Enjoying our food

quietbloke said:

In Gloucester we have double Gloucester cheese. So good with Ryvita. What produce do you enjoy from your locality?

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Pizza and cheesecake. Australia is multicultural......

I live in a part of the English Midlands known as the "Black Country" comprising the towns of Dudley, Walsall, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton. The area has its own peculiar dialect, very distinct from nearby Birmingham, it's people are down-to-earth and there is a good sense of community. There are also some foods and drinks you can buy which are traditional to the area.

Cheese and onion cobs - are a favourite snack in this area. Pubs sell them everywhere.
Pork scratchings - locally produced and can be found in shops all over the place
Orange chips - many fish and chip shops in the area cook their chips in an orange batter.
Faggots and peas - a favourite local dish of pork offal, breadcrumbs, onions and seasoning which has been minced together, shaped into meatballs and then cooked. Served of course with mushy peas.
Black pudding - a type of blood sausage
The area is known for its breweries producing real ale sold in quirky pubs across the district.

Not all of us eat or drink these specialities. I personally detest them all!

My husband enjoys Wenslydale cheese,
I love Cornish Brie I can cut it off in chunks and not bother with the crackers

Produce from our locality is a hard one, it seems to be fast food and supermarkets. In the old days it used to be tripe, not recommended, pies are popular.
I buy organic on line, meat and veg' and cheese.

We picked up a #20 lb. Box from the tomato farm . Made vegetable soup yesterday. It was delicious. The tomatoes from the grocery dont have any taste in comparison. Have you eaten tomato pie? It didnt sound appetizing but so glad we tasted one at a luncheon recently. Having BLTs or tomato gravy with biscuits today. Y'all grab your hat and come over.

musicalpilgrim said:

My husband enjoys Wenslydale cheese,
I love Cornish Brie I can cut it off in chunks and not bother with the crackers

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I can't eat cheese at all without feeling horribly sick!
I have wondered what Wensleydale must taste like though - after watching Wallace and Grommit! Even the moon is made of cheese apparently!

tturt said:

We picked up a #20 lb. Box from the tomato farm . Made vegetable soup yesterday. It was delicious. The tomatoes from the grocery dont have any taste in comparison. Have you eaten tomato pie? It didnt sound appetizing but so glad we tasted one at a luncheon recently. Having BLTs or tomato gravy with biscuits today. Y'all grab your hat and come over.

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I love tomatoes - especially cooked! I've never tried tomato pie though. I had a neighbour who used to do a lot of cooking and she brought me up a potato pie! It was cooked mashed potato enclosed in a pastry - very bizarre but it tasted good.

Ok 1 vote for tomato gravy ? With biscuits? We won't count carbs today.

tturt said:

Ok 1 vote for tomato gravy ? With biscuits? We won't count carbs today.

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Sounds good to me

Having grown up in Devon, I absolutely love their local delicacies.

Devonshire Cream Tea: A plain scone with lashings of local clotted cream, strawberry jam, and the obligatory pot of tea.

Clotted Cream Ice Cream - all kinds of different flavours, but vanilla was always my favourite.

Devonshire Pasty - just like the Cornish pasty but with a different name. Chunks of meat, potato, swede, with added pepper and enclosed in a pastry.
Apparently you can't call it a Cornish pasty unless it is handmade in Cornwall.

Devon is a fantastic place to get atheroscelorosis - mild winters, warm summers and plenty of sandy beaches.

Anthony2019 said:

Having grown up in Devon, I absolutely love their local delicacies.

Devonshire Cream Tea: A plain scone with lashings of local clotted cream, strawberry jam, and the obligatory pot of tea.

Clotted Cream Ice Cream - all kinds of different flavours, but vanilla was always my favourite.

Devonshire Pasty - just like the Cornish pasty but with a different name. Chunks of meat, potato, swede, with added pepper and enclosed in a pastry.
Apparently you can't call it a Cornish pasty unless it is handmade in Cornwall.

Devon is a fantastic place to get atheroscelorosis - mild winters, warm summers and plenty of sandy beaches.

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....aaah, Devonshire cream teas yum yum!
...and Cornish pasties, so good on a windy day like today.

How to make Black Country faggots and peas the right way!

Bostin ah kid!

Anthony2019 said:

How to make Black Country faggots and peas the right way!

Bostin ah kid!

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Ha ha, I will give them a miss and stick with the sausage

Made in Walsall! How to make the perfect pork scratchings. I'm off to a local pub to meet some friends for a fellowship group. Might buy myself a bag!

Anthony2019 said:

Made in Walsall! How to make the perfect pork scratchings. I'm off to a local pub to meet some friends for a fellowship group. Might buy myself a bag!

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...never tried them but now I will