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gillybob Fri 01-Dec-17 15:32:05

Not sure if exclusive to Tyneside but my gran always made Panhaggerty, which is a delicious dish of bacon, onions, corned beef, sliced potatoes and gravy layered on top of each other. Best served with stottie cake to soak up the gravy .

Primrose65 Fri 01-Dec-17 15:17:00

I grew up in East London, so pie & mash with liquor from Kelly's in the Roman Road, with plenty of vinegar.

Blinko Fri 01-Dec-17 15:08:44

Proper faggots, made from scratch, available from local butchers not supermarket bought things. And tomato sausage. When my parents moved further afield they always implored me to bring tomato sausage whenever I visited. I haven't come across it anywhere else so far.

Fennel Fri 01-Dec-17 15:08:39

I come from Tyneside where they used to make Singing Hinnies, a sort of fruit scone cooked on a griddle.

paddyann Fri 01-Dec-17 15:05:37

loads of Scottish recipes ,how about Clootie dumpling ,or Skirlie .cranachan,rumbeldethumps,atholl brose,cock a leekie soup, tablet ,scotch broth made with a huge hunk of mutton, stovies....theres a huge amount of Scottish things we still eat regularly.In fact it was always a (distant) dream to open a restaurant serving only scottish food...I'd have called it the Jacobean and it would have had a sister tearoom called the Four Mary's .I even at one point had the decor sorted ...but alas life got in the way .

Fennel Fri 01-Dec-17 15:02:44

It's very agricultural where we live, and there are lots of pig and duck producers. Also very good pre-soaked Tarbes beans, which dry out on the vine, and tomatoes.
So the local dish is cassoulet, a slow-cooked casserole dish, which is a combination of those things in their various forms -eg plain meat, smoked, sausages etc.
Make a huge pot, and it lasts for ages. I make a version of it, but use beef instead of pork.

whitewave Fri 01-Dec-17 14:52:15

Sussex pond puddings.

But I’m Cornish
So hogs pudding, saffron cake, and of course pasties amongst other stuff - all very good for those on a diet grin

GrandmaMoira Fri 01-Dec-17 14:46:40

It may be wrong, but I've heard that gypsy tart started specifically for school dinners in Kent, rather than at home. I remember having it regularly at school.

ninathenana Fri 01-Dec-17 14:33:22

Not exclusive but Gypsy Tart orriginated in Kent.

Grannyboots1 Fri 01-Dec-17 13:30:43

Bedfordshire Clanger, which is shaped like a suet type pasty with one half minced beef and the other jam. I've not got round to trying one!

CherryHatrick Fri 01-Dec-17 13:14:41

Tater 'Ash, Hotpot, Eccles cakes, pikelets...

Daddima Fri 01-Dec-17 12:47:09

My neighbour was telling me she was making her favourite dinner from her childhood in Manchester, of rag pudding ( mince or stew in a suet pastry), and Manchester tart ( which I’d seen a couple of times on Come Dine With Me).
I could only think of Scottish delicacies like Lorne sausage or haggis, but I know you can get Finnan haddock , Arbroath smokies,and Forfar bridies in other parts of Scotland. I can’t think of any particular recipes, mind you.
What’s local to your area?