Author Topic: Food and Drink Named after it's Origin - HELP! (Read 11956 times)

D.A.L.E. · « **Reply #25 on:** 06 January, 2018, 03:01:38 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 06 January, 2018, 02:45:48 pm

Quote from: Deano on 06 January, 2018, 02:10:51 pm
Quote from: hatler on 06 January, 2018, 12:48:15 pm
Pontefract cakes

Aren't as good as they sound. And are quite hard to find.

They’re easy enough to find in Pontefract - just go to the Haribo (formerly Dunhills) factory shop.

A childhood visit to my gran was never complete without calling in there for liquorice-based goodies.

I wish we'd known that place existed when we rode to the National 400 via Pontefract in 2016. Ended up buying some from Tesco.

EDIT - Turns out we bought them from the Tesco next door to the feckin Haribo shop. We even rode down Liquorice Way!

Pickled Onion · « **Reply #26 on:** 06 January, 2018, 03:04:39 pm »

On a more serious note, consider Jeréz - there are a million different sherries to try, and none of them are like Harvey's Bristol Cream.

Quote from: LEE on 05 January, 2018, 11:18:49 pm

Scottish Whiskey and French vineyards could keep us busy for ever so we're looking for more specific examples than Oban Whiskey in Oban.

Be careful. It's Scotch Whisky. Whiskey comes from Ireland or the US. Spelling it with an E could get you a Glasgow Kiss in Glasgow.

D.A.L.E. · « **Reply #27 on:** 06 January, 2018, 03:05:59 pm »

Quote from: Pickled Onion on 06 January, 2018, 03:04:39 pm

On a more serious note, consider Jeréz - there are a million different sherries to try, and none of them are like Harvey's Bristol Cream.

Quote from: LEE on 05 January, 2018, 11:18:49 pm
Scottish Whiskey and French vineyards could keep us busy for ever so we're looking for more specific examples than Oban Whiskey in Oban.

Be careful. It's Scotch Whisky. Whiskey comes from Ireland or the US. Spelling it with an E could get you a Glasgow Kiss in Glasgow.

And on that note - Buckfast in Devon.

T42 · « **Reply #28 on:** 06 January, 2018, 03:22:19 pm »

Edinburgh Rock, Forfar Bridies, Arbroath Smokies...

Basil · « **Reply #29 on:** 06 January, 2018, 03:27:28 pm »

Quote from: Pickled Onion on 06 January, 2018, 02:18:44 pm

Quote from: Thing2 on 06 January, 2018, 10:44:55 am
Cheese! From Cheddar to Edam via Pont-l'Évêque. Lots of others too of course, especially in France.

But don't go to Stilton for Stilton. It's actually illegal to make Stilton in Stilton, it can only be made in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

I'm sure I heard the same thing about Melton Mowbray.

LEE · « **Reply #30 on:** 06 January, 2018, 03:28:28 pm »

Quote from: pcolbeck on 06 January, 2018, 08:25:45 am

Hawes in Wensleydale.

I once heard someone shout that across a Yorkshire Pub but I think it was just a Hen Party.

LEE · « **Reply #31 on:** 06 January, 2018, 03:32:59 pm »

I have to admit that the French Cheese/Booze towns are more appealing than the Eccles option, as touring in the Motorhome goes.

Pingu · « **Reply #32 on:** 06 January, 2018, 04:29:50 pm »

Cullen skink.

Pingu · « **Reply #33 on:** 06 January, 2018, 04:31:27 pm »

I'm not sure of the provenance of Brussels' sprouts.

hellymedic · « **Reply #34 on:** 06 January, 2018, 06:10:26 pm »

Quote from: Flatus on 06 January, 2018, 12:39:47 pm

If they have a McDonald's here you almost certainly will eat some..

https://goo.gl/maps/pkzF6Vn1LLr

You could go to Hamburg for a Hamburger...

hatler · « **Reply #35 on:** 06 January, 2018, 06:27:07 pm »

Wiener schnitzel

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #36 on:** 06 January, 2018, 06:48:27 pm »

Bournville chocolate.

Basil · « **Reply #37 on:** 06 January, 2018, 07:05:41 pm »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 06 January, 2018, 06:48:27 pm

Bournville chocolate.

It always amused me that the Cadbury's dark chocolate, Bournville, is not actually made in the Bournville factory. It's made in France.

Pickled Onion · « **Reply #38 on:** 06 January, 2018, 07:07:58 pm »

Quote from: Basil on 06 January, 2018, 03:27:28 pm

Quote from: Pickled Onion on 06 January, 2018, 02:18:44 pm
Quote from: Thing2 on 06 January, 2018, 10:44:55 am
Cheese! From Cheddar to Edam via Pont-l'Évêque. Lots of others too of course, especially in France.

But don't go to Stilton for Stilton. It's actually illegal to make Stilton in Stilton, it can only be made in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

I'm sure I heard the same thing about Melton Mowbray.

Sort of. Melton Mowbray Pork Pies have a PGI which means they can only come from Melton. Stilton (the cheese) has a PDO which doesn't include Cambridgeshire, which is where Stilton (the village) is. It can be made in Melton Mowbray.

Pingu · « **Reply #39 on:** 06 January, 2018, 07:13:43 pm »

Ravioles du Royans

Basil · « **Reply #40 on:** 06 January, 2018, 07:15:52 pm »

I'm sure I heard on a R4 program years ago that Melton Mowbray pies could only come from a specific area around Melton Mowbray, but Melton Mowbray itself wasn't actually in that area.

I may have mis-heard.

Pickled Onion · « **Reply #41 on:** 06 January, 2018, 07:29:23 pm »

Yeah, sorry, the area is a region around Melton. It does include Melton, but you're right, most Melton Mowbray Pork Pies are made outside the town itself but within the designated area.

Basil · « **Reply #42 on:** 06 January, 2018, 07:44:57 pm »

Wikipedia doesn't seem to support my theory.

SoreTween · « **Reply #43 on:** 06 January, 2018, 07:56:45 pm »

English breakfast and Welsh cakes provide broad emergency targets to stay on topic with if more specific plans go south one day.
French bread too.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #44 on:** 06 January, 2018, 08:48:16 pm »

You could visit the Sandwich Islands for a sandwich.

andrew_s · « **Reply #45 on:** 06 January, 2018, 09:13:50 pm »

Hamburgers in Hamburg, Frankfurters in Frankfurt, pilsner in Plzen
London Gin in London Plymouth Gin in Plymouth
Sherry in Jerez, Port in Oporto, Madeira in Madeira

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 06 January, 2018, 08:48:16 pm

You could visit the Sandwich Islands for a sandwich.

Kent would be cheaper to get to, though apparently both are named after the Earl of, rather than the town directly.

bobb · « **Reply #46 on:** 06 January, 2018, 09:18:58 pm »

You could perhaps extend it to include places that are also activities.

You cold have a piss on Piss Pot Island

You could take a shit in Shit

Or have a wank in Wank

And of course, the old favourite, do some fucking in Fucking

hellymedic · « **Reply #47 on:** 06 January, 2018, 09:57:25 pm »

Quote from: bobb on 06 January, 2018, 09:18:58 pm

You could perhaps extend it to include places that are also activities.

You cold have a piss on Piss Pot Island

You could take a shit in Shit

Or have a wank in Wank

And of course, the old favourite, do some fucking in Fucking

Dorset has a good selection of scatological places, though Sitterton lost its 'h' to placate local sensitivities and the River Piddle is otherwise known as the Tent. Suggest bobb has a leak at the Piddle Inn in Piddletrenthide.

Back on topic, there's London Gin and London Cheesecake...

mcshroom · « **Reply #48 on:** 06 January, 2018, 10:04:31 pm »

Cumberland Sausage, or Jennings Cumberland Ale (or anything from Cumberland Legendary Ales) for somewhere out here.

Also for a bit of geographic confusion, we also have Lake District Cheddar

madcow · « **Reply #49 on:** 06 January, 2018, 10:07:09 pm »

Head for Belgium and find some Trappist monasteries that brew their own beer.
Orval is in a beautiful setting.