Lewis's Department Store

Si · Post by Si » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 10:48 am

Geordie-exile wrote: Oh aye you can get that in any decent sarnie shop here. And all the supermarkets have pease pudding next to the cold meats at the deli. It's yeuch. I like it. Pease pudding and ham stotties were very common in pubs when I lived up there (late 70s, early 80s.)

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 3:07 pm

I trump you all with the famous but now extinct Zermansky's onion cake.gorgeous

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 9:45 pm

Geordie-exile wrote: What about large newcakes? A rather big breadcake. In South Leeds (Hunslet, etc) a new cake is what others might call an oven bottom cake. Very nice with a good thick layer of dripping and a sprinkling of salt (and never mind the health police)As for the pikelets / crumpets debate, in Leeds we have pikelets. These must be eaten straight from the grill (no toasters in our house!) and blathered in proper butter.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 9:49 pm

raveydavey wrote: Geordie-exile wrote: What about large newcakes? A rather big breadcake. In South Leeds (Hunslet, etc) a new cake is what others might call an oven bottom cake. Very nice with a good thick layer of dripping and a sprinkling of salt (and never mind the health police)As for the pikelets / crumpets debate, in Leeds we have pikelets. These must be eaten straight from the grill (no toasters in our house!) and blathered in proper butter. I wondered about that. ~We always called them pikelets (I saw it spelled piclets in Nottingham once) never crumpets. Is there a difference? Are crumpets thick and pikelets thin like Scotch Pancakes with no sugar in?

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 9:54 pm

The other thing that Lewis's food hall sold was a large selection of Kosher foods - Matzo, etc. They also sold Westphalian Rye Bread which is German Black Bread and an acquired taste I suppose - I quite like it.

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 10:14 pm

Trojan wrote: The other thing that Lewis's food hall sold was a large selection of Kosher foods - Matzo, etc. They also sold Westphalian Rye Bread which is German Black Bread and an acquired taste I suppose - I quite like it. I bought some black bread the other day. It was like eating a breeze block

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 11:37 pm

fevlad wrote: Trojan wrote: The other thing that Lewis's food hall sold was a large selection of Kosher foods - Matzo, etc. They also sold Westphalian Rye Bread which is German Black Bread and an acquired taste I suppose - I quite like it. I bought some black bread the other day. It was like eating a breeze block How many breeze blocks have you eaten recently? I admit it's a bit dense - but then so is soda bread.

liits · Post by **liits** » Thu 27 Mar, 2008 12:10 am

fevlad wrote: zip55 wrote: What about potato cakes? You used to be able to get them in the markets. there was a stall that siold only irish stuffthey had potato cakes, potato farls, potato scones-they all tasted the same to me.They did belting soda bread.some interesting stalls have sprung up on the market in the past couple of years. It's a shame the irish stall has disappeared thoigh. My ex "other half", coming from Northern Ireland has a passion for soda bread [dry and tasteless],potato farles [flat & soggy] and barn brachs [dry, lumpy with gritty bits] and any of the many, many realtions who came for a freebie weekend in London were begged to bring these delicacies with them. To quote that famous "Oirish" phrase, "ole dirt, so it is".

Si · Post by Si » Thu 27 Mar, 2008 3:12 pm

fevlad wrote: Trojan wrote: The other thing that Lewis's food hall sold was a large selection of Kosher foods - Matzo, etc. They also sold Westphalian Rye Bread which is German Black Bread and an acquired taste I suppose - I quite like it. I bought some black bread the other day. It was like eating a breeze block Is that pumpernickle? I've had some and it was like compressed seeds dyed black and tasted slightly 'vinegary.' Yuck!

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Thu 27 Mar, 2008 4:10 pm

Si wrote: fevlad wrote: Trojan wrote: The other thing that Lewis's food hall sold was a large selection of Kosher foods - Matzo, etc. They also sold Westphalian Rye Bread which is German Black Bread and an acquired taste I suppose - I quite like it. I bought some black bread the other day. It was like eating a breeze block Is that pumpernickle? I've had some and it was like compressed seeds dyed black and tasted slightly 'vinegary.' Yuck! aye