peculiar regional delicacies

[Melman Giraffe]

Thats a Schnitzel!!! With a white sauce.

[sherman]

Plotloss said:

I grew up in Cardiff, a curiosity of local curry houses was half and half.

Half rice, half chips. Not seen it anywhere else...

Unsurprisingly its quite common in Scotland. You cant have a decent meal without something deep fried on the plate

[TomE]

Melman Giraffe said:

Thats a Schnitzel!!! With a white sauce.

Basically, yes!

It was originally an italian dish consisting of a veal cutlet with tomato based sauce and parmesan cheese, but it has now evolved into the chicken/pork béchamel offering with cheddar and is the best thing ever for soaking up the beer at the end of a good night out!

[FastLaneGirl]

Dogwatch said:

On behalf of Sussex I claim Banoffi Pie even though I live in West Sussex. I have had dinner at the Hungry Monk and their Banoffi Pie is slightly different from any other I have had.

That's a cool fact to find out, and a great pub too, I'm headed that way Friday so may go for dinner.

MC - that website is a great find, I'm going to order the Sussex book I see we have Brighton Gingerbread, which sounds great. I may practice some regional recipes & post up some pics.

[shirt]

TomE said:

Melman Giraffe said:

Thats a Schnitzel!!! With a white sauce.

Basically, yes!

It was originally an italian dish consisting of a veal cutlet with tomato based sauce and parmesan cheese, but it has now evolved into the chicken/pork béchamel offering with cheddar and is the best thing ever for soaking up the beer at the end of a good night out!

they even sell parmo's as teesside branches of asda now, its one of their biggest sellers!

[TomE]

shirt said:

TomE said:

Melman Giraffe said:

Thats a Schnitzel!!! With a white sauce.

Basically, yes!

It was originally an italian dish consisting of a veal cutlet with tomato based sauce and parmesan cheese, but it has now evolved into the chicken/pork béchamel offering with cheddar and is the best thing ever for soaking up the beer at the end of a good night out!

they even sell parmo's as teesside branches of asda now, its one of their biggest sellers!

yep, I think they were on about rolling them out across thecountry at one point but not sure whether they ever did.

I did look into the possibility of starting some kind of mail order parmo business once..... It seemed a really good idea at the time after a few pints!

[WestYorkie]

AhHem... If I may draw all your attention to one of the greatest culinary selicacies to grace our table on a Sunday afternoon....
The Yorkshire pudding.
Traditionally used as a starter to fill people as the meat was so expensive it made it stretch further.
Couldn't find a decent pic to post soz. Mine go as flat as a witch's tit after a minute

[yellowbentines]

Stornoway Black Pudding, peculiar in the fact that no other black pudding I've ever tasted is half as good as proper Stornoway Black Pudding.

[Noger]

Collops. West Yorkshire, although I think they appear elsewhere, but very local.

Peel floury spuds, slice thinly. Make a simple batter, I tend to use Delia's fish batter (100g self raising, 1/2 tsp salt, 150ml water).

Either use a deep fat fryer (easier and cleaner but can be a bit light in colour), or a deep frying pan with plenty of oil (tends to cook more as oil temp lower, so a bit more fried). Coat spud slice in batter and try until nicely crisp and golden.

Serve with leftover cold meats and chutneys. Absolutely perfect on Boxing day with cold turkey and ham.

The Japanese pretend that this is Tempura, but we know better

[ritmo]

boiled bacon, cabbage, mash & parsley sauce - anyone know where this dish originates from ?

[Shaw Tarse]

Noger said:

Collops. West Yorkshire, although I think they appear elsewhere, but very local.

Sc o/allopps avaliable in most chippys

[cymtriks]

escargot said:

Podie said:

ritmo said:

Shaw Tarse said:

CommanderJameson said:

Shaw Tarse said:

cymtriks said:

North East:
Stottie cakes (enormous bread buns the size of diner plates)

I've seen Stotties in the West Mids, a breakfast Stottie is basically a full English on a bun

cymtriks said:

Picklets (you call them crumpets, the naming convention is the peculiar part as it seems very locality dependant)

Also heard crumpets called piklets round here.
The regional naming thing is true, an ex had never heard of a Barm Cake.

They were called 'pikelets' when ah were a lad growing up near Leicester.

Posh people called them 'crumpets'.

So a bit of crumpet is better/posher than a pikelet?

I thought pikelet and crumpet were pretty much interchangeable terms. Whatever they're called they're delicious. Cunningly designed to 'hold' a huge amount of butter.

A pikelet is not as tall as a crumpet. Three pikelets would be the same height as a metric crumpet.

This man speaketh the truth.

Crumpet:


Pikelet:


Both are great in their own inimitable ways.

No. that is just the "crumpet" brigade trying to prove the "pikelet" people wrong by showing a "flat pikelet" and pretending it proves that all pikelets look like that.

[Noger]

Shaw Tarse said:

Noger said:

Collops. West Yorkshire, although I think they appear elsewhere, but very local.

Sc o/allopps avaliable in most chippys

Never seen them down south, sadly. We have to make do with Saveloys !

Then there is the "proper" Yorkshire fishcake. Fish sandwiched bettween two collops, battered and fried. Which leads onto the ultimate eat on the way home food.... A cake in a cake.

[D1bram]

lenny007 said:

Pease pudding in the north east!

There is nothing more comforting than a saveloy dip with pease pudding and stuffing...

Yes!

I moved to West Yorkshire a few years back and was stunned to find nowhere round here sells pease pudding! I now make my own which is very easy.

[escargot]

cymtriks said:

No. that is just the "crumpet" brigade trying to prove the "pikelet" people wrong by showing a "flat pikelet" and pretending it proves that all pikelets look like that.

"crumpet brigade"

What next, "pikelet posse"?

It could be the new Mods & Rockers. Except the crumpet brigade would win because there are only 2 people in the whole world who call crumpets, pikelets and you are one of them.