Hollands Pies!!!!!!

[SlugLobber]

Vimto rocks and is, in my opinion, the true North/South divide. Southerners drink Ribena. Northerners drink Vimto. Oh, how I rejoiced when they started stocking it in the supermarkets! Nowt like a hot vimto on a cold evening.

My Mum STILL tries offering me Holland's Puddings when I go up North. They made me vomit as a kid, would make me vomit now. You can get them in the South, but only in certain 'Cosmopolitan' chippies.

Now black peas. They are the mutts nuts! Can only get them in certain places, even in Bolton. Those and Carr's Pasties. I brought a batch of the latter back with me after Christmas and Mum sends me black peas every year in time for Bonfire night!

[ixi1456]

dont you think that the hollands meat pies have gone to peppery there steak puddings and steak pies are still good but you cant beat a carrs pastie (bolton)or a greenhalghs (horwich) meat pie

[Hilary B]

You would not believe how many tea bags I have tucked away here
Porrage oats, golden syrup, bovril and tabasco are the other things we stock up on each time we go back.

Mind you, when we came back at Christmas we brought back a huge tv too.....

Since we only spend about 7 weeks a year (split between 3 visits) in Spain, the only things we reckon on 'can't do without' are tea bags, and the sort of coffee I like (the cafes do nice coffee, but the stuff in Spanish supermarkets is too bitter for me). Those who have put down roots in the area we visit have the benefit of a shop called "A Taste of Home" where they sell 'real' tea, Nescafe, Ribena, and all sorts of other ingredients not usually found in the shops around there (and non-foods too, plus they do Sky TV stuff), but it is pricey!
The one thing I do miss when we are out there is BEEF. They only sell what I know as 'baby beef', which is OK for curries and chillies, and probably 'not too bad' for stewish things in general, but as steak it just tastes WRONG!

[pipscariad]

Aargh! Novicegardener what have you done?! My OH spotted this post last night, and as a Mancunian couldn't stop going on about nostalgic memories of Hollands Pies... he was still talking about it this morning, fair opened the floodgates it did! I wouldn't care, but he's a veggie now, so doesn't have any desire to eat one anymore, but it still made him go misty eyed. He was going on about some comedian (Bob somebodyorother - Harding?) who changed the words of a song so that it was all about the aforementioned pastry covered comestibles. He said to me this morning, "I wonder if that person [you!] remembers Hollands Steak puddings" - well, do you?

Edit: I guess I should have gone back and read the rest of the thread before i posted (in too much of a hurry!) - much of what I've said is already there! Hubby loves Vimto too - you mancunians must have different taste buds to the rest of us, I can't stand the stuff.

[ixi1456]

. He was going on about some comedian (Bob somebodyorother - Harding?) who changed the words of a song so that it was all about the aforementioned pastry covered comestibles.

The comedien was bolton born and bred bob williamson
video of the song http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YtRuYE7pLXo

[SlugLobber]

Liked that clip. Got distracted by Phoenix Nights, though. Hadn't seen this one! I was trying to spot where they were driving, lol!

YouTube - Max and Paddy Spin me Round!

[mogs]

Well staple diet from my childhood 'up North' was Treacle or Golden Syrup Sandwiches (I drew the line at dripping) Faggots, Chips and Peas (don't know what was in them but delicious mush folled into a ball and baked in gravey) and a bag of scraps (crispy chip and batter scrapings from the fryers) from the chippy was an absolute treat ... oh and when I was a lass they gave you them for nowt - probably an overpriced delicacy now in top London restaurants! ..... and I once asked for a Ham Teacake in a shop down south and they thought I wanted a currant teacake with ham on it - seems it's a roll South of the border - teacakes where I come from or for an absolute delight a good old fashioned Oven Bottom!

[skegblade]

Mogs, you don't know what you're missing; pork dripping thickly spread on a breadcake with a good helping of salt. YUM YUM

Phil