embankment Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Discussion from 6pints in on Saturday. Fish Barm or Fish Flourcake from Bolton Supper Bar . Ex - Warburtons Technician Informed me that the true Bolton item I call a Barm . Should be called a Flourcake. I have always called it a Barm . Opinions welcome . Please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted April 26, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2021 Flour cake, barm, oven bottom; they aren’t one and the same. One thing they aren’t, however, is a bap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted April 26, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, leigh white said: That looks nice, but it's just the end of the loaf, or crust. Fish barm all day long for me, but do remember calling em flour cakes as a nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mona Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 An oven bottom is flat and slightly risen a barm has a risen top a flour cake . God only knows assume is an oven bottom that’s not risen at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mona Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Just now, Mona said: An oven bottom is flat and slightly risen a barm has a risen top a flour cake . God only knows assume is an oven bottom that’s not risen at all Like difference between an Eccles cake a chorley cake and a Lancashire flatcake all contain currants in a pastry just different pastry and how the currants are distributed through it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embankment Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Mona said: Like difference between an Eccles cake a chorley cake and a Lancashire flatcake all contain currants in a pastry just different pastry and how the currants are distributed through it More currants in an Eccles and puff pastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted April 26, 2021 Moderators Share Posted April 26, 2021 I call em muffins cos my grandma sold em from her bakery in bury But traditionally, theyre flour cakes in bolton Bolty will break his silence to confirm Barms is some manc shite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mona Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 And it ain’t a tea cake !!! tea cakes have currants in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeep Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 A flour cake & a barm are the same item. A flour cake has nowt on it. It becomes a barm when you add stuff to it, like chips, or fish, or salad...... Lesson over....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 11 minutes ago, jeep said: A flour cake & a barm are the same item. A flour cake has nowt on it. It becomes a barm when you add stuff to it, like chips, or fish, or salad...... Lesson over....... No, no, no and no again A flour cake is a flour cake. A light and fluffy bread-based simple enclosure for your filling A barm cake has added barm. Barm is the foam from the top of brewed beer and other alcohol that is added to help the bread rise One of the weird things that will always remain with me was the chats that I had with Mollie Bentham in her shop when I was a kid in the 70’s. Friday was pasty day and I used to go in with my mum. She would buy a batch of flour cakes and Mollie would talk to all the kids who were in there about baking bread and what all the different names meant. Stuck with me after all this time Fucktards round here in Manc call them muffins. Sorry @Casinomuffins are Manc shite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 6 hours ago, Mona said: And it ain’t a tea cake !!! tea cakes have currants in them Apparently, them are fruit teacakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted April 27, 2021 Members Share Posted April 27, 2021 Lad at work from Oldham calls it a muffin So I said right you walk in a chippy and you actually ask for a chip muffin? Not having it Chip flour cake? Chip bread roll? No you ask for a chip barm, it’s a barm even though it might be served on a oven bottom Fight me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolton_blondie Posted April 27, 2021 Members Share Posted April 27, 2021 It's a barm. The end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted April 27, 2021 Members Share Posted April 27, 2021 14 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said: It's a barm. The end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Flour Cake End of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Dimron said: Flour Cake End of Correct, but nobody ever asks for a “chip flour cake” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolton_blondie Posted April 27, 2021 Members Share Posted April 27, 2021 12 minutes ago, Rudy said: I got those from eating all the barms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 It’s a barm. As @Rudypoojts put you walk in and see oven bottoms but ask for a barm up here they are called rolls. So it’s a chip roll or bacon roll. It takes a twist if you want a sausage barm/roll though as you then have to ask for a roll and sausage. Which even happens if it’s a square sausage you are asking for when technically you could ask for a square sausage roll Without causing the same confusion as you would asking for a sausage roll. You must ask for a roll and square sausage. Strange the Scottish. and to finish my two penneth they have started in the last year selling sheldons oven bottoms up here. Which made me very happy. As I can now have a proper BARM with my chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted April 27, 2021 Members Share Posted April 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, Escobarp said: It’s a barm. As @Rudypoojts put you walk in and see oven bottoms but ask for a barm up here they are called rolls. So it’s a chip roll or bacon roll. It takes a twist if you want a sausage barm/roll though as you then have to ask for a roll and sausage. Which even happens if it’s a square sausage you are asking for when technically you could ask for a square sausage roll Without causing the same confusion as you would asking for a sausage roll. You must ask for a roll and square sausage. Strange the Scottish. and to finish my two penneth they have started in the last year selling sheldons oven bottoms up here. Which made me very happy. As I can now have a proper BARM with my chips. This has bent my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted April 27, 2021 Moderators Share Posted April 27, 2021 Never heard of a flour cake Muffins only exist in Mcdonalds breakfasts and eggs Benedict Baps are tits Only ever called such things barms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Morning rolls in Scotland are a thing of beauty. Love a stottie as well, when visiting the inlaws, always pick one up Molly Benthams? Blimey, that takes me back. Was lucky living near halliwell Rd as there was loads of decent butty shops. Loved Mandys. I've always called them barms but have bought from shops that called them flower cakes. The worst are those in the cheshire/Stoke borderlands, a batch?! I ask you. Don't get me started down here. They do sell buns at chippies but they are of the small hovis kind. Nonsense. Plus everything is a roll. To me a roll is a crusty thing you serve with soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 They're barms. Anyone suggesting otherwise is just attention seeking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanGreavsie Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 It's "cobs" or nothing in Th'East Midlands. Me ducks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 23 minutes ago, DazBob said: They're barms. Anyone suggesting otherwise is just attention seeking. Bet if you went into a bakery in Bolton and asked for four flowers cakes, they'd know what you were asking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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