Restaurants in the Dordogne serve them under the name of ‘Pois Détrempés’; in Italy they are commonly known as ‘Piselli Pastosi’ and are a popular filling for ravioli; the Germans claim ‘Deutsche Matschig Erbsen’ to be their national dish, and of course the Spanish love nothing more than a tapas of ‘Guisantes Fofos’. Here in [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Yorkshire'
Mushy Peas
December 5th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Tags: Side Dish · Vegetarian · Yorkshire
A Taste of Yorkshire: Jam Round
October 21st, 2011 · No Comments
The woman at the market who sold us our Jam Round informed us that it is sometimes also referred to as a Brighton Tart. Asking the obvious question as to why this traditional local treat is named after an East Sussex town caused much debate among the staff which, even after one had tweeted her [...]
A Taste of Yorkshire: (Fatty) Dab
October 14th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Waiting in the Tudor Chippy for the haddock component of our chippy tea to be cooked, I noticed ‘Dab – 30p’ chalked up on the menu board. Enquiring on your behalf, dear reader, I was told it was a lump of mashed potato deep fried in batter. Before I had time to ask for one [...]
Tags: Deep fried · Reviews · Yorkshire
A Taste of Yorkshire: Fat Rascal
October 14th, 2011 · No Comments
A Fat Rascal is essentially a flat dry fruit scone/Garibaldi biscuit hybrid which, after a disappointing tasting, was fed to the ducks.
A Taste of Yorkshire: Yorkshire Curd Tart
October 14th, 2011 · No Comments
This is another traditional regional delicacy which ended up being a teatime treat for a appreciative family of local ducks. Unlike us, they didn’t seem to mind it being a dry and heavy approximation of cheesecake.
A Taste of Yorkshire: Sad Cake
October 3rd, 2011 · 3 Comments
Regular readers may be surprised to hear this but neither of us are trained psychologists and so wouldn’t presume to make a judgement on the mental disposition of this particular baked treat, melancholic or otherwise. However we do feel (humbly) that we are qualified to make an impartial assessment of its overall cakiness and, similar [...]
Tags: Biscuits · Reviews · Yorkshire
A Taste of Yorkshire: Barm Cake
October 3rd, 2011 · 4 Comments
Hello again dear reader and sorry for the brief interruption in transmission but the logistics of relocating the entire Yumblog Corporate Empire Inc. from fashionable East London to its new HQ in the even more fashionable outskirts of Media City, plus the switch over from analogue to digital (can you see the difference in quality?), [...]