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, 3 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

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)