[Poolfield2]

Brown sauce is excellent on chips!! Chips with brown sauce on a buttered roll (or barm cake as we call them where I come from) ooo mouth watering now

[mumofstig]

Oh................ I thought barm cakes had currants in.......from 'Confused in Kent'

[Poolfield2]

In NW they are flattish soft white rolls with flour on, not to be confused with Barm Brack which does have fruit and spice in.

[mumofstig]

In NW they are flattish soft white rolls with flour on

Ahhh...they're what we call baps (behave you lot with norty minds )...not to be confused with burger buns....which are yucky

[Elcie]

It is amazing actually how different some of the foods are between the north/south.  I always remember some friends visiting from t'north and they had never heard of a saveloy! 

[Ice]

I did once hear that a plate of chips is called a salad in Glasgow. :blink:

With apologies to our friends north of the border.

[arugula]

I did once hear that a plate of chips is called a salad in Glasgow. :blink:

With apologies to our friends north of the border.

Not all parts of Glasgow, Ice . I think its a "joke" related to the perceived bad diet.

[Ice]

Perceived? 

[arugula]

Yes. There's a huge generalisation about that. Yes it does exist in Glasgow, but bad dietary habits exist everywhere else too.

[catllar]

Getting back to topic - this year we are having Thai chilli lobster - not down to me - we are sharing the cooking with friends , so we all take a turn in the kitchen.

[Elcie]

Getting back to topic - this year we are having Thai chilli lobster - not down to me - we are sharing the cooking with friends , so we all take a turn in the kitchen.

That sounds delicious!  Maybe I will try lobster next year 

[catllar]

Getting back to topic - this year we are having Thai chilli lobster - not down to me - we are sharing the cooking with friends , so we all take a turn in the kitchen.

That sounds delicious!  Maybe I will try lobster next year 

I'll let you know . By the way I've managed to get some parsnips - these are rarities down here - not many folk know how to cook them - can't get swede either (oh my, and they call this the land of fine cuisine!!! ) They don't know what they're missing do they? I'll be preparing the meal for New Year's Eve - - now just need to find me a haggis tree and we'll be away

[Poolfield2]

Do you grow your own veg? We can send you seeds if you want

[catllar]

Do you grow your own veg? We can send you seeds if you want

  Thanks for that Poolfield, that's really kind, but I have tried many times and given up - too hot in the summer and no water (at least, no FREE water). Several of  us parsnip starved brits have tried but have all given up one after the other - need to live much much  higher up our mountain to get cool enough for them ,and I don't think OH would move house for a parsnip!

[Paul Plots]

Do you grow your own veg? We can send you seeds if you want

  Thanks for that Poolfield, that's really kind, but I have tried many times and given up - too hot in the summer and no water (at least, no FREE water). Several of  us parsnip starved brits have tried but have all given up one after the other - need to live much much  higher up our mountain to get cool enough for them ,and I don't think OH would move house for a parsnip!

Rent a field in the hills?