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I love spag bol but nobody seems to be able to make it like my mum (even me). She also does a wonderful Roast Lamb where she makes the gravy with the mint sauce in it instead of adding the sauce later. Bread soaked in the gravy finishes the meal off very well. mmmmmmmmmm. Unfortunately I don't get up to Manchester to visit that often these days. I also love the soup my partner's mum makes. She is Jamaican and it has yam, green banana and dumplings in it. Lovely! Mel

Ah Karen I thought it was just me that ate soup sandwitches lol I also used to love pie sandwitches too lol.I was in Sunderland last wknd and bought some pease pudding from me mams local shop with little bits of ham in it.Lovely Anna :-)

Hey Karen, this soup idea sounds great ,think i,ll try it when i get some pea and ham together. I get crafty with the spelling by doing an update on my messsssages ,but once in a while,one get,s past me .my Muslim friends thought it was funny too,which goes to show that they do have a sense of humour like the rest of us.One of them,Malick, even enjoys a kosher bacon sarney, but makes sure none of his family finds out.Denis tfn Newcastle.

Where did yiu get your Muslim from Karen, the ones i know don,t like pigs in any shape or form,lol, sounds delic, all the same, peas pud that is.Denis tfn Newcastle

Haway Anna wats this soup sandwich then? Iv,e been back up here thirty years and hav,nt heard of this one although i love the stottie in every shape and form,peas pudding ditto denis.

No problem Dennis. Only thing is, if my family had followed tradition I may well have been a John SMITH, as my grandfather, and HIS grandfather, and HIS grandfather were all John SMITH's... which makes research very interesting :-/

oop,s sorry paul, mistake, honest,won,t do it again ,denis.

Thanks for the description... That's twice someone's called me John, am I missing something here ?

well,John,a stottie is a large flat breadbun with a taste and texture all of its own.A lot are sold at dinnertime out of catering vans on factory estates filled with slices of bacon, egg tomatos,beans black pud mushrooms and anything that comes to hand.They sell,filled for around £1.30 p and are so big that one can be cut in half and feed two hungry workers.As good as an oggie in it,s own way.Denis.

can someone please tell a "southern softie" what stottie is ? As for favourites; I'm afraid everything that I enjoy is bad for me... but that's life eh ?

your better half is right Claire,my grandas side of the family comes from tyneside and moved to high wycome in the late 30s.The only person who could make a real peas pud that way was my grandma.and she was from Jarrow. Its swings and rounderbouts though ,because since i moved back to newcastle i can,t get a decent [stodgy ,heavy,loooverly]bread pudding like they make it down bucks, unless i make it myself, which i do from time to time.Denis

roast beef, yorkshire pud and all the trimmings. Fish in parsley sauce with mashed potatoes and peas Lasagne (home made) mince and dumplings cream crackers with cheese and cucumber and slices of apple

Claire, there is only one mill still producing Pease meal, I put an article for the recipe and ingredients on "Rampant Scotland" site. We called it Pease Brose in my day, I got reply from Canada, wanting to know where he could get the Peasemeal, I got the answer from someone in Dundee, with the address of the Mill. Bill

I tried making pease pudding for my geordie husband using Delia Smith's reciped but he said it was nothing like the real thing., Iv made mushy peas with a cheap packet of Bachelors dried using my slowcooker,,,,,,magic,,,,,,!!

Mine would have to be Pie and Mash and Liquer. I love the stuff!!!! Or Savaloy, Faggott and Pease Pudding. Lips say yes, hips say NO! Lips always win! Lol. Angie

my fav's would be crispy duck and pancakes. And then when I go up to scotland to visit family FISH SUPPER and square sausage, black pudding, fruit pudding and all the trimmings. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. God I wish I was going away to visit now

Definatley Spag Bol.......could eat it forever. Also love peas in the pod and raw chestnuts.....totally go overboard on both when their in season. Oh....garlic mushrooms and mussles in garlic, white wine and cream. getting hungry just writing about it all

Chicken Korma, YUMMY :-))

Definate 1st choice is Roast beef, roast spuds, Yorkshire pud, sprouts and loads of gravy + horseradish. 2nd choice is Chicken Madras/boiled rice with Onion barjie, poppadums or chapatti and some of the chutnies

Roast beef, roast and boiled spuds, roast parsnips, peas, gravy, yorkshire puds, horseradish or king prawn jalfeizie (sure this is wpelt wrong), rice, bombay aloo Liz