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Well since i spent good time writing out this reply only to find the thread locked i'll stick it here...but i think it's pretty obvious this isn't the right place for such serious discussion...

 

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I'd say a cornish pasty i had at Villa Park many years back was one of the best i've ever had. Which is a little baffling to be honest because the food at football grounds should by all rights be average at best.

 

I've also had some of the best fish and chips outside Elland Road...once again strange because they were off a van. Not so strange when you realise that Harry Ramsden's started in Guiseley mind...those Yorkshire furk know their fish n chips and know mistake...

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Well since i spent good time writing out this reply only to find the thread locked i'll stick it here...but i think it's pretty obvious this isn't the right place for such serious discussion...

 

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I'd say a cornish pasty i had at Villa Park many years back was one of the best i've ever had. Which is a little baffling to be honest because the food at football grounds should by all rights be average at best.

 

I've also had some of the best fish and chips outside Elland Road...once again strange because they were off a van. Not so strange when you realise that Harry Ramsden's started in Guiseley mind...those Yorkshire furk know their fish n chips and know mistake...

 

I wonder, if like me, you sampled chips from said Elland Rd van shortly after young Walcott scored his first goal for us?

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I wonder, if like me, you sampled chips from said Elland Rd van shortly after young Walcott scored his first goal for us?

 

Must have been about ten years ago...prior to Theo even playing football!

 

I do remember the game for someone standing up as ours fans were flooding out to go home early and shouting out in an effeminate voice "okay...see you all back at Leeds' house" which made me chuckle...

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Now I know that technically a pasty isn't really a pie, just a related pastry-encased foodstuff, but I recently had one of Waitrose's 'Hand-crimped' Cornish Pasties. It was bloody horrible...

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On the subject of things wrapped in pastry (does suet pastry count?), I would like an honourable mention to go to the Bedfordshire Clanger. A rather pleasant invention consisting of a main course and dessert in one suet pastry wrapped bundle:

 

http://www.gunns-bakery.co.uk/bedfordshire_clanger.htm

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire_clanger

 

Surely that is nothing more than a skinny rip off pasty?

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Surely that is nothing more than a skinny rip off pasty?

 

Not at all, they are quite substantial (usually about 10 - 12 inches long and 6 inches in girth). Half is similar in taste and texture to a pasty, and once you've finished munching through that you get into the sweet end, usually filled with fruit/jam.

 

For liquid refreshment, you would of course accompany it with a pint from the local brewery:

 

http://www.potton-brewery.co.uk/

 

And a nice strong cup of tea.

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On the subject of things wrapped in pastry (does suet pastry count?), I would like an honourable mention to go to the Bedfordshire Clanger. A rather pleasant invention consisting of a main course and dessert in one suet pastry wrapped bundle:

 

http://www.gunns-bakery.co.uk/bedfordshire_clanger.htm

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire_clanger

 

The wiki link seems slightly hard to believe.

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In Kent their is a chain of butchers named 'Rooks'. They sell a thing called a Burger Puff. I would consider it a pie.

They are to die for, the sort of pie that you just know that 1 will not satisfy your lust.

 

Here is a link to the product:

 

http://www.rooksonline.co.uk/produce/product.aspx?pid=786db3df06dfc82a4ea0f9ea9b73c64cab3b7c7d

 

I am sure that colinjb will endorse my words.

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Wrong, they are lovely, well they are if made with decent fish and prawns.

 

A friend of mine did some agency work in the mortuary at the General a while back. He told me that they had a woman's body brought in that had been erm.... left a while. He told me that she had a lady part like a pickle.

 

Squirming, I asked "What do you mean, green?"

 

"No" he replied "Sour"

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A friend of mine did some agency work in the mortuary at the General a while back. He told me that they had a woman's body brought in that had been erm.... left a while. He told me that she had a lady part like a pickle.

 

Squirming, I asked "What do you mean, green?"

 

"No" he replied "Sour"

 

That get's the thumbs up from me.

 

The joke...not the lady parts...

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Please keep your pasty talk off this thread.

 

Well then, I have just had a rather nice pork pie from Messrs Pork Farms of Nottingham.

 

And whoever asked, suet crust is deffo OK for a pie.

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Well then, I have just had a rather nice pork pie from Messrs Pork Farms of Nottingham.

 

And whoever asked, suet crust is deffo OK for a pie.

 

I would have thought you could come up with a better description than the word "nice". Whenever anyone tells me something is "nice" I assume that, because they used such a bland, non-descript, word, that what they are talking about is actually only average and not worth worrying about.

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I would have thought you could come up with a better description than the word "nice". Whenever anyone tells me something is "nice" I assume that, because they used such a bland, non-descript, word, that what they are talking about is actually only average and not worth worrying about.

 

Fair enough. The pastry was rich and crumbly without being too fatty, the filling was chunky and firm with a good level of seasoning and, thankfully, no strong herby taste. The jelly was resilient without being rubbery and all-in-all it was an excellent snack.

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Fair enough. The pastry was rich and crumbly without being too fatty, the filling was chunky and firm with a good level of seasoning and, thankfully, no strong herby taste. The jelly was resilient without being rubbery and all-in-all it was an excellent snack.

 

I always think that when someone goes over the top describing food they must have a screw loose or an empty life. Why not just say it was nice abe done with it?

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