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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 18:49

Please do add other areas, my job is England focused so I can be narrow minded

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CitadelsofScience · 28/07/2019 19:16

The south east is known for Lardy cake, it's heaven on a plate.

Nothingfallingdowntoday · 28/07/2019 19:42

What’s Newcastle pudding? Same as pease pudding? Married to a Geordie and lived there for years but neither of us have heard of it.

StealthPolarBear · 28/07/2019 19:55

I've never heard of Newcastle pudding either but am thinking suet

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StealthPolarBear · 28/07/2019 19:56

London is not getting a lot of mentions. I suppose there's just too much to mention but is there anything specific to London as the parmo is to teesside :o

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NameChange84 · 28/07/2019 19:58

Pie and Mash? Jellied Eels? For London...

StealthPolarBear · 28/07/2019 20:07

Yes pie and mash is new is that London specific though? Got jellied eels
I suppose London is at the forefront of whatever trend the rest of the country will have in a year two here in the North east

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AdaColeman · 28/07/2019 20:07

London ~ Chelsea buns

Newcastle pudding is like bread and butter pudding with added lemon curd.

Eccles cakes haven't been mentioned yet.

Papergirl1968 · 28/07/2019 20:07

Faggots and grey peys (peas) - Black Country

AdaColeman · 28/07/2019 20:15

I don't think pie & mash is new, it's been going since Victorian times in East London. It's more how it's eaten, with parsley sauce (liquor) that makes it unique to London.

Onesmallstepforaman · 28/07/2019 20:50

Kent cobs - nuts
Bedfordshire clanger
Nyetimber wine made in Sussex I think. (Wine is a food group ok?)
NI -tayto cheese and onion. Bushmills whiskey.(see wine)
Haggis from Scotland + whisky. White pudding also.

EdithWeston · 28/07/2019 20:52

East Midlands:

Grantham Gingerbreads, Stilton cheese and Melton Mowbray pork pies

Disfordarkchocolate · 28/07/2019 20:55

I think parmos are local not regional (and horrible). NE could have panacaldy. There will be a lot of regional bread out there.

HundredMilesAnHour · 28/07/2019 21:08

From the North West, don't forget Goosnargh duck and chicken. And parkin (although Yorkshire claim it too). Black pudding (from Bury in particular). Butter pies (yum!)

BikeRunSki · 28/07/2019 21:47

Cheddar - Cheddar in Somerset
Stilton - Stilton in Lincolnshire
Lots of other regional British cheeses- Red Leicester, Caerphilly, Double Gloucester etc
I’ve lived in Yorkshire for 20 years, no sited if jam is particularly associated with Yorkshire

Wakefield - Rhubarb
East London - jellied eels, whelks, pie/mash/liquor (a type of gravy)
Devon and Cornwall -cream teas, clotted cream
Grasmere - Gingerbread
Derbyshire, Staffordshire - Oatcakes (different to Scottish oatcakes, more like oaty pancakes)
Melton Mowbray - pork pie
Cornwall - Cornish pasty
Sussex - Lardy cake
Kendal - Kendal mint cake
Wales - lamb, leeks
Lincolnshire - potatoes

AdaColeman · 28/07/2019 21:50

That's reminded me of the Aylesbury duck from Buckinghamshire, a very popular breed until recently.

Welsh lamb and Romney Marsh lamb are highly prized still.

PrincessIsAUnicorn · 28/07/2019 21:53

@StealthPolarBear had to google singing hinnies

Food associated with regions
Sandsnake · 28/07/2019 21:57

Dorset apple cake!

ithinkiammelting · 28/07/2019 21:58

Bedfordshire Clangers

Boobahs · 28/07/2019 22:05

West Midlands: Faggots and peas, grey peas and bacon, pork scratchings, Staffordshire oatcakes, bread pudding.

Wombleish · 28/07/2019 22:07

Stealth, singin' hinnies are girdle/griddle scones, a lot like welsh cakes.

Jsmith99 · 28/07/2019 22:08

Stilton can only be made in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire.

Burton on Trent is famous for beer, of course.

Oatcakes are from Staffordshire, and are very popular the Potteries in particular.

Wombleish · 28/07/2019 22:08

Mmm, proper stotty cake with ham and pease pudding 🤤

BackforGood · 28/07/2019 22:10

Ooh where are cheddar and stilron from? West mids?

Grin Grin Grin

Stilton, fair enough, but bit of a clue in the name there, with Cheddar Grin

It was only when my dc went off to University elsewhere, we found that Chocolate Concrete is a (West?) Midlands thing Shock

Birmingham - Balti

StealthPolarBear · 28/07/2019 22:11

I know there is a place called cheddar, I just don't know where in the country it is! Is that so odd?

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