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Food associated with regions

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StealthPolarBear · 28/07/2019 15:43

Not a taat but inspired by a discussion on another thread about violence so I thought I'd start this one to chat.
The North East - famous for parmos and stotties
The North West -?
Yorkshire - the Yorkshire pudding. Stuff like jam?
The East Midlands - pork pie
The East Coast -?
The west Midlands -?
The South East -?
London - jellied eels??
South West - cornish pasty. Scones and cream.

Help me fill in my many gaps!

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StealthPolarBear · 28/07/2019 15:44

Ooh where are cheddar and stilron from? West mids?

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StealthPolarBear · 28/07/2019 15:45

Yorkshire to include tea, water and wednealeydale cheese

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vitaminC · 28/07/2019 15:48

North West: Lancashire hotpot
East coast: Lincolnshire sausages

HappyGirl86 · 28/07/2019 15:50

North west- places like Wigan are famous for pies. You also have in the north west Lancashire hotpot, scouse, chorley cakes.
West Midlands- Pease pudding
Staffordshire area- oatcakes

StealthPolarBear · 28/07/2019 15:57

Excellent tha k you keep them coming

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x2boys · 28/07/2019 16:02

Northwest also famous for Black pudding, chip butties chips and gravy .

Fifthtimelucky · 28/07/2019 16:11

Cheddar is originally from Cheddar (in Somerset). Stilton's from Derbyshire, Leicestershire or Nottinghamshire.

Lllot5 · 28/07/2019 16:13

Kent is traditionally known as the garden of England. Plenty of apples and pears.

Raera · 28/07/2019 16:15

Derbyshire for Bakewell pudding and tart.
Yorkshire curd tart
Melton Mowbray pork pies

Soola · 28/07/2019 16:22

My step daughter is going to have a Brexit celebration party and she’s been thinking about having a theme and one idea is traditional food from different regions.

Some food for thought on this thread!

StealthPolarBear · 28/07/2019 16:38

Cumberland sausage in the North West of course.

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AdaColeman · 28/07/2019 16:41

Kent ~ Gypsy Tart, Whitstable oysters, Dover sole

North West ~ Morecambe Bay shrimps for potted shrimps,

Yorkshire ~ Parkin, Ponterfract cakes

East Coast ~ Colchester oysters, Cromer crabs

North East ~ Singing Hinnies, Craster kippers (the best in the World!)

GiantKitten · 28/07/2019 16:41

NW:

There is Lancashire cheese (more than one kind in fact)
Also Cheshire cheese
Herdwick lamb
Formby asparagus

StealthPolarBear · 28/07/2019 16:49

What on earth are singing hinnies?

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AdaColeman · 28/07/2019 16:57

South West ~ Sally Lunns (Bath buns)

North West ~ Manchester tart.

North East ~ Newcastle Pudding

Midlands ~ Pikelets

Hedgehogblues · 28/07/2019 16:58

Wales - Welsh cakes, Cawl, Barabrith, Lavabread

AdaColeman · 28/07/2019 17:01

Home Counties ~ Sussex Pond Pudding, Poor Knights of Windsor

EleanorOalike · 28/07/2019 17:04

Blackpool Rock
Staffordshire Oatcakes
Derbyshire Bakewell Tarts
Yorkshire Puddings (also have rich fruit cake with cheese when I’m there, is that a Yorkshire thing?)

Is it just England or can we include all of the UK?

notapizzaeater · 28/07/2019 17:06

South Yorkshire, 'proper fishcAkes - slice of fish with a slice of potato either side, battered and fried'

Henderson's relish

Rhubarb

FoldyRoll · 28/07/2019 17:33

Scotland - lorne sausage, tablet, teacakes (not bread), haggis, loads more.

Two more for North East; pease pudding, pan haggerty. I'm Newcastle born and bred but never heard of Newcastle pudding.

FoldyRoll · 28/07/2019 17:34

Oh! And black bullets (NE)

SlatternIsTrying · 28/07/2019 17:42

Errrrrrr, any reason why NI not on the list?

BalonzZofloraHernandez · 28/07/2019 18:23

Rowies (sometimes known as butteries) from Aberdeen

TheSproutOfWrath · 28/07/2019 18:29

Stornoway Black Pudding.

GiantKitten · 28/07/2019 18:45

SlatternIsTrying
Errrrrrr, any reason why NI not on the list?

Scotland & Wales not there either.
Maybe OP is just asking about England?
Is that allowed?