to be like that. Not had Mars bar yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 In my local town they do a Bedfordshire Clanger, which is basically a long pasty, with meat and spud at one end, and then generally apple at the other, so it's savoury and sweet (I think it's how the original Cornish pasties were). They do odd variations on it though, I recently had one that was curried veg at one end and blackberry and pear at the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Our local takeaway does a Parmo Never been tempted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Local delicacy = fucking rank. Parmos may be the exception. I still want to try one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Just remembered, my local chippy doesn't do gravy, as many of them down here don't.......but they do oxtail soup, so folk have chips and oxtail soup. The dirty bastards. It does taste quite nice though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 The Aussie tradition of 'sausage sanga' or sandwich to non heathens is without doubt the world's worst national food. In my head it sounds reasonable enough. A well crafted sausage done on a barbecue with some nice bread - perhaps some onions and mustard. In reality it's the cheapest sausage you can imagine, diagonally laid across a slice of dry white bread (their bread is shit too). If you're lucky you'll get some red sauce. And their sausages are made out of beef. Fucking vile! https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sausage+sanga&safe=off&client=ms-android-samsung&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwit1u3_15TdAhWMyqQKHY5hBgcQ_AUIESgB&cshid=1535629075672&biw=360&bih=560#imgrc=pbS72jQquDKTdM: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 The Aussie tradition of 'sausage sanga' or sandwich to non heathens is without doubt the world's worst national food. In my head it sounds reasonable enough. A well crafted sausage done on a barbecue with some nice bread - perhaps some onions and mustard. In reality it's the cheapest sausage you can imagine, diagonally laid across a slice of dry white bread (their bread is shit too). If you're lucky you'll get some red sauce. And their sausages are made out of beef. Fucking vile! https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sausage+sanga&safe=off&client=ms-android-samsung&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwit1u3_15TdAhWMyqQKHY5hBgcQ_AUIESgB&cshid=1535629075672&biw=360&bih=560#imgrc=pbS72jQquDKTdM: That looks awful, is it really a thing? One from Lancashire (possibly even just Bolton) is Black Peas, they really are dog shit. They smell nice enough, but after one mouthful, you realise it's just rancid. No wonder they only tend to be produced for one night a year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted August 30, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2018 Our beef sausages are ace! Once on gozo, and had home made timpana. Dont remember a particular amount of pastry, but it was delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I recently heard about a John Bull which is apparently an east Lancashire/ Blackburn thing. Sounds fuckin horrendous but I want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Chicken Parmesan is a pretty well accepted dish in Italian-American type places, isn’t it? I didn’t realise parmo’s were deep fried though. Might have one at Boro away next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I recently heard about a John Bull which is apparently an east Lancashire/ Blackburn thing. Sounds fuckin horrendous but I want one. They sound terrible, but taste lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marple whites Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Just remembered, my local chippy doesn't do gravy, as many of them down here don't.......but they do oxtail soup, so folk have chips and oxtail soup. The dirty bastards. It does taste quite nice though I remember the chip shop outside QPR not doing gravy or curry sauce !! Ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Tried bacon oat cakes for breakfast on Hanley bus station, nowt special, prefer a bacon barm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I recently heard about a John Bull which is apparently an east Lancashire/ Blackburn thing. Sounds fuckin horrendous but I want one. Tbf, they are really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 John Bulls - a real Blackburn Tradition! A great traditional Blackburn favourite, ‘John Bulls’ have been by far the most requested item to be added to our menu over the last five years. In times gone by, they were easily available at most ‘chippies’ in North East Lancs, but as traditional chip shops have changed to ‘fast food joints’, John Bulls have only been able to be found in a couple of chip shops in the area. So, after much experimentation, we feel we’ve found the perfect ‘John Bull’. What is a John Bull? Based on the traditional recipe, our 'John Bull' is a uniquely seasoned mix of savoury mince meat sandwiched between two potato slices and fried in our light crispy batter. Try one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I thought the one I had was black pudding. Not mince meat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boothy Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 The nicest I had was red tree ant curry in Phnom Penh. Not sure if it was a local delicacy though or the chef's just trying something different. Generally tried the 'normal' delicacies across South East Asia, apart from anything that is pulled from the sea. The worst has to be durian fruit, which is a delicacy mainly in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, although you'll pick it up across Asia. The texture and rancid smell / flavour is almost vomit inducing. The locals go bonkers for it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green genie Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 In my local town they do a Bedfordshire Clanger, which is basically a long pasty, with meat and spud at one end, and then generally apple at the other, so it's savoury and sweet (I think it's how the original Cornish pasties were). They do odd variations on it though, I recently had one that was curried veg at one end and blackberry and pear at the other. That is the traditional tin miner's two courses in a pasty. The crimp around the edge was so they could hold it by the pastry then throw away to avoid arsenic poisoning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I remember the chip shop outside QPR not doing gravy or curry sauce !! Ridiculous. Have you got nowt moist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I've ate trotters, more that once, in Bolton, at the household of a Colombian girl though (d-cup and no)...Not bad actually, fresh. Used to love tripe and vinegar as a toddler, until I was served up honeycomb, which put me off all tripe for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted August 31, 2018 Members Share Posted August 31, 2018 The Aussie tradition of 'sausage sanga' or sandwich to non heathens is without doubt the world's worst national food. In my head it sounds reasonable enough. A well crafted sausage done on a barbecue with some nice bread - perhaps some onions and mustard. In reality it's the cheapest sausage you can imagine, diagonally laid across a slice of dry white bread (their bread is shit too). If you're lucky you'll get some red sauce. And their sausages are made out of beef. Fucking vile! https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sausage+sanga&safe=off&client=ms-android-samsung&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwit1u3_15TdAhWMyqQKHY5hBgcQ_AUIESgB&cshid=1535629075672&biw=360&bih=560#imgrc=pbS72jQquDKTdM: Spot on. Of course The British Sausage Company and small Brit butchers have stepped into the void with a wide selection of very excellent pork sausages - Cumberlands, Lincolnshires etc. and are cleaning up. Allied with a good German bread such as Abhi's and proper ketchup and American mustard and you have something worthwhile. The fucking shite they eat at 'sausage sizzles' are the one's you refer to. May as well be made from mashed cardboard but I am sure contain spinal cords, knee caps, gristle and ligaments. JKD anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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