Members bolty58 Posted August 31, 2018 Members Share Posted August 31, 2018 Worst - Witchetty grubs down here. Best - probably pigs trotters on the Singapore waterfront OR their fucking wonderful black pepper mud crab which they tell me is a meal of choice for Singaporean special occasions. Agree with Sweep about century eggs BTW. That is just so wrong on so many levels. Absolutely disgusting things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) 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.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 Edited August 31, 2018 by jayjayoghani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter superjohnmcginlay Posted August 31, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 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 My grandma always treats me to chips and oxtail soup whenever I’m there, even. If I pop for a brew this concoction appears with a few rounds of warbies. Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 There s a German kebab shop near me How a German kebab differs from any other I don't know Plus a German kebab sounds like something gonzo would know about ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted August 31, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2018 Most local delicacies in the north west tend to be bland, flavourless and have the density of a collapsed star. I remember being with a southerner in Carrs pastie shop a while back. He was asked what he wanted and he just stared at the display and said "Why is all your food yellow?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 There s a German kebab shop near me How a German kebab differs from any other I don't know Plus a German kebab sounds like something gonzo would know about ???? Kebap, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 American mustard?? Wtf? Colemans English Mustard- the only mustard worth having imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyldesley_white Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Bogs I've got to agree American mustard is shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted August 31, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2018 Most local delicacies in the north west tend to be bland, flavourless and have the density of a collapsed star. I remember being with a southerner in Carrs pastie shop a while back. He was asked what he wanted and he just stared at the display and said "Why is all your food yellow?" Booo. You've got strange tastes. Black pudding bland and tasteless?Get yourself to the cottage loaf at totty. Pie central, awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter fatolive Posted August 31, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2018 Tried bacon oat cakes for breakfast on Hanley bus station, nowt special, prefer a bacon barm. I got asked if I wanted a sausage oatcake when in Hanley once, presumed oatcake was their local terminology for a barm, such as those idiots in Burnley that say tea cake, but no, out came this sausage wrapped in porridge type bread. Rank I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 My favourites tend to be more regional than local Haggis and proper square sausage - always best on the east side of Scotland. Haggis needs to be fresh and peppery, and the sausage absolutely has to be from a butchers shop White pudding - fookin love it, again from a proper butchers shop in Ireland and not that Clontakilty shite with lumps in - has to be smooth As an aside, some of the local mancs here are completely blown away by a pasty float. Carr’s pasty on a bed of mushy peas with plenty vinegar and brown sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 American mustard Bolty!! Seriously?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Bolty!! Seriously?? I'm aghast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted August 31, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2018 American mustard?? Wtf? Colemans English Mustard- the only mustard worth having imo. I'd previously been out for a steak with a Texan chap and introduced him to Coleman's English. He saidit was the best thing he'd ever tasted and now I take a jar or two whenever I go over. I also took him a couple of tins of powdered; my God, that stuff is a proper sinus clearer. Tried my first oatcake up the road from Post Vale a couple of seasons ago. I think I had bacon and cheese and it was surprisingly good. Had jellied eels of the Kershaw man in a local pub. Absolute shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy10 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I've had Morton bay bugs. Like giant cockroach. Not very good. But a novelty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Never heard of pea fritters until I called in the Robinson St chippy once in the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I also took him a couple of tins of powdered; my God, that stuff is a proper sinus clearer. The absolute daddy. I've got a tin in the cupboard. Says it's out of date 2010. Still using it. Metal tin. Hinged lid. Fook me that stuff is ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted September 1, 2018 Members Share Posted September 1, 2018 I'm aghast! I seem to have developed that knack! For clarity, just on a hot dog, sausage barm etc. Use Colmans elsewhere. Missus likes Dijon mustard with small peppercorns in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Most local delicacies in the north west tend to be bland, flavourless and have the density of a collapsed star. I remember being with a southerner in Carrs pastie shop a while back. He was asked what he wanted and he just stared at the display and said "Why is all your food yellow?" I'd agree that stuff like Lobby, Black Peas, Carrs Pasties and Malt Loaf are utterly bland, dense shit that you wouldn't feed to a dog, but Black Pudding and Tripe (if cooked properly) are lovely and full of flavour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Hang on - I know we've had this debate before - but black peas are immense. And forgive my ignorance but are lobby and potato ash the same thing? Because potato ash is food of the gods too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Hang on - I know we've had this debate before - but black peas are immense. And forgive my ignorance but are lobby and potato ash the same thing? Because potato ash is food of the gods too!Tatty hash, lobby, scouse and probably numerous others are basically the same thing. A dish made from cheap bits of meat and potato bulk it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Scouse is made from real meat - scrag end lamb etc. 'Tata hash is with onion, potatoes and corned beef only. 'Potato pie' was the above with a doorstep suet crust atop - same kind of which sat above 'cowheel' (in our house, before we as kids had agency)... Lobby is a unknown quantity to me - it might contain sweetcorn for all I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deane koontz Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Scouse is made from real meat - scrag end lamb etc. 'Tata hash is with onion, potatoes and corned beef only. 'Potato pie' was the above with a doorstep suet crust atop - same kind of which sat above 'cowheel' (in our house, before we as kids had agency)... Lobby is a unknown quantity to me - it might contain sweetcorn for all I know. It looks like sick and smells like BO. That's all you need to know really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 I imagine it's like overdone potato 'ash... With a tin of peas tipped in, most unappetising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghana White Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Pea wet in Wigan still seems weird to me. Teesside has another local delicacy London pizza. A pizza with shit loads of chips in it. They eat blognaise pizza loads as well but I've never really come across that much anywhere else. Oat cakes are alright despite coming from stoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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