Pie Mash and Liquor

hartcjhart

I know the pie and mash bit,but how do you make the liquior??

Churchmouse

It's basically just parsley gravy.
Traditionally you should use the potato water. Make a roux with butter and plain flour, blend in the potato water and bring to the boil (like a white sauce but using water not milk). Stir in chopped parsley, and if you're very traditional, a little vinegar. The brown malt stuff, not the clear vinegar.

PS forgot the salt and pepper to taste!

PPS DH has just reminded me that even more traditional was to use the cooking liquid from the jellied eels:eek: :eek: Yuk. I always used to use the potato water;)

Shoey1610

Gosh how sheltered am I? I thought this only came from the pie and mash shop I didn't realise I could make it :rotfl: I shall make it this week and revist my Londoner childhood and introduce my toddler to a bit of pie and mash, thank you so much!

Churchmouse

Shoey1610 wrote: »

Gosh how sheltered am I? I thought this only came from the pie and mash shop I didn't realise I could make it :rotfl: I shall make it this week and revist my Londoner childhood and introduce my toddler to a bit of pie and mash, thank you so much!

Do you know, typing up that reply has made me really, really want pie, mash and liquor:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: My grandmother used to live just a couple of streets away from one of the best ones at Tooting Broadway:D

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Churchmouse wrote: »

Do you know, typing up that reply has made me really, really want pie, mash and liquor:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: My grandmother used to live just a couple of streets away from one of the best ones at Tooting Broadway:D

Oh what I wouldn't give for a plate of Pie & Mash and liquor, there used to be a shop at the top of the Old kent road by the Bricklayers Arms pub before the flyover was built that did the best in London ,although to be fair there was also a nice one in the Roman road and near aldgate Station. I haven't seen one for a long time though. Nice tiled floors and highly polished booths .

ness_w

I think there's still one near the Barbican - in the street where the market is - forgotten its name.

Ness.

hartcjhart

Me getting hungry now,I only asked because my local pub is going to start doing it and we all had a barney about the recipe:rotfl:

:beer: Im glad the eel bit was mentioned as that is what I had said:beer: :j

ka7e

OH uses packet parsley sauce with half water and half milk. Then dilutes it with vinegar. He insists on white pepper, not black, too It smells foul and everyone else in the family steers well clear!

dronid

There's always Manze's - an old one round south London http://www.manze.co.uk/ or Arments' of the Walworth Road SE17!

Chrisca50

Thanks for the link Dronid - awwwwww the Deptford one isn't there anymore

Used to live near to that one, mmmmmm was lovely. My mum still lives in Deptford but I don't go down the high street anymore. I wonder how long it has been closed?

janeym8

my hubby is a londoner living up here and we discovered manzies did deliveries via ebay initially, i think it was to see how many orders they would get. they now order from their own web site as noted in a post above and we get our first delivery from them this wed morning -cant wait mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

janey xxx