peculiar regional delicacies

[ritmo]

inspired by a recent thread on 'Pigs Cheek' i was wondering what other unusual regional dishes people have experienced around the UK, maybe something you remember from childhood.
This is mine ....
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.g...
...its absolutely delicious

[Mobile Chicane]

Good thread!

Plus that pork looks frikken awesome

I'm not sure if Surrey ever had regional specialities - if so these have been long forgotten.

However I'd be interested to find out.

[pugwash4x4]

lardy cake:

http://www.gourmetbritain.com/encyclo_entry.php?it...

truly the food of the Gods (and heartattacks!)

[sherman]

Macaroni pie in scotland is just one of our many peculiarities when it comes to cooking

Its basically a scotch pie casing filled with macaroni cheese

In the Edinburgh area we have 'salt n sauce' on our chips which is salt and chip shop brown sauce that has been watered down with vinegar. Everywhere else in Scotland is happy with salt and vinegar.

[Mobile Chicane]

I've just found this site selling cookbooks of traditional English regional recipes.

I had heard of Surrey 'Maids of Honour' (a sort of biscuit I think), but none of the rest. Worth buying at £1.99 I think.

More info here. I'll certainly be trying the recipe for Surrey roast chicken.

Edited by Mobile Chicane on Saturday 12th June 18:54

[Shaw Tarse]

I'm quite partial to the odd faggot now & then!
Is this cos I live in the Midlands?
Also like bread pudding

[OnTheOverrun]

The Isle of Wight where I live only really has one claim to cuisine - we invented the doughnut!

Aside form that, my dad is from the black country and is commonly seen eating a fruitcake sandwich. Two slices of buttered white bread with a slice of fruitcake in the middle - not sure if it's regional or just him though!

[escargot]

sherman said:

Macaroni pie in scotland is just one of our many peculiarities when it comes to cooking

Its basically a scotch pie casing filled with macaroni cheese

In the Edinburgh area we have 'salt n sauce' on our chips which is salt and chip shop brown sauce that has been watered down with vinegar. Everywhere else in Scotland is happy with salt and vinegar.

Scotland needs a thread of its own. Deep fried Pizza for fks sake.

[OnTheOverrun]

escargot said:

sherman said:

Macaroni pie in scotland is just one of our many peculiarities when it comes to cooking

Its basically a scotch pie casing filled with macaroni cheese

In the Edinburgh area we have 'salt n sauce' on our chips which is salt and chip shop brown sauce that has been watered down with vinegar. Everywhere else in Scotland is happy with salt and vinegar.

Scotland needs a thread of its own. Deep fried Pizza for fks sake.

Deep fried pizza is for kids - try googling 'stonner'

[cymtriks]

North East:
Stottie cakes (enormous bread buns the size of diner plates)
Curd tarts (curd cheese, lemon and raisins)
Picklets (you call them crumpets, the naming convention is the peculiar part as it seems very locality dependant)
bilberry tart (blueberries are NOT the same thing)

Devon:
Paignton pudding (odd that paignton makes absolutely nothing of this, half way between spotted dick and Xmas pud)

[condor]

Bedfordshire clanger.

However, I don't recall seeing it for sale anywhere.

[Shaw Tarse]

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.

[Dogwatch]

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.

[CommanderJameson]

OnTheOverrun said:

Deep fried pizza is for kids - try googling 'stonner'

>does so<

fk me.

Only a Scot could have invented that.

Mind you, round here we have the parmo, which is unmatched in its ability to soak up a few pints at the end of the night.

Edited by CommanderJameson on Sunday 13th June 11:14

[CommanderJameson]

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'.

[condor]

I thought 'pikelets' were more like drop scones, as opposed to crumpets.

[Shaw Tarse]

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?

[AndyAudi]

escargot said:

sherman said:

Macaroni pie in scotland is just one of our many peculiarities when it comes to cooking

Its basically a scotch pie casing filled with macaroni cheese

In the Edinburgh area we have 'salt n sauce' on our chips which is salt and chip shop brown sauce that has been watered down with vinegar. Everywhere else in Scotland is happy with salt and vinegar.

Scotland needs a thread of its own. Deep fried Pizza for fks sake.

The aforementioned macaroni pie deep fried is a popular request at my local chip shop (along with all the other kinds of pies).

[AndyAudi]

This is a popular breakfast item in the north east of scotland, I used to have 2 of these rolls every morning, which according to the receipe below contains 50g of Butter/Lard (And most folk butter them before eating as well)

buttery/rowie/aberdeen roll

round the coast a bit & fantastic cullen skink

[ritmo]

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.