Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Even though I lived and worked in Lancashire (Burnley), I cannot disagree with your statements, except a MOGGIE is a CAT, not gingerbread. You also left out Toffee Pudding. BTW, my wife thinks that the best part of the North of England is NORTH OF ENGLAND, namely, Scotland. Jerry "Douglas M. Sharp" wrote: > Should anyone, by quirk of fate, find themselves in the North of > England, try Betty's in Harrogate, Yorkshire > for a really refined Tea - Taylors Yorkshire Tea & Tea Brack (a kind of > fruit cake, served best with a piece of > Wensleydale cheese) or try their Sloe Gin Cake, MMMMH!! beats the Savoy > and the Ritz into a cocked hat.. > The real Tea Experience is, however, the "Yorkshire Farmhouse Tea" > look out for signs outside farms and pubs. Home smoked or boiled ham, > haslet, fresh baked crusty bread, salted butter, > local cheeses, salad,cheese scones followed by masses of fruit cake, > scones, rock buns, moggie (a kind of gingerbread) and gallons > of tea. Pick a place close to the local pub, at least within crawling > distance, you will get seriously overfed. > For those who don't know the North of England, it consists of Yorkshire > (and a couple of other insignificant counties > tacked on to its borders) ;-) I shall now seek cover from irate > Geordies, Lancastrians and the like. > 'eers to me, thee an all on us > Douglas ( an exiled Tyke in Germany) > > BTW The US harboured one of our exiles - Eric Knight who wrote the "Sam > Small" short stories for > Harper's in the early 40s, came to later fame by writing " Lassie Come > Home" but tragically died in a plane > crash before the film took the box-offices by storm. > > Jimmy Patrick schrieb: > > >And I thought a buttie was on buttered bread, and a bap was on a roll. > > > >The best butties are the late night chip butties (fries on buttered bread) > >with brown sauce. > > > Well known from the Beatles song "Penny Lane " - now you know what > "finger pies" are. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information