Pies are pastry crust, baked in the oven. Puddings are suet casings, steamed or poached on the hob. Suet is a meat/fat product.. Kidney: is usually with lambs or pigs kidneys
simon temple pierce the tin and place the tin upright in a pan of simmering water, the water level not reaching the top of the tin. Sort of like a boiling the semi-submerged tin
@@KeithGadget Oh, in a tin! Never had one. I used to like fray bentos pies when I was younger but the last one I had, maybe 3 years ago, was grim. Give me homemade please.
simon temple they were always grim, but we had simpler food desires back then. They were also bigger, the tins seem a lot smaller now. Yes poached in the tin like a Bain Marie. The tin piercing is to stop them exploding. Fond memories that can stay in the past. 😂😂👍
@@anghinetti I would choose take-away fish and chips over restaurant fish and chips every time. I can't think of a single example where the restaurant version was better. More healthy perhaps, but never better.
@@WAYAWAYWithAsh Prices have got a bit silly in Manchester over the last few years. I've lived here for a long time, still do. That steak and kidney pudding sells for £1.50 in any chippy if you want another (and it will taste just as good). If you're still in Manchester "Cask" is a great place for a few craft beers and is next door to an amazing chip shop.
£15 for steak and kidney pudding with mash....jeezaloo! You can get it in my local pie & mash shop for £5.50 and get a syrup sponge pudding with custard afterwards for £3.50.
When you try fish and chips don't do it in a wetherspoons because its not fresh, try it on the coast at a takeaway shop, it's much better and the fish goes straight from the dock to the shop (or at least it does where I'm from in England!) Hope you have a great time here!!!
I would also add that there are two kinds of fish & chips: Good fish & chips and bad fish & chips. There is literally nothing in the middle. Also you should only eat fish & chips when you are really hungry, and in a car, and when it's late, dark, cold and wet. Lots of salt & vinegar.
nigel Mc Hugh Not always true. The city centres get the footfall and turnover so can sometimes be better value. Country places are often more restaurant than pub and have gone a bit chi chi.
City pub sausages are usually the cheap smooth Irish variety. In country pubs the tastier British variety is available. Good to see Americans going to somewhere other than London.
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Sausages were called bangers during the 1st world war, when the butchers & sausage manufactuers were putting water in them to fill the sausage out, so when they were cooked they would explode, therefore, they was called bangers
Sticky Toffee Pudding was created by chef and hotelier Francis Coulson at the Sharrow Bay Hotel in the Lake District (Cumbria) in the 1940's/50's. Adapted from an old English recipe. Glad you enjoyed your food - good choices of traditional British food.
@@RushfanUK I can only go by what I've been told (personally by Francis and his family). When does any dish or combination of ingredients become a new dish/recipe? Chicken casserole become Coq au vin? Steak pie become Beef Wellington? There must be a 'creator' and tipping point...! Maybe 'adapted' was the wrong word to use, 'derived' or 'inspired' would probably have been a better choice.
Congratulations on your diplomacy with the mums and grandmas comment. You have a really easy going likable character - great video! Welcome to our city!
@@LotarL31 Traditional Scouse was made with Lamb,but you are right,there must be hundreds of peoples own version. Originated in Scandinavia. I`m a Born Scouser by the way.
Yeah, Wellington! This is the word I keep on forget and I actually was trying to taste it. I cannot go all the way to England just to try this dish...well, that is why I would hope to try it as close as I can find....thanks.
Awesome video both, great tour of Manchester and loved your food tasting! You can’t beat bangers and mash! Sounds as if you’re having a great time here in GB, best wishes, Elaine & Simon 👍
You can still get a lot of bad sausages in the UK. I'd steer clear of supermarket sausages which use artificial casings and lower quality meat. Go to a decent butchers that makes their own sausages using pigs intestine for the casings, the taste will be so much better. I'd recommend looking out for pork & apple or a decent quality Lincolnshire sausage (full of herbs).
There is such a spectrum with sausages, everything from the frozen nasties, to the cheap supermarket ones, expensive supermarket ones, and butchers. Same with bacon to be fair.
As someone has pointed out, steak and kidney pudding is made with suet pastry and steamed. Pies, which I prefer and are probably more common, are made with shortcrust pastry and oven baked. If you're not too keen on kidneys, there are many alternatives, e.g. steak and ale, minced beef, chicken and mushroom. Bangers and mash are definitely comfort food, but watch out for poor quality sausages. Great to hear North Americans speak well of sticky toffee pudding, the British equivalent of pecan pie and equally morish.
Thanks for doing this video on British classics. I love all three of those, but you certainly found expensive versions (and neither the steak and kidney pudding nor the sticky toffee pudding looked great examples - the bangers and mash looked typical of pub bangers and mash; you're right, home made should be better, depending on whose home!!!)
I can recommend Cumberland Sausage. Large, thick slightly spicy sausage best served in a coil as it is rather long. you might try it with mashed potatoes and pickled red cabbage - bon apetit
So pleased you trusted your big city instincts and moved the car. I am from Liverpool and have similar instincts. They have stood me in good stead. In the little towns and villages though you never have to worry really apart from keeping things out of sight of gypsys.
Yeah its British alright, Francis Coulson and Robert Lee developed and served sticky toffee pudding at hisSharrow Bay Country House Hotel in the Lake District, north west England, in the 1970s
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@Ginger Good that the owner is pro-Brexit and i expect you can find just about anti-everything discussions going on in pubs... good free speech and discussing all of the issues.
Von Splatterblast: Mine have always been piping hot. You either want to complain to the management or try another Wetherspoons. Anyway, what do you expect for the price? - The Ritz?
You’ve really managed to pick the expensive places! I’d suggest that you say where you’re going for your next video and ask for suggestions. Also, do make sure you go to a “chippy” (fish and chip shop) and again, ask for suggestions, because some chippy’s are definitely awful! Love this video!
Sticky toffee pudding is probably my favourite dessert. Another great british dessert is apple crumble. In regards to fish n chips the best are from the chippys on the coast. For obvious reasons.
@@WAYAWAYWithAsh glad to help! Apple crumble is usually eaten with custard or cream and can be found in a lot of pubs. Me, well people think I'm weird because I have evaporated milk on mine 😂
Rhubarb crumble with custard is great. Also another British dessert to try is banoffee pie - bananas, cream, and toffee in a crushed biscuit and butter base.
I wouldn't have paid those prices for those dishes, but they looked like good examples. The cream on the Sticky Toffee Pudding looked like clotted cream (cream which has been cooked extremely slowly). I've not seen that combination before but absolutely love clotted cream, so no complaints here. :-)
As an American who lived in the UK, I was thinking through what dishes I would pick, and basically I came up with your literal exact list. Some things to add: 1. Cream tea (especially in Devon and Cornwall). Scones with strawberry jam and double cream (clotted cream) and milky earl grey tea --it's just the best. 2. Steak and ale pie. Especially with chips/mash and mushy peas. 3. Chicken and mushroom pie or a chicken and ham pie. 4. Cheese and pickle sandwiches. 5. Jacket potato. Additionally, any local pie, shepherd's pie, etc, is honestly quite good in my experience.
I think you've got it right guys! try everything on the plate together :) sticky toffee pudding is great but amazing when tasted with vanilla ice cream, fish and chips are nothing without salt and vinegar (to taste of course)
The best food is often off the beaten track. Less expensive and normally made on site rather than some places that buy them in and heat them up. Also sticky toffee pudding is great with custard.
Great choice of foods!! Yummy - steak and kidney pudding is to die for (it’s suet, not really pastry, and almost impossible to replicate at home!!). As usual you know more about England than I do 😘🥰; i’m SO going to include the question “Why do we call sausage and mash Bangers and mash?” in my family quiz night this Friday, thanks! X
Ales in England tend to be cask-conditioned which means they are unpasteurised and unfiltered straight from the brewery without any added gases. Glad you enjoyed your time in my hometown :)
I'd hate you to think that you need to pay so much for sticky toffee pud! I'm afraid you just picked somewhere expensive. You can get it for half that price! Great vid.
Free street parking is up to 2 hours, you can pay for more in car parks. For a lot of cities, it's easier to use the park and ride or get the train in and use buses or trams.
Steak and kidney pie is made with paisley steak and kidney pudding is made using suet which i think is scraped from sheep’s stomach it’s the same stuff as you find in dumplings that you get in a proper beef stew
These traditional dishes are from a time when people needed to eat more to keep warm. In the days of central heating they are more likely to put weight on you if you ate them every day.
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Great video guys. I think you chose well with your foodstuffs and the sticky toffee pudding really is a modern British classic and so easy to make at home (check out Nigella Lawson’s recipe].
I prefer pudding to pie as its a suet pastry which is made with the fat from the kidney, making a soft and rich pastry. So glad you tried it as a lot of people hate the idea of steak and kidney pie for obvious reasons. Yes it's offal but I was brought up on it and oddly enough it's my comfort food.
I highly recommend going out of city's and less tourist areas..... I do recommend West Sussex it's a mix of sea side and country there are also loads low priced restaurants....
I live in Manchester and I could have taken you to same high-quality foods at a lot less in price. Isn't it always the way? Glad you enjoyed it. Much British food is comfort food, and is inoffensive, meaning you are more likely to enjoy it than hate it.
I love that I'm not the only one whom aren't crazy about peas. Not a fan of green beans and those greeny beans that are popular in salads. But those dry beans that (brown and white beans) I love.
The best sausages are Cumberland and Lincolnshire sausages. I loved the steak and kidney pudding I got at primary school. Usually commercial pies and puds use lamb or pork kidneys, but traditionally your supposed to use ox ( cows) kidneys.
Steak and kidney pie is usualy made with shortcrust pastry the pudding is made with a suet pastry. Other difference is as you said the pie is baked in the oven the pudding is steamed. BTW the one you were served was clearly precooked (possibly a few hours ago) then reheated in the microwave the colour and texture of the pastry gives it away.
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Hiya, just a quickie to say that the suet pastry used for the S+K pudding is made from beef and mutton fat that surrounds organs like the kidneys. It's steamed for so long to render down the fat. It's a heart attack on a plate, but the lushness of a good one makes it worth the risk.
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I come from a small town that is well known for brewing and beer isn’t called on tap it’s called on pump but where I’m from not sure bout the rest of the rest of the uk
i work in a pub its just depends on the type of beer if its a lager its on tap as its carbonated if its an ale then its on pump as its served flat and its pumped of course by hand too.
One to add for the next time you are over this way is Birmingham, famous as being the home of the Balti (named after the dish it is cooked in) and so much more. Definitely go to a local chippy for the best fish and chip experience and Orange chips (battered) are amazing :D
Glad you enjoyed the food. A steak & kidney pie or a steak and kidney pudding (both very different as you rightly point out) are just delicious when done right (though like everything else you are going to find poor quality versions that are not good at all). Toad in the hole with onion gravy would be another one to try maybe? Its definitely a classic. Shepherds Pie and Cottage Pie are very traditional (I dont like either myself, mainly because I dont like mashed potato, but they are classic and I am assured the amazing ones genuinely are amazing).
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You can sometimes get a steak & kidney pud or pie at a good fish & chip shop for a far cheaper take-away price. All chippies used to sell them, though not as many these days as tastes change.
the steak pudding is mainly a northern thing, the pastry is a suet pastry and should be soft some are steak and kidney. ideally try it from a chilly ( chip shop) IPA ( the pale) ale) should not be gassy ( carbonated) because it's an ale not a lager!
The reason that your beer wasn’t highly carbonated is because, as you mentioned, it was from a hand pump which only uses air pressure to upload it into the glass so you only get the natural flavour unlike the “button” pump which uses carbon dioxide to dispense the beer and taints the flavour. Most draught beers are hand pumped so always go for those to get the best flavour.
Great video guys , I'm from the Uk ...a few miles from Manchester. The steak and kidney pudding made me hungry....I had the best one in the Lake District in the Sun hotel. Give it a try if you make it to the uk again .
Chester?? My home town! Check out Chester Cakes, Dee Salmon, the city walls, the 'Roes' (a shopping arcade built on top of shops underneath), the east gate clock, and the town crier at the Cross. For great food try Duttons in Dutton Lane or have a drink in Prohibition (a speakeasy type place in Watergate street). Chester is also the real site of Camelot (the now gone Amphitheatre was the original round table). Have fun!
u should try a full English breakfast! U get sausages ,bacon eggs,beans tomatoes toast mushrooms and black pudding! Definitely sets you up for the day!
I heard Indian food is the national dish of Manchester. In Chicago, he have an area on the north side named Devon Ave. It our Little India. The area also has a large Russian Jewish and Middle Eastern population.
