Craving!
There's this thing you can get from the chippy, but only in the city of Hull and a couple of it's outlying regions called a patty. It's mashed potato and sage, deep fried in batter, and it's fucking awesome and I WANT ONE! Can't even get decent fish and chips around here so I'm craving lots of greasy deep fried food.

What's your favourite dish local to your city?
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:18, 90 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Its not confined to here at all
But the meat spring rolls in the chinese here are the bestest post nite our treat ever
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:21, Reply)

White pudding supper
An east of Scotland delicacy.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:24, Reply)

Also in the East of Scotland
Is the mythical "Saut n Sauss"...

On first encounter I expected Salt and Tomato Sauce. I was alarmed to find the chef liberally coat my Red Pudding in what appeared to be a thin and less viscous Brown Sauce.

The results were INCREDIBLE. Why can't I get that here!! Admittedly I am on the East Coast of Scotland but further North than most.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:27, Reply)

That's an Edinburgh thing, primarily
They dilute the brown sauce with vinegar, I believe. Most odd!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:30, Reply)

Ah well..
I have experienced it in both Dundee and Aberdeen so made the assumption. Either way it is a part of my life that can never be replaced until I get the bona fide goods.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:35, Reply)

Rowies
and macaroni pies FTW
(I Was a Teenage Spaceship, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:30, Reply)

Rowies
are affa fine.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:31, Reply)

*shrugs*
Lambrini and Teenage Pregnancy Surprise, I guess.
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:26, Reply)

Oooh that sounds nice!
I'm really craving a great BIG dirty burger at the moment... despite stuffing my face with scampi and chips a few hours ago *fats*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:27, Reply)

I'm fucking hungry too today.
Going for Chinese with V later though. Awesome.
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:28, Reply)

I actually don't know what's wrong with me today,
I'm soooooo hungry!! Eeeeeep!

Oooh chinese would be nice actually... now I'm thinking about duck! Yummers!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:30, Reply)

Ah... Duck...
I think it'll be "The Usual" for us.
Lemon Chicken, Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls, Egg Fried Rice and Prawn Crackers.
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:32, Reply)

Oooh
Sweet and sour chicken balls are DA BOMB!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:34, Reply)

V has those.
I don't actually like 'em much.
*shrugs*
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:36, Reply)

But, but, but
they're wicked and full of chickeny goodness!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:37, Reply)

But
I find the chicken goes a bit too stringy in them, and ends up getting stuck between my teeth, annoying me until I can get them out!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:39, Reply)

Hmmm...
this is true of some chicken balls. I've been to good chinese restaurants where the chicken isn't a stringy-mess... perhaps you need to investigate other chinese restaurants??
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:44, Reply)

One major problem
I'm incredibly lazy, and there is a takeaway round the corner that is pretty damn good (except for the stringy chicken) so it's just much easier for me to just phone up, and walk round the corner!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:51, Reply)

Ah I see
That's understandable then! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:00, Reply)

Balls are fine.
It's the sauce!
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:40, Reply)

Hmmm
Okay, I'll give you that, the sauce is usually a tad on the scary side! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:41, Reply)

Yeah.
It's the colour of a Miami sunset, and sweeter than a litre of sugar-nated honey.
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:42, Reply)

Ooooh
I like that, very good description! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:44, Reply)

Thanks.
I do my best.
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:45, Reply)

I've always been pretty
rubbish at describing things properly, I think I'm too lazy. Things usually fall under three categories with me:
1. Pants
2. Super Fly
3. Meh S'Alright
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:51, Reply)

SUPER FLY?
Hahaha!
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:59, Reply)

Yup
It works for me!

I tend to also only use certain words to describe how I'm feeling too, such as 'cool beans' if its good, 'no worries' which I use at the end of almost every sentence, and 'bums' which I use when I make mistakes.

Its a special little world I live in! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:08, Reply)

Mmmmmmm duck
Im stupidly hungry today too, thinking it might be to do with my trying to stop smoking
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:34, Reply)

Ahhh quitting...
that gives you a good excuse for your cravings!! How are you getting on so far?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:37, Reply)

Just over 24 hours!
I do want a fag but not overly much, just want FOOD!!

Am I going to become a fatty?
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:40, Reply)

Aww well done
Keep at it!! Perhaps chewing gum is a good idea? I have been told by many ex-smokers that gum got them through the scary food times.

If you chew gum, you will not become a fatty - Fact.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:43, Reply)

Hmmm I like your theory
Ill give it a go!
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:45, Reply)

Cool beans
Hopefully it'll work for you too! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:47, Reply)

Nothing to do with food here.
But I fucking love your signature!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:28, Reply)

Why thank you
I tend to change my sig from various Eddie Izzard quotes, for he is fun! :)

One of my favourites is 'If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid'

Also 'Ello Sue, I've got legs, do you like... bread?, I've got a french loaf...THUMP, byeeee, I love you'
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:32, Reply)

My one and only submission to you tube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-tl6GBOBo

I looked it up a couple of years back, and noticed this clip wasn't online, which I thought just wasn't good enough!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:34, Reply)

Hehe hurrah!
I congratulate you on your youtubery! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:39, Reply)

I have that clip favourited :D
Covered in BEES!
( Maladicta, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 19:10, Reply)

It's not local food
But we have a couple of amazing takeaways in Macclesfield, if only for the price of the high quality goods they offer!

Pizza Pantry - 3/4 Pounder cheeseburger with chips - £4.50 - It's just so damn tasty!

Cheshire Fast Food - 16" pizza, 12" cheesy garlic bread & 1 1/2 Litre bottle of coke for £12.50 - They do a Meat Feast special which contains Salami, Pastrami, Spicy Beef, Peppers, Onions and Chicken Tikka, and it's fucking fantastic. Also open until 4am, and does free deliveries in a 10 mile radius as long as you spend over £5
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:28, Reply)

PASTRAMI?
That's fucking awesome.
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:28, Reply)

Cheshire fast Food is for the filthy drunkards who aren't aware of what they are eating
Pizza Pantry is shit, but the burgers are quite good apparently.
Gios do the best pizza in the world, and McFlames the finest burger. Fiesta everytime for top quality kebab!!!
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:35, Reply)

I've only ever eaten from Cheshire Fast Food twice while drunk
And it just made it better.

Plus, you have no say in the matter, you eat Fish Pizza! Freak!

Haha.

Macc Flames burgers are good, but their Doner meat is the only reason I keep going back!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:36, Reply)

Patty.
Also available in meat, cheese and fish variety.

Sometimes I despair for people who live south of York and don't know what a proper chipshop can offer. Such as the indian/cowboy special from Yaz's (Battered burger, sausages and chips topped with curry-sauce/beans)or battered Haggis/Marsbar/Horse from Annan (or any other Scottish chip shop for that matter) or the deliciously heart stopping Parmo-Chicken.

Glasto this year we had a schism, do we go for a breakfast butty or a pizza? The guy running the stall (from Newcastle too suprisingly) said "Why not have both?" and that is where I first tasted a breakfast pizza (Cumberland sausage, smoked bacon, black pudding).

That is what I want now.
(Vikingheadache, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:35, Reply)

best pizza in the world
Melting Pot pizza, super thin cracker crust, freshest toppings, sauce made from lepreuchaun blood or magic or something
people come from miles around to eat there *sigh*
I want some RIGHT NOW
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:38, Reply)

I haven't discovered anything local to the midlands
but I went to uni in the north east, where they have something called a 'parmo', short for parmesan. I've never seen them anywhere else. They were fucking disgusting unless you'd had a skinful, and then they seemed like the best idea in the world...until you had to confront the half-eaten monstrousity you'd left on the table the morning after with a raging hangover...and then you'd likely just vom.
(berk, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:39, Reply)

What was it?
Just cheese?
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:40, Reply)

Check it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmo
(Bazongaloid, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:43, Reply)

Whoaaaaaaaa
Never seen that before!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:47, Reply)

Nice!
I'd try that.
( Cawl, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:48, Reply)

I'm going to try and find one next time i'm up in geordieland
but I believe you need to go a bit further down the coast to really get them, so I may be out of luck.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:49, Reply)

Not at all Al,
I know for definite that the take-away behind City Hall do them.

Can't remember it's name but it's the one just east of the Haymarket and has a red sign outside?

Edit: It's called Get Stuffed, google is my friend.
(Vikingheadache, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:54, Reply)

Awesome
Thanks for that!
(Bazongaloid, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:57, Reply)

What is this "parmo"
That you speak of?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:40, Reply)

They call it parmo
and they make it on the farmo. If you eat to much it can do your guts harmo.

sorry
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:43, Reply)

You should be

(Bazongaloid, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:43, Reply)

It's essentially
a massive battered/breaded fried chicken burger with a liberal dosing of bechamel sauce type stuff, covered in a massive amount of cheese and grilled. Sometimes there's a layer of ham, too. If you make it at home with nice ingredients it's actually pretty tasty, but from a takeaway it's just rank. In 4 years up north I probably tried them at five different establishments and they were all fucking disgusting unless pissed as a fart. They never made me ill like kebab meat tends to, though...
(berk, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:46, Reply)

Blimey
Wouldn't mind it when pissed up but would actually be sick if I tried to eat it 4 real!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:48, Reply)

That was the con, you see
When marinated in alcohol, something deep in the brain suddenly fires up and makes you think - 'parmo. what a fucking great idea!'. Off you merrily trot, hand over your fiver and get a big greasy pool of cheesy chickeny goo (read: mechanically reclaimed chicken arses and feet), go home, eat half and pass out.
In the morning, the hungover brain cannot believe you've brought this foul concoction home, let alone put it in your mouth.

Just like some men I've met when pissed, really. Arf.
(berk, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:02, Reply)

Could you not just order a ladies parmo then?
I did a little chortle when I saw that was the term for half a one!
(Pirate Monkey is not the goddamn Batman, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:15, Reply)

The supposed 'half'
was still the size of my own face!
(berk, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:22, Reply)

Surely
'Cobs' are a midlands delicacy?
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:43, Reply)

Possibly.
But I haven't tried one. What's a cob?
(berk, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:47, Reply)

Ah maybe not then
Cob seems to be the midlands word for what we southeners call bread rolls

Maybe its a Nottingham thing
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:58, Reply)

OK
That's it.

I'm going to have to go and cry for a while now, as I've got no money to be able to afford any of these!

ARGH! I want something greasy, I'm sick of fucking super noodles!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:54, Reply)

If grease is your thing
you could try cheese on toast?
(berk, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:56, Reply)

Sadly
Don't have any cheese, and can't afford it.

Got new bills this month, and didn't change how much I put into the account to pay bills, meaning that's empty too!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:06, Reply)

I've only got £700.00ish
to last me til the end of next week :0(


EDIT: £702.69
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:57, Reply)

Erm plenty ??
Or are you being sarky :P
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:59, Reply)

I have
something approaching £180 to last nine days. It's baffling, as normally at this point in the month I have about 50 quid. I'm worried there's a bill I've not paid...
(berk, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:04, Reply)

I was being a little sarky
I'm usually skint by now but have been extra, extra careful this month due to impending holidays.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:04, Reply)

.
Git
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:07, Reply)

Sub?

( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:10, Reply)

Tis ok fella
I get paid Friday, so it's not really the end of the world.

I have to be ridiculously careful next month though, as I'm paying for the rest of my holiday. Which leaves me fucked for the rest of the month, joy!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:12, Reply)

Fairy nuff
I shall be dining on Gio's fishy pizza tonight :0)
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:16, Reply)

Right now, I could murder some parkin.
Gran makes it a treat.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:57, Reply)

Being a svelte
chip shop afficianado i can safely say that English chippies are shit. Well, that's a bit sweeping, the FISH is fucking rank. Why o why do they insist on keeping the stinking fucking skin on one side of the fish? It's black and grey and fucking horrible, get.it.to.fuck. Also the batter is usually rank as well, greasy, with pockets of stinking fucking liquid randomly placed. You simply cannot beat fish and chips from Louis's in Port Glasgow, admittedly the whole town is a cadaver, but that chippy reigns supreme.

When i lived in Derby there were maybe 2 chippies that sold gravy, it was quite rare, although peas and all manner of other shit could be bought. the only thing i liked from the english chippies was teh fact that the asked if you wanted them opened or closed. An offer i have NEVER heard in a scottish chippy.

n the whole though, chippies are pretty expensive these days, 5-6 quid for a fish supper, and that's even before the buttered roll, can of fizzy pop, turkish delight, pickled eggs, onions, 3 fritters and a single poodin (for the walk up the road. There is a chippy in greenock that will do you chips, gravy and onions, cooked onions, ones like you would get with a steak, and i must say, they are fucking incredible. They also do these old school cheeseburgers. No bullshit like salad on, just a thin burger with some very nice cheese...Quite dry and chewy, like something you got in an uk based italian cafe when you were on holiday. I can choke down 2 AND the chips with gravy and onions. Bring on the heart disease!!
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:00, Reply)

Seeing as chippies are getting a lot of time in this thread
Anyone enjoy the pickled Mussels as much as I do? :D
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:03, Reply)

Ergh.
No.
(berk, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:04, Reply)

Pah
They are immense. In fact they serve jars in a bar I like to frequent when out solely to get utterly trollied and not particularly to socialise.

A middle-aged woman pushed past me in said bar - I enquired if she wanted past to get to the bar? Her reply "Ahh fucken PISHED mysel!". I almost bolked in my mouth.

She had actually pished herself.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:20, Reply)

I do
love Scotland.
(berk, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:23, Reply)

Not as good as cockles
We used tyo have bloke that went around the pubs selling fishy treats - crabsticks, cockles, mussels, rollmop, all things good and fishy!

The company was Kershaws - they covered Manchester and surrounding areas.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:24, Reply)

Rollmop!
Probably the king of fishy goodness. I'm also a big cockles man but for sheer meatiness in a jar I have to go for mussels...
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:57, Reply)

I well fancy a dirty take away tonight.
I'm not sure what kind exactly though.

I'll probably end up getting chinese.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 18:21, Reply)

Can you not make them?
Mrs SLVA went through quite a few of them when she was pregnant for the first time.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 18:29, Reply)

I've never tried, to be honest.
I keep promising the fella I'll make some but never get around to it.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:48, Reply)

I miss stovies from living in Aberdeenshire.
Mince. Mash. Salt. NOM.
( Maladicta, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 19:10, Reply)

Sweet Jesus
I miss my Clarke's pies from Cardiff. The best pies in the friggin' world.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 19:14, Reply)

Clarkes pies!
There was nothing better than stumbling home at 3 in the morning down Cowbridge road in Cardiff and knocking on the door of the Clarkes pie Shop/Bakery.

The door would swing open, silver coins or a spliff would be exchanged for a stunning minutes fresh out of the oven Clarkes pie in a paper bag (which the signs proudly proclaimed was at the very least 12% meat!)

Clarkes pies are living proof that if you get the gravy right, you can pour it over gravel and fag butts and it will be a feast!

For me and my flatmates, the Clarks bakery was roughly the halfway point on our homewards stumble and it would give us the well needed boost keep going through the freezing winter rain until we made it home!
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:00, Reply)

poutine
from any town in quebec. best drunk food ever. chips, topped with cheesecurds, then smothered in brown gravy.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 21:48, Reply)

I know!
They squeak, don't they?
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 22:31, Reply)