What I don't miss living "up north"...

Liquor, as in pie and mash. WTF is that stuff?

 

Manze

Knock yourself out ;-) And get a side of jellied eels while you're at it! (And no, I wouldn't put it in my chops either!)

 

its basically parsley sauce. southerners because they are daft had to invent another name.

 

What I wouldn't miss is southerners going" you're from 'ooop' north then? No. 'Up' north. Are you learning to speak English?

 

Never felt like trying it!

 

Probably a bit worried there was veg in it ;-)

 

I lived down south for over 20 years, and to take the **** out of them that's how I used to introduce myself to new people lol

Hi x I'm xxx frum oooop North

 

Less of the kisses!

 

you've basically posted 2 pictures of parsley sauce! one has more parsley in than the other!

For the parsley liquor
50g/2oz butter
50g/2oz cornflour
500ml/18fl oz chicken stock
generous bunch parsley, leaves only, chopped
1-2 garlic cloves, roasted and puréed, to taste

 

Completely flat beer, so it looks like you're drinking a pint of vinegar.
Poor fish and chips without that Yorkshire taste.
Waitrose supermarkets who sell everything for double if not triple the going rate.
To55ers who overlook you for a job because of your accent.

 

The "secret proprietary ingredient" in a parsley sauce. Hmm. It worries me a bit that. Giz a clue?

 

I've never had it so I can't speak first hand, but I think the liquid comes straight from the pot they stew the eels in.

 

I feel slightly reassured by that.

One of my mates used to live in Elephant & Castle & there was a famous pie / eels shop next door. Queue on a Saturday was round the block.

 

I think (though less sure about this) that some like to smother it in vinegar too. There were several of those shops around, one was in Walworth, but thats gone now and the other is/was in Peckham which last time i drove that way (well over a year ago), it was still there.

Though not a fan, I hope it can hang around a bit longer, just because its so different and has some heritage to it. They can keep their eels and liquor to themselves though!

 

I like it. The name ‘liquor’ is a bit off putting but it’s just a thinner, stronger, greener parsley sauce. The old pie and mash shops have long gone. Used to go to one in Old Street, done out like a chippy with white tiles and Formica tables. The women serving were like scary old dinner ladies. Menu was one pie, one scoop of mash /two pies, two scoops / or three pies three scoops. And liquor of course. Small pies so you could easily do three. Well I could.

 

Never even heard of the stuff before this thread. I will deffo keep an eye out for it and give it a try now if we ever get to have a day out in London again. Once again the BBS proving to be on a par with the Britannica Encyclopedia for next to useless information you never knew you didn't know. Lol

 

Definitely worth a go if you can find an old pie n mash shop. And after you’ve had it you'll find you can speak in fluent cockney. “Cor blimey gov’ner off up the old apples n pears mi owd **** sparrer.” Or summat like that.

 

Cockney Rhyming Slang Tea Towel – Victoria Eggs