Championing Proper British Food and Drink
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It’s an institution around South Yorks, very like Worcester Sauce, but tastier. Urban myth has it written into every film contract Sean Bean signs up to😂
Growing up, Sheffield featured heavily in our lives, shopping days out, night clubs, theatres, cinemas. Sometimes when you got off the bus in the city centre, the smell from the big breweries, Wards, Stones, Whitbread, literally took your breath away. You breathed in pure hops. Other days it was the turn of the big Sweet factories, Bassets in particular on liquorice day.😂 Sadly, all gone now.
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Another institution, this time from the Midlands, beloved of that half time snack at football grounds, Pukka Pies. Still British....
https://www.pukkapies.co.uk/our-story/
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Proper British food? Chicken Tikka Masala - invented in Britain, cooked in Britain, and eaten at Shababs Balti restaurant in the Ladypool road, Birmingham .
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Not as well recognised as it should be, but we make some amazing cheese in the UK. If we didn’t see another block of cheese from beyond our shores, we wouldn’t be missing out much on taste, variety and quality. Traditional favourites like Cheddar, Stilton, Cheshire, Wensleydale etc made properly (mature) never disappoint, and beyond that there’s a whole world of regional/craft cheese that would rival anything you’ll find in a great cheese nation like France.
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Check again JV, I think you might find I mentioned Wards first!😉
Agree with you about the cheese Bill. Up and down the country, UK makes some lovely cheeses. Are you familiar with the Cheese Shop in the Pannier Market area in Tavistock? We usually spend quite a bit in there. Did find a dripping hunk of Stinking Bishop a bit of a trial driving home one searingly hot Summer though😬
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Agree about British Cheese, we make some of the best hard cheeses in the world. Although overall I think the French do beat us on the soft variety and a nice 24 month mature Compte, is up there with some of our best hard cheeses. It would be a shame if the prices of European varieties became prohibitive in a tit for tat trade war, but I think we could survive very nicely on our own produce. Unfortunately at my recent health check cholesterol was up again. So it looks as though cheese is off the menu, except for special occasions.☹️
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Crossed wires JV. You are talking Steel plants, I mentioned breweries. We are both right, but I cannot recall smell from steel plant, at least not in Sheffield🙂
Interesting relationship around one of Cornwall’s most famous brands, Kelly’s Ice Cream. Still British, but now owned by a Yorkshire Food based company.
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Not even when the roof used to open and the orange cloud blotted the sun as the Blast furnaces were working at full tilt ,
In the 1960s they still used Clayton steam wagons to transfer some of the billets, less suseptable to the heat than ICE vehicles
Also there used to be "Hot Moves" on the railway when the molten steel was transferred across the midland main lines in the special wagons
The men working in the steel works were supplied with salt tablets to replace it in their bodies
British food what about a bag of chips with scraps
Oat cakes from the local bakers in Sheffield
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There are many food stuffs that we take for granted that do the "Grunt" type work but travelling abroad you suddenly realise that certain countries just do not sell or eat these type of products.
I'm thinking of things like Crackers or Oat Cakes. Almost impossible to find in France and Germany isn't a great deal better. if you do come across them they'll be something like "Tuc". We now have to carry a fair supply when venturing abroad.
Things like Chutneys and Pickles for putting on those Cheese and Crackers.
Proper Tea and not just Liptons "English" tea bags.
A nice biscuit to go with the tea. Certainly the pastries are wonderful but very fattening if you have one every time you have a cuppa.
So thank you for the small things that make the day go around.
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Kelly's exercised good choice there. What a partnership👍
It's now produced in Bodmin rather than the old factory which was very close to where we live.
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Don’t deny yourself the pleasures in life...everything in moderation. A doctor told me the only way to effectively reduce cholesterol is to change your parents!
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Has anyone tried Eels?! We have a local smokery, famous for it's smoked eels (amongst other products) in normal times they have a popular cafe serving up various delicacies. Mail order too. Brown and Forrest Smokery LINK
I can't cope with jellied eels but smoked ones are good!
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Ugh, eels are nightmarish to me. Live or dead. I couldn’t hurt one, but happy never to meet one. Closest I came was a Ling thrashing about on a small boat. I could have happily abandoned ship.
I do like seafood though.
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We don’t eat pasties outside of Cornwall, they don’t taste the same.
It used to be our “going home” ritual. Last stop for a break heading home was a big lay-by North of Morton in Marsh. We used to sit on bonnet of Defender (or Jeep) clutching a Philps Pasty, and eating a last scone with clotted cream (Roddas). That was last enjoyable part of holiday. It went spectacularly down hill from there, M69, M1 and home to work....☹️ Until the next time......🤩
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I must admit it is one of the staples that I do actually miss now that I can't eat wheat. I remember driving into St.Ives with our dog and MiLs dog, 2 Westies, whilst Mrs WN, MiL and FiL went for the meal after Mrs WNs uncle's funeral service. Having a Pasty whilst sitting on the sea wall with the sun shining wasting an hour was without doubt the best bit of the whole shebang. Happy Days. At least for me.
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I thought to mention Philps again might be seen as going over the top as we know they are simply the best👍🏻. Then there's Barnecutt's saffron cake and Roddas. Well, what could be better?😀
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Best Pasty in Cornwall - Aunt Avice’s, St Kew Services.
Best Cheese - Helford Blue
Best Ice Cream, Callestick Farm (or Tallships Creamery)
Best Beer - Betty Stogs
Roddas Custard is quite a treat.
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We all have our preferences Bill😁
Pasties? I do like a Philps, but tend to get heartburn nowadays after one. Ann’s pasties down on Lizard are also very good.
Best ice cream ever had in Cornwall was a tiny little ice cream parlour in Hayle. Mr B’s, he only made it to sell on site, never sent it out like anyone else. We did used to get Callestick Farm ice cream in Probus though, still went through village after it had been by passed for just that reason.
Cornwall has some wonderful food choices.
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Philps are good, but if you're ever near St Agnes, the bakery does its own pasties which take some beating!
We didn't get to the ice cream parlour at Callestick Farm this year, but it's a regular port of call for us as is Healy's Cider Farm nearby.
Beer has got to be Tribute! And a special mention for Tarquin's gin (though Goldie may be more of an authority on that subject!
)And sadly gone now, but Louisa's by the side of the road in Porthcurno used to do the most immense cream teas!
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Ah, Tribute! And don’t forget Proper Job, Korev and Tinners Ale 🍺
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