I totally blown it guys :( - No I never! He likes me!!!

Morglin

I'm not rich enough to have born here (I wish lol) - Bow was my birthplace, and Bethnal Green was where I spent most of my childhood....;)

Moved Sarf of the river when I was older, unlike black taxi drivers, who never make that journey lol

Cannot stand jellied eels tho......:eek:

Lin

Buzzybee90

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about :rotfl:

Pyxis

Morglin wrote: »

I'm not rich enough to have born here (I wish lol) - Bow was my birthplace,
Cannot stand jellied eels tho......:eek:Lin

BOW!!!

You ARE a cockney!! Cor! Luvvaduck!!

(Mind you, if you don't like jellied eels, you may not be who you say you are.........hmmm, must give this more thought............)

Morglin

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about :rotfl:

It's a London thing lol

Lin

Morglin

Pyxis wrote: »

BOW!!!

You ARE a cockney!! Cor! Luvvaduck!!

(Mind you, if you don't like jellied eels, you may not be who you say you are.........hmmm, must give this more thought............)

Cannot stand the green stuff (liquor) poured over pie and mash either lol

I must be a closet middle classer........:eek::eek:

Lin

Pyxis

Morglin wrote: »

Cannot stand the green stuff (liquor) poured over pie and mash either lol

I must be a closet middle classer........:eek::eek:

Lin

Maybe when you were born, the bells were on strike! :rotfl::rotfl:

Georgiegirl256

Morglin wrote: »

Cannot stand the green stuff (liquor) poured over pie and mash either lol
)

What is that green stuff exactly? Liquor as in booze? I saw it on TV the other day and was intrigued, don't know if I'd want it on my pie and mash either.

On the note of accents, you should try having a Cumbrian accent when in America....half of the people from the UK can't understand us, so the Americans have no chance! :rotfl: They always seem to think I'm from Newcastle or Scotland, so not a million miles off I guess!

stir_crazy

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

What is that green stuff exactly? Liquor as in booze? I saw it on TV the other day and was intrigued, don't know if I'd want it on my pie and mash either.

Coming from north of the border I don't get the whole mushy peas thing either. :eek:

To the OP, I wouldn't say you have blown it. A couple of months into my relationship with my now DH, we met one of his workmates for a drink. I had recently developed a taste for wine, which meant I got far too drunk. One minute we were in a bar, the next I was wondering round a lorry yard in tears because I was lost Luckily DH saw the funny side and I still get teased about it nearly 7 years later.

Just apologise then laugh it off.

Morglin

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

What is that green stuff exactly? Liquor as in booze? I saw it on TV the other day and was intrigued, don't know if I'd want it on my pie and mash either.

On the note of accents, you should try having a Cumbrian accent when in America....half of the people from the UK can't understand us, so the Americans have no chance! :rotfl: They always seem to think I'm from Newcastle or Scotland, so not a million miles off I guess!

It's actually a parsley sauce, which each shop makes to it's own recipe.

I usually just have beef gravy.

"Early pie and mash is very much different to the dishes we enjoy today, the first pies were filled with eels as these were cheap and plentiful and caught right from the Thames.

Pie and mash grew up in and around London with it's roots stuck firmly in the East End of London. The River Thames was a big influence in how food traditions were formed as it provided fresh water and salt water fish in good supply. London also had a great variety of meat, vegetable and fruit brought up the Thames from all over the world.

The main dish today is pie, mash and liquor. This is a baked minced beef pie with mashed potato. Liquor is unique to pie and mash shops who all claim to have their very own secret recipe for the green parsley gravy. Due to the simplicity of the dish, pie and mash is freshly made, prepared and cooked on the premises each day.

Eels are another London speciality which are often sold in pie and mash shops. In the early days, these eels were caught locally in the Thames for vendors to then prepare and sell. Eels can now be offered as jellied eels or stewed eels in many pie and mash shops.

The traditional way to eat pie and mash is to cover your beef pie and mash with liquor and a liberal amount of salt and also vinegar. Many pie shops now offer chilli vinegar (vinegar containing pickled chillies) to give your pie and mash a bit of spice.

In modern times, pie and mash shops can also offer other types of dishes such as vegetarian pies, shepherds pie and also normal gravy and peas or beans to accompany your meal. Occasionally you will come across a Pieshop that makes and bakes sweet dessert pies with cherry, blackberry or apple fillings which are perfect with custard or ice cream.

Pie and mash is known as a London Cockney favourite and pie and mash shops were prevalent all across London and particularly the East End. These have reduced in numbers over the last 10 years but pie and mash remains a favourite of the Nation as pie and mash can now be enjoyed all over the Country."

Lin

Buzzybee90

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

What is that green stuff exactly? Liquor as in booze? I saw it on TV the other day and was intrigued, don't know if I'd want it on my pie and mash either.

On the note of accents, you should try having a Cumbrian accent when in America....half of the people from the UK can't understand us, so the Americans have no chance! :rotfl: They always seem to think I'm from Newcastle or Scotland, so not a million miles off I guess!

Before I said anything I've had been assume I was Scandinavian or German (I'm very fair ...!) English accent seems to sometimes be mixed up with Australian!

I have no idea what the green stuff is (in fact I've never heard of it) I always thought mash dishes were northern!