Eccles, Chorley or Welsh?

[John Milford]

Cakes, that is?

[alan behenna]

Had to google the Chorley, put them on my "to do" list.

[davelumb]

Chorley. Buttered.

[John Milford]

Chorley. Buttered.

Ah! Worth a try. I find them a bit dry, but that could be the trick!

I like Welsh cakes with a cuppa when I'm fishing.

[davelumb]

Just the other week I was pondering how far south Eccles and Chorley cakes are available.

[Mattjb]

Just the other week I was pondering how far south Eccles and Chorley cakes are available.

I've never heard of Chorley cakes! (Here in Bristol)

[OLDESOX]

ECCLES for me them big buggers.

[John Milford]

Just the other week I was pondering how far south Eccles and Chorley cakes are available.

I've never heard of Chorley cakes! (Here in Bristol)

They're like an Eccles cake, but plain (unsweetened) shortcrust pastry instead of puff pastry. Dave's spot on about buttering them, tried one tonight - much better!

Apparently the Southern equivalent of the Eccles cake is the 'Banbury cake', although the filling is spicier mincemeat and they're oval.

I've never seen a Banbury cake, but apparently they date back to the 16th Century.

[davelumb]

Just the other week I was pondering how far south Eccles and Chorley cakes are available.

I've never heard of Chorley cakes! (Here in Bristol)

They're like an Eccles cake, but plain (unsweetened) shortcrust pastry instead of puff pastry. Dave's spot on about buttering them, tried one tonight - much better!

Apparently the Southern equivalent of the Eccles cake is the 'Banbury cake', although the filling is spicier mincemeat and they're oval.

I've never seen a Banbury cake, but apparently they date back to the 16th Century.

I didn't know about Banbury Cakes either until I went on on Wikipedia this evening. So no doubt you'll have seen the suggestion for a chunk of Lancashire cheese to accompany a buttered Chorley cake? I suggest a Creamy Lancashire to start with, then progress to Crumbly and Tasty as your palate develops. Greenfield's Lancashire cheeses are recommended.

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[suffolk si]

My wife does a mean welsh cake! I don’t know why she comes from Devon
They get my vote

[Mattjb]

Just the other week I was pondering how far south Eccles and Chorley cakes are available.

I've never heard of Chorley cakes! (Here in Bristol)

They're like an Eccles cake, but plain (unsweetened) shortcrust pastry instead of puff pastry. Dave's spot on about buttering them, tried one tonight - much better!

Apparently the Southern equivalent of the Eccles cake is the 'Banbury cake', although the filling is spicier mincemeat and they're oval.

I've never seen a Banbury cake, but apparently they date back to the 16th Century.

Ah,the random things you end up learning on here!

[Mattjb]

The only cake I can think of originating from the Bristol area is the Colston Bun,although they will be renamed now I expect!They've got an interesting history if anyone wants to google it.
Easter biscuits made with oil of cassia I think are a West Country /Bristol thing if I remember correctly.

[Mattjb]

Colston bun history.

[John Milford]

My wife does a mean welsh cake! I don’t know why she comes from Devon
They get my vote

Mine too Si. (Welsh cakes generally, I mean, not your wife's!! ).

My local supermarket has stopped stocking them recently, as their cake aisle is now full of Christmas crap!

I've been trying the two alternatives in the title as a (hopefully temporary) alternative.

I'm intrigued by Dave's cheese suggestion with the Chorley cakes though. That will be getting a try!

[davelumb]

Just the other week I was pondering how far south Eccles and Chorley cakes are available.

I've never heard of Chorley cakes! (Here in Bristol)

They're like an Eccles cake, but plain (unsweetened) shortcrust pastry instead of puff pastry. Dave's spot on about buttering them, tried one tonight - much better!

Apparently the Southern equivalent of the Eccles cake is the 'Banbury cake', although the filling is spicier mincemeat and they're oval.

I've never seen a Banbury cake, but apparently they date back to the 16th Century.

Ah,the random things you end up learning on here!

I'd never heard of Welsh Cakes until today. Are they made from lamb and seaweed?

[suffolk si]

My wife does a mean welsh cake! I don’t know why she comes from Devon
They get my vote

Mine too Si. (Welsh cakes generally, I mean, not your wife's!! ).

My local supermarket has stopped stocking them recently, as their cake aisle is now full of Christmas crap!

I've been trying the two alternatives in the title as a (hopefully temporary) alternative.

I'm intrigued by Dave's cheese suggestion with the Chorley cakes though. That will be getting a try!

They go very well with a decent cup of tea John, oddly I only ever have tea with cake .
Unfortunately we on are on a health kick at the moment so I won’t be seeing any for a while( thanks to the GP on my fortieth year health check convincing the wife I’ll die if I eat anything remotely tasty )

Cheese and cakes sounds wrong!

[davelumb]

Cheese and cakes sounds wrong!

Chorley Cakes are mostly pastry, so not cakes in the usual sense. What about cheese scones?

[suffolk si]

Very true Dave, although I find cheese straws and scones the least likely thing I’ll ever compliment the wife on. For me pastry needs to be accompanied by something sweet. It’s seems almost as odd as the chilli chocolate thing, what’s that all about

[davelumb]

Very true Dave, although I find cheese straws and scones the least likely thing I’ll ever compliment the wife on. For me pastry needs to be accompanied by something sweet. It’s seems almost as odd as the chilli chocolate thing, what’s that all about

Chilli chocolate? Must be a southern thing.

[suffolk si]

It’s our equivalent of the battered Mars bar!

[davelumb]

It’s our equivalent of the battered Mars bar!

[John Milford]

My wife does a mean welsh cake! I don’t know why she comes from Devon
They get my vote

Mine too Si. (Welsh cakes generally, I mean, not your wife's!! ).

My local supermarket has stopped stocking them recently, as their cake aisle is now full of Christmas crap!

I've been trying the two alternatives in the title as a (hopefully temporary) alternative.

I'm intrigued by Dave's cheese suggestion with the Chorley cakes though. That will be getting a try!

They go very well with a decent cup of tea John, oddly I only ever have tea with cake .
Unfortunately we on are on a health kick at the moment so I won’t be seeing any for a while( thanks to the GP on my fortieth year health check convincing the wife I’ll die if I eat anything remotely tasty )

Cheese and cakes sounds wrong!

Unfortunately those seem to be the rules Si.

If it looks and tastes like something scraped off the bottom of a budgie's cage, it's good for you.

If it is the least but succulent and tasty, you're digging your own grave with your teeth!

[Mike J]

It’s our equivalent of the battered Mars bar!

Or tea you can stand a spoon up in!
Or any cake that is overly sweet with dead flies in.


Lightly steamed Asparagus and buttered brown bread, delish

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[John Milford]

Or any cake that is overly sweet with dead flies in.

Ha ha! How could I have forgotten the Scottish entry? 'Scottish fruit slice' (or squares) better known as 'Fly Cemetery'?

My Nan never called it anything but Fly Cemetery when we were kids, but the name never put us off in the slightest, in fact if anything it made us want it even more!

Talking of properly overly sweet regional confections (no flies): Kendal mint cake. What's that all about?

[davelumb]

It’s our equivalent of the battered Mars bar!

Or tea you can stand a spoon up in!
Or any cake that is overly sweet with dead flies in.


Lightly steamed Asparagus and buttered brown bread, delish

.

There's your north/south divide in a nutshell.


Butter pie. Now there's a delicacy - pastry, potato, onion, butter. What more could you want?

I know, put it in a barm cake for a Wigan Kebab.

[Mike J]

It’s our equivalent of the battered Mars bar!

Or tea you can stand a spoon up in!
Or any cake that is overly sweet with dead flies in.


Lightly steamed Asparagus and buttered brown bread, delish

.

There's your north/south divide in a nutshell.


Butter pie. Now there's a delicacy - pastry, potato, onion, butter. What more could you want?

I know, put it in a barm cake for a Wigan Kebab.

Next you will be raving about curry and chips.

(I thought it was an '80's joke until I went to Manchester and saw the signs in the chippy's).

[davelumb]

It’s our equivalent of the battered Mars bar!

Or tea you can stand a spoon up in!
Or any cake that is overly sweet with dead flies in.


Lightly steamed Asparagus and buttered brown bread, delish

.

There's your north/south divide in a nutshell.


Butter pie. Now there's a delicacy - pastry, potato, onion, butter. What more could you want?

I know, put it in a barm cake for a Wigan Kebab.

Next you will be raving about curry and chips.

(I thought it was an '80's joke until I went to Manchester and saw the signs jn the chippy's).

No curry sauce for me. Chips and gravy. Pie, mushy peas and gravy. Yum.

[John Milford]

Next you will be raving about curry and chips.

(I thought it was an '80's joke until I went to Manchester and saw the signs jn the chippy's).

That reminds me of the Peter Kay joke where he's in a Southern chippy and can't get any curry, gravy or mushy peas with his chips!

"Has tha' got nowt moist?!!"

[alan behenna]

Just the other week I was pondering how far south Eccles and Chorley cakes are available.

I've never heard of Chorley cakes! (Here in Bristol)

They're like an Eccles cake, but plain (unsweetened) shortcrust pastry instead of puff pastry. Dave's spot on about buttering them, tried one tonight - much better!

Apparently the Southern equivalent of the Eccles cake is the 'Banbury cake', although the filling is spicier mincemeat and they're oval.

I've never seen a Banbury cake, but apparently they date back to the 16th Century.

Ah,the random things you end up learning on here!

I'd never heard of Welsh Cakes until today. Are they made from lamb and seaweed?

Bloody Philistine!

[davelumb]

Just the other week I was pondering how far south Eccles and Chorley cakes are available.

I've never heard of Chorley cakes! (Here in Bristol)

They're like an Eccles cake, but plain (unsweetened) shortcrust pastry instead of puff pastry. Dave's spot on about buttering them, tried one tonight - much better!

Apparently the Southern equivalent of the Eccles cake is the 'Banbury cake', although the filling is spicier mincemeat and they're oval.

I've never seen a Banbury cake, but apparently they date back to the 16th Century.

Ah,the random things you end up learning on here!

I'd never heard of Welsh Cakes until today. Are they made from lamb and seaweed?

Bloody Philistine!

Next you will be raving about curry and chips.

(I thought it was an '80's joke until I went to Manchester and saw the signs jn the chippy's).

That reminds me of the Peter Kay joke where he's in a Southern chippy and can't get any curry, gravy or mushy peas with his chips!

"Has tha' got nowt moist?!!"

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