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This is a statement of fact. There is no room for discussion. /

Not sure whether to post in here or the "Mundane things you've never done thread".


I've never eaten an Eccles cake.

I've not eaten one either - it looks like a squashed, badly made mince pie. Something which even Mary Berry would scowl at.

There is nothing mundane about an Eccles cake young man.

Who the feck is Mary Berry?

Pontefract cakes are better.


Did you know that 87% of all liquorice grown in the UK is grown in Pontefract & the surrounding areas?

And almost all of that liquorice is used in the manufacture of........cigarettes?

Incred, & that MANTIS fella thinks we don't have interesting stuff on blonde. Outrageous, we have a whole wall of it. Proper wall, too. THATS a wall sunshine.

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Poppycock!

Looks like the sort of thing my nan would whip out the fridge 2 months after it's expiry date. Pass me the battenburg any day.

excellent description - so what's not to like?

What - Eccles cakes? Agree. They give me the shites if I eat too many.

enough of eccles cakes

what does a man have to do to get puppy updates on vagueness and the aftermath?


some people and their priorities.....

No comment from me, I owe you several Diary replies myself. 

Pontefract cakes aren't even cakes, and lol at anyone who falls for the old 'growing liquorice' gag. That one was past it's prime when Esther Ranzen used it as an April Fools joke on That's Life is 1972.

Now there's a bint who knows her onions when it comes to cakes.

+1 for Eccles cakes

What would you know about it? You still think Google, (and the earth probably) is flat.

Birmingham is one if those places that doesn't even have it's own cake.

Esther was never wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquorice

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Eccles cakes heated with custard.

Northern shite

Ha, top work Sir, top work.

Each to their own, but doesn't sound very tasty to me.

Bakewell tart ftw

available nationally. Though probably not in Belgium

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Love these, but I do remove and bin the cherry.

Little known fact about the Eccles cake, and it may possibly be just a myth, but in the early 1800's the recipe was stolen by a Staffordshire  baker from its original location from a bakery in Manchester. He then produced this cake on mass. However, he could not sell his wares as word had got out that the recipe had been stolen and only genuine cakes from the Eccles area should be purchased and eaten. The baker, whose name was Tom Biscuitman, then had a dilemma on what to do with the ones he had produced. He decided to put them in storage for the time being in a massive hall outside his village. When his crime was discovered, the whole hall was burnt down and the cakes destroyed.
This is how the historic village of Eccleshall in Staffordshire  was created.

Anyway....I dont like them.

STAFFORDSHIRE OATCAKES are so much better ;)

If we're getting competitive, I give you Yorkshire puddings.

Let's see those Southern softies beat that.

AMEN!

Never eaten an Eccles cake - are they Mincemeat?
Has taken me 40 years to learn I like Mincemeat - looking forward to mince pies for the first time ever this year.

I'll call your Yorkshite pudding and raise you a Faggot

More or less, but nicer.

You won't find many who would swap a good Yorkshire pudding for a faggot. Good shout though, I haven't had a faggot in ages.

I'll give you that.

Eccles cakes (shouldn't they be protected by the EU btw) are glorious if made and baked correctly.

They were originally made from the scraps of pastry left from making other dishes for example pies so that nothing went to waste with dried fruit.

Licorice huh. Rubbish, not even a cake. Put that into your licorice pipe and smoke it.

Good post.

Can't beat Gur Cake.

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So called as it was often eaten by Dublin gurriers.

(Gurrier originally came the French for fighter, but has been a common Dublin word for a young rascal for a long time.)

Anyway, you need to try Gur Cake.

It looks a bit too sugary for me but I'll try anything once. Where do I get it?

I love these cake plugs with stories attached BTW.

Eccles are ace I agree, & I'm always right

Great thread Dewi.

Dewi lives near Dublin. Get him to pop over and get one for you.

Might as well send a vulture to buy me a sausage.

we have them gur cakesn here, they're called teisan bwdin, you probably nicked the recipe.

I bet Nando's don't sell Eccles cakes.

Haven't had one in probably 10 years...thank you for reminding me - they are indeed incred.

I wonder what other foods I love but have forgotten about over the years...

When the kids were little I used to steal the Farleys rusks.

I haven't had one in donkey's years. I might even buy myself a packet.

Just looked em up and was surprised to find Farley's rusks, and Heinz Farleys rusks. WTF is that all about?



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Long story, short. . .
Farleys bought by Heinz mid 90's. Rebranded as Heinz Farleys Rusks. Sales nose dived in UK. Relaunched without the Heinz in UK, Heinz version sold in rest of the world.

Everyone else in Britain must have thought WTF? too.

Great story.

The perpetually underrated Garibaldi

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It's difficult to underrate a Garibaldi.

Fig rolls, they're like marmite. Sort of.

But if you do like them, they're undeniably moreish. This photo shows the minimum number of fig rolls that can be eaten in one go:

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They date back to ancient Egypt apparently.

Fig rolls! Deffo a good shout. I bet they are mega calorific though.

That reminds me of a time when Ralph and I were going to some or other poker tournament in the car. Suddenly he announced, "I'm starving, we'll have to stop and eat".

I had visions of McDonald's or KFC but he pulled in to the first lay by, opened a brown paper bag containing about 5 dates, ate two of them, closed the bag and said, "Right! Let's go".

Those Medjool(sp?) dates are fantastic, big and with no added sugar unlike those cheapo boxes of "eatme" type dates.

PS My dad loved Eccles cakes.

Eccles cakes, garabaldi biscuits, fruit scones - I love anything with currants, raisins or sultanas - cant beat em.

Fig Rolls- UUUURRRGGGHHH

:D

Just like marmite!

Fig rolls are amazing!!

Eccles cakes are indeed nice but I always found there was a lot of admin involved having to chase the crumbs around the plate.

Red dog was pissed off coz u never shared

sorry - when I work out how to post a pic I will be back lol

Not really, 'cos I like Marmite but I don't like fig rolls.

Got a strange urge to eat Marmite smeared fig rolls.

What's the difference between an Eccles cake and a Banbury cake ??
Does anybody know ?

They are very similar but Eccles cakes are more densely loaded up with dried fruit, and the pastry outer is sturdier and more case-like.

Both delish tho.

Correct - our local baker made some Eccles cakes so I took the mother-in- law 3/4 round ,lovely she declared
When I was away her daughter took some banburys round .not so lovely she declared ! Less fruit and bound together by some cake type mix ! They look the same tho
So don't be fooled

I am reliably informed that hignfy did an Eccles cake joke. Something about if you microwave an Eccles cake, the sugar in it catches fire, which prompted a panelist to quip, "You can't have your Eccles cake and heat it too".


Not their finest hour.

After mentioning Faggots the other day I just had to take a trip to the local butchers and buy some.

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Dare I say it without causing offence.... Bloody gorgeous.

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I'll have what he's having.

This is how easy it was to start a thread back in the day.