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To be pissed off that Greggs vary regionally?

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Creambun2 · 04/10/2017 08:24

Why can't I get a greggs iced split in the home counties? And why are greggs bread puddings not avaliable in the south?

Are regional tastes so different that the whole uk can't enjoy a nasty but strangely alluring and edible iced split?

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Eolian · 04/10/2017 16:33

I have never in my life set foot in Greggs Blush. Reading this thread is the first time I've ever considered I may be missing out. I'm a lifelong southerner, now living in the NW. What regional Greggs delights should I be able to find here?

DaisyDrip · 04/10/2017 16:34

Greggs was born in Gosforth in Newcastle, hence it was called Greggs of Gosforth. I live in the NE so was brought up on stotties and the like, I still love ham and pease pudding filling. The NE is the home of stodge, it's wonderful.

CottonSock · 04/10/2017 16:36

My local greggs now has a hygiene rating of zero so will be avoiding altogether. Hipe that's not a national standard

NC4now · 04/10/2017 16:36

Is a stottie what's known as a bin lid in these parts? A giant barm about 10 inches across, often served with a full English from a butty van.

x2boys · 04/10/2017 16:37

Maybe not in Greggs specifically Eolian but a pie barm is fab and a chip Barm and of course chips and gravy?

x2boys · 04/10/2017 16:38

I think you might live near me NC4Grin

rubberducker · 04/10/2017 16:42

I used to work in greggs when it was called Braggs (Midlands).

Also, they do a macaroni cheese pie in M&S now - never saw one in a greggs so have no idea if it's the same/similar though.

Eolian · 04/10/2017 16:45

x2boys - chips and gravy might be a step too far for me Grin. Wet chips . Pie barm I could definitely get on board with!

x2boys · 04/10/2017 16:46

EolianGrin.

DaisyDrip · 04/10/2017 16:48

Is a stottie what's known as a bin lid in these parts? A giant barm about 10 inches across, often served with a full English from a butty van.

Yes, you can buy them in small, medium and large now. The large ones are the 'bin lids' from my childhood. All bakers sold stotties when I was a kid.

Emilybrontescorsett · 04/10/2017 16:58

I remember thurstons.

FoofFighter · 04/10/2017 17:07

I wonder if anyone can remember Wimbush bakery shops? Not sure if it was just a Midlands thing though.

That peach melba, is it like those pineapple tarts? Pastry shell, some kind of mallow cream thing with fruit pieces, then flavoured icing?

ItsNachoCheese · 04/10/2017 17:11

condimentqueen i can confirm that fudge doughtnuts in greggs do indeed still have custard in them. They are devine i love them. English fudge doughnuts deserve the same gorgeousness in their fudge doughnuts

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 04/10/2017 17:15

I have never heard the term breadcake before.

Are they not just known as rolls?

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 04/10/2017 17:18

I've just Googled Tottenham cake. I lived in London for 15 years!

This thread is an education.

If anyone knows where to get a decent Portuguese custard tart in Cambridge or London please let me know. I used to get good ones in Canterbury many years ago.

Floellabumbags · 04/10/2017 17:26

the tipsy cake

You can get them in Forsyths bakers in Peebles. Not helpful if you live in Aberdeen Grin

Floellabumbags · 04/10/2017 17:26

*Portuguese custard tart,

I believe the co op sell them.

lozzylizzy · 04/10/2017 17:31

When I was pregnant with DS2 nearly 6 years ago I used to have toffee muffins. Chewy toffee pieces on top and then runny toffee oozed out of the middle when you bit into it. Not been able to get one since (I had at least three a week!) I'm in S Yorkshire.

lozzylizzy · 04/10/2017 17:32

I have never heard the term breadcake before.

Are we going to have the breadcake argument hahaha! Well known Sheffield thing :-)

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 04/10/2017 17:35

The Coop might sell something called a Portuguese custard tart but is it?

WinkGrin

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 04/10/2017 17:37

I worked in and around West Yorkshire for years and never heard anyone say breadcakes. Is it very local to Sheffield?

I'm genuinely interested. I love local dialects.

Starlight2345 · 04/10/2017 17:38

My dad was a Geordie so every time we visited up north we came home via Greggs and bought a load for freezer as a child.

I also tried to make it once it turned out like a flat rock.

TheSconeOfStone · 04/10/2017 17:46

I remember Elephants feet from my Saturday job at Warrens (Cornish bakers) in 1991.

We have just recently got a tiny Greggs in a petrol station. I guess we have all managed well enough without Greggs for years due to the many local purveyors of pasties and other baked goods.

DaisyDrip · 04/10/2017 17:56

I remember Elephants feet from my Saturday job at Warrens (Cornish bakers) in 1991.

We have just recently got a tiny Greggs in a petrol station. I guess we have all managed well enough without Greggs for years due to the many local purveyors of pasties and other baked goods.

I think independent bakers are far, far nicer than chains.

ALemonyPea · 04/10/2017 17:57

Just here to point out Iceland sell sausage, cheese and bean melts, and vegetable pasties...

Stotties bought from anywhere other than Greggs are an abomination.