traditional lancashire hamper - what to put in it?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by yerself

Always used to be Finny/Finnan Haddock for school dinner on Fridays when I were a lad. Is that a Lancashire dish?

Always thought it was more connected with Scotland yerself although I did have it occasionally when I was a sprog

[garinda]

I'm sure if it was going up to Scotland, they'd appreciate the value of a couple of bottles of Corporation pop being in the hamper.

For a luxury hamper, a Magnum of this delicious beverage would be a nice touch.

[yerself]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Always thought it was more connected with Scotland yerself although I did have it occasionally when I was a sprog

It is a Jock concoction but I reckon it should be called 'Catholic fish' due to it regularly being served on Fridays for school dinner. Well it seemed like every Friday at St. Mary's in Hassy.

[garinda]

Butter pies sound like some cheap, meat free, muck those miserly Yorkshire folk dreamt up.

After they'd worked out how not to give you much roast beef, by inventing the custom of eating an eggy puddin' 'n' gravy, before the main course.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Butter pies were called Catholic Pies because they were aimed at the Catholics and their meat free Friday.......John I am amazed that you have never heard of them, let alone tried them.
Mrs Almond....at the end of Marsden St in Accrington used to do them just on a Friday.....so we also knew them as Friday Pies(cheese pies were also dubbed this).......and they were absolutely delicious.
I haven't had one of these for years.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Butter pies were called Catholic Pies because they were aimed at the Catholics and their meat free Friday.......John I am amazed that you have never heard of them, let alone tried them.
Mrs Almond....at the end of Marsden St in Accrington used to do them just on a Friday.....so we also knew them as Friday Pies(cheese pies were also dubbed this).......and they were absolutely delicious.
I haven't had one of these for years.

No never heard of um Margaret, infact I'm just kicking myself as I forgot to ask my daughter to try and get some for me from ASDA

[shillelagh]

jaysay cissy greens in hassy sell them ... though ive never tried em ....

[talentedbutslow]

Once you,ve got this hamper sorted......can you send one to me in Brisbane?....

[duggie]

Butter pies, try the bread basket up ossy, quality say no more, howver going back to the original question Lancashire Hamper heres my two penny's worth
Bombay Mix, Mixed Kebab, Chicken Balti, Polski Chicken and off course that good old favourite Regae Regae sauce

[Taggy]

Loads of places sell em, Clayton Park Bakery make them, they have them in Spar Supermarkets, Lens in the Market Hall sometimes have them too!

Best Regards - Taggy

[duggie]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

jaysay cissy greens in hassy sell them ... though ive never tried em ....

you can buy cissy greens at the butty shop at the end of queens road, yum yum

[jaysay]

Well I have now tried Butter Pies, thanks to Jen, and they are very good, the meat pies from cissy greens aren't bad either

[claytonheath]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Butter pies were called Catholic Pies because they were aimed at the Catholics and their meat free Friday.......John I am amazed that you have never heard of them, let alone tried them.
Mrs Almond....at the end of Marsden St in Accrington used to do them just on a Friday.....so we also knew them as Friday Pies(cheese pies were also dubbed this).......and they were absolutely delicious.
I haven't had one of these for years.

You are right about the Catholics, my family used to get them on Fridays as we weren't allowed to eat meat on that day. Used to get them from a bakers in Clayton which, strangely, was near All Saints school, the non-catholic one!