Category Archives: Food and Drink & Yorkshire Products
Bread Bred in Yorkshire Bakery
Just making some fresh bread notes or my comments from 7 years ago would be going stale. I love fresh wholesome artisan bread and a new shop recently opened in our village. It sells sold a variety of bread from … Continue reading
Gingerbread or Parkin
Parkin and Gingerbread are two famous Yorkshire favourites with their own local recipes and variations. Which do you prefer? Perhaps like me are you partial to a bit of both? Gingerbread distinguishes itself with golden syrup and brandy in a … Continue reading
Re-homing Hens and the Cock of the North
Yorkshire is a significant producer of eggs and chickens. It is also as humane as practical in the way it treats the flocks including some re-homing of aging birds. The British Hen Welfare Trust have regional co-ordinators to help with … Continue reading
Pudsey Pudding Update
Protectionist Corn Laws had existed in some form since the 12th C. and the repeal of 18th century laws curtailed restrictions on foreign grain coming into the country that had been protecting the profits of landowners and British farmers by … Continue reading
Otley Pubs as Was
Reborn as Wetherspoons – Trevor Wallis old youtube Reborn as Woolpack Music and Arts Venue To be reborn with a history
London for Yorkshire Folk
This is t’missus swimming with Dolphins on the Thames. Local fish and chips turned out to be Eels and mash so we didn’t recon much to that. As for the price of Beer!!! I know this is the capital but … Continue reading
Corn Dolly Bradford’s Best Boozer
In our pagan past it was believed that the spirit of the corn lived amongst the crops and that the harvest made it effectively homeless. Corn Spirit was supposed to live in the plaited straw or corn doll until … Continue reading
Mucky Fat for Your Drip Teacake
Nowt better than a bit of ‘Mucky fat’. That is the nectar of the gods that drips out of a large well cooked beef joint. When poured off it will conceal, rather than set, into two layers. The top will … Continue reading
Barnsley Food Porn
Barnsley Chops Barnsley does ‘Chops’ better than it does Porn! Soft juicy and succulent these Barnsley Chops are just waiting to be well and truly cooked! Cheeky chops. At the local Chinese no.241 is Barnsley Chop suet – ideal for … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Best Beers
If you are an unrepentant beer drinker you will already know a lot about Yorkshire’s best beers. It is a well known fact that to a Yorkshireman a good brew comes from God’s Own County. Best Beers in Yorkshire The … Continue reading