The great chip shop gravy divide.

[HTFB]

There was a derogatory word banned at the Old Place, of which pikelet is clearly the juvenile form.

Would anyone understand me if I started referring to the antisocial offspring of the obtrusively work-shy as "drop-scones"?

[Really Ancien]

The reason why there isn't a Wiki entry may be that I have something better to do with my time.

*wonders whether there's a Wiki entry for Haverbread; CBA searching; moves on*

Have I mentioned the palare/polari debate?  I have a spare soapbox for that one...

The best explanation of Haverbread comes from an Australian blogger. The Art and Mystery of Food: Yorkshire oatcakes/Haverbread There is a village in Cumbria called Haverthwaite, there is probably a Norse language link which explains the linguistic distribution, haversack is from the same root.

Damon.

[Gattopardo]

...and a pie-clate?

Beer with peanuts and/or crisps......or burnt offerings from a BBQ

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

It had white "condiment". Acetic acid as opposed to malt vinegar I think. ...  And I never did manage a boiled mutton pie either.

What is it with people and white vinegar on chips? It's just wrong.

Did you have a macaroni pie?

WTF is a dropped scone, why would you want one thats been dropped?

Google is your friend.

Drop scones are delicious. They're also known as Scotch pancakes. While we're in the vicinity of scones, it's pronounced to rhyme with gone and shone, not bone or phone.

[eck]

While we're in the vicinity of scones, it's pronounced to rhyme with gone and shone, not bone or phone.

Except when you're in the vicinity of Scone, near Perth: Scone to rhyme with spoon and loon. 

[Ariadne]

What's the fastest kind of cake?


















Scone

[rafletcher]

It had white "condiment". Acetic acid as opposed to malt vinegar I think. ...  And I never did manage a boiled mutton pie either.

What is it with people and white vinegar on chips? It's just wrong.

Did you have a macaroni pie?

I agree totally re the "condiment" vs proper vinegar. No comparison.

And no macaroni pie, I stuck to fish suppers after that first experience. And I never quite got over the sight of frozen pizza being chucked in the fat.

[Gattopardo]

It had white "condiment". Acetic acid as opposed to malt vinegar I think. ...  And I never did manage a boiled mutton pie either.

What is it with people and white vinegar on chips? It's just wrong.

Did you have a macaroni pie?

WTF is a dropped scone, why would you want one thats been dropped?

Google is your friend.

Drop scones are delicious. They're also known as Scotch pancakes. While we're in the vicinity of scones, it's pronounced to rhyme with gone and shone, not bone or phone.

How do you pronounce path?

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

To rhyme with bath.

[pcolbeck]

Here we go.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Today I had a toasted fruit teacake with butter as my second breakfast. (My first breakfast made a reappearance shortly after I ate it, perhaps because it was swilling around on top of rather a lot of alcohol). I thought about taking a picture of the teacake for the forumites who don't know what they are, but I didn't.

[Andrew Br]

Today I had a toasted fruit teacake with butter as my second breakfast. (My first breakfast made a reappearance shortly after I ate it, perhaps because it was swilling around on top of rather a lot of alcohol). I thought about taking a picture of the teacake for the forumites who don't know what they are, but I didn't.

Praise be that you didn't want to take a picture of your 1st breakfast after its reappearance.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Leyland is the Northern limit of the Staffordshire Oatcake

Damon, do you mean that Leyland has an oatcake bakery (if so, lucky you  ), or that oatcakes are available in bakers / butchers, or that the somewhat rubbery sub-variety can be bought in supermarkets?

The cheese stall on the market has sold them for as long as I can remember, they are also available from Tesco as you suggest. I was interested to find out that the North Staffordshire oatcake is an imitation of the chappatis that the soldiers of the North Staffs Regiment encountered in India in the 19th century.

Damon.

I am going to let this be known!

[onb]

The Staffs oatcake is similar to the Yorkshire Haverbread/havercake.

And, please note the correct spelling of pie-clate!

I like dosas!  In fact, i like a lot of breads - naan & chapatis, too

Explains a lot.

[clarion]

The Staffs oatcake is similar to the Yorkshire Haverbread/havercake.

And, please note the correct spelling of pie-clate!

I like dosas!  In fact, i like a lot of breads - naan & chapatis, too

Explains a lot.

Er, yes - it does

[Dave]

Leyland is the Northern limit of the Staffordshire Oatcake

And the eastern limit appears to be Bar Hill Tesco just outside Cambridge.

Oh, and it's definitely pikelet.

[Cudzoziemiec]

The Staffs oatcake is similar to the Yorkshire Haverbread/havercake.

And, please note the correct spelling of pie-clate!

I like dosas!  In fact, i like a lot of breads - naan & chapatis, too

So whats a pikelet?

Oh and maybe you should get a tandour

Tandoor! Except maybe in Pondicherry.