'Northern' Pies

[VeeFour]

Being an exiled Mancunian living in Wales, I really struggle to find a good pie around here.

We have our local suppliers, and the locals love them - Peters, Clarks, etc.

But they're not 'proper' pies to me. Far too much poncey 'puff' pastry involved for my liking.

Anyway, I was up in the Peak District for a bit of walking this week and came back via Ashton Under Lyne market - giving me the opportunity to buy some proper pies.

They were fresh from this lot:

http://www.pietastic.com

Just had the potato and meat tonight - and have steak, cheese & onion, pork and steak pudding in the freezer

What is it that's so special about a proper 'northern' pie - and why can't you buy them elsewhere in the UK?

[T84]

The tears and broken dreams inside each one, probably.

[Simpo Two]

Open a franchise in London: 'Northern Pies'; strapline 'By 'eck they're good'.

Whippet pie. Ferret pie. Bannatyne pie. Endless possibilities.

[Zad]

If it is anything like fish and chips, northern recipes tend to use fat, southern recipes tend to use oils.

[Mobile Chicane]

Simpo Two said:

Open a franchise in London: 'Northern Pies'; strapline 'By 'eck they're good'.

Whippet pie. Ferret pie. Bannatyne pie. Endless possibilities.

I'll add to that 'Eee ba gum', 'Ecky thump', and 'Gizajob' pies served up by barely legal (yet comely) narthern wenches with oompa loompa tans in leopardskin bikinis.

So where do we start?

Dragon's Den? Gwerrawaywiyer.