A Guest recipe post from PB, maybe the first of many?
Boiled potatoes first. Then added them in a tray with a chilli and slices of black pudding and the chopped onion and the tin of cannellini beans. Then added a pint of veg stock over the top and baked for 30 mins until it was nearly dry. Was very tasty…
In the interest of research I have decided to willingly face the grueling task of endlessly testing and tasting the best of the best, Great British Pork Pie.
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Stanforths – Mill Bridge, Skipton
These pies are superb and world famous but you must observe the strict Skipton Stanforths pie eating ritual’s, that is, you must purchase and consume your pie immediately! the pie must be hot/warm! you must assume the position or posture for hot pie eating, bent forward slightly to prevent pie juice sloppage, tie and shirt stains et al, best eaten while walking along the canal tow path. A moist, peppery pork pie baked on the premises regularly throughout the day, Delicious.
The Celebrated Pork Pie Establishment
I will start with the Yorkshire Dales and my first report will be on those scrumptious pie makers from
T Kendall & Sons – Pateley Bridge
Well the various Kendall pies have been scoffed tested with the following observations:-
General observations on Kendall’s of Pateley Bridge Pies, Very well filled, solid, no air space, very little jelly with a thin, crisp short pastry. Also additional fillings added subtly to the pie rather than completely smothering the quality pork pie, all made and baked on the premises with meat from own on site butchery.
The 10 year old assistant tester gave the pork & pickle and pork & mushy pea pies a thumbs up and said “100%, 5 stars and 10 out of 10” ! great praise indeed… He wouldn’t touch the ones with Apple “coz that’s minging”!
The Fabulous foursome
Sausagemeat & Pastry what could be simpler!
Copper Dragon Brewery Bistro
Having visited Skipton’s newest visitor attraction a couple of times, I decided it was time to try out the new Copper Dragon Bistro for Lunch.
An extensive menu including locally sourced produce and a specials board that featured Special Seafood Salad, BLT club sandwich, Thai fishcakes along with the regular menu items such as Jumbo Haddock & Chips (The chips are nice thick brown home made ones!), Yorkshire Gammon, Steak & Ale Pie, Local Pork Sausages incorporating 1816 beer somehow (will have to find out more!) and a selection of hot & cold Sandwiches, steak & sticky onions, Pippin Yorkshire Rarebit, Wensleydale, Beef or Prawn.
I tried the Thai fishcakes served on a bed of salad with a Mayo dressing and added a portion of the homemade chips. Excellent homemade fishcakes with a lovely delicate Thai flavour.
To drink: nice cup of Tea! but would recommend the Copper Dragon Golden Pippin, refreshing blond ale with a citrus note, perfect with fish, 3.9%abv will return without the car for a more comprehensive beer review !
Copper Dragon Bistro Skipton, Thai Fishcakes
Lunch is served at The Copper Dragon Bistro, Snaygill Industrial Estate, off Keighley Road, Skipton from 11.30am to 3pm. Fantastic brewery Malt smell as we left, they must have been starting a brew!
Really simple quiche!
For a fast but homemade quiche try this!
Simple as that, replace the bacon, cheese and onion with goats cheese, broccoli, asparagus, smoked salmon or whatever you can get your hands on!
Perfect for an easy starter that you can prepare and dish up before you finish off the main course, Black Pudding Salad with cherry tomatoes and soft boiled egg and a classic vinaigrette dressing.
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I got a free Graze box full off fruity, healthy goodness in the post the other day and have tried a few now, great concept of ordering online and having some of your five a day delivered to your desk for fruit & nutty nibbles. Yummy fresh orange & grapefruit mix, fantastic cut fresh pineapple and always a good selection of dried fruit & nuts, mango, macadamia nuts, cashew’s, pistachio, all sorts. It’s very lazy but they do use completely green and very cool packaging to ease your conscience.
You can choose what you fancy, what you would like to try and importantly what you hate! on their very good graze website.
If you want to try them use this code for a Free Box DR8ZRZRA or for a £1 box, ZM9CX28 No end date Graze website.
Graze - nature delivered, fruit and nutty nibbles
For comparison & for purposes of research you understand I felt compelled to try a “Slug Burger” at the Slug & Lettuce by the river in Richmond.
A moist organic burger, nicely presented with the onion ring perched on the mushroom stalk, tasty bbq sauce and a whole basket of chips.
From the Menu “SLUG ULTIMATE BEEF BURGER, With mushroom, Cheddar, bacon, beer-battered onion rings and a BBQ sauce. All of our beef burgers are made with 100% British organic beef and served with seasonal salad leaves, gherkin, tomato, red onion and fries. Our beef burgers are available in two sizes — single £10.45 or double £12.45.” Pic below shows the single.
Slug Ultimate Burger
Thought it would be rude not to try out a Rib Eye Steak at the Lister Arms in Malham at a recent family outing for Sunday Tea, it’s always quiet on a Sunday evening in Malham as many of the weekend visitors are long gone.
Served with crispy onion rings, a nice big field mushroom, cooked tomato and plenty of chips. I asked for the steak medium and that’s exactly what I got, cooked perfectly, juicy and perfectly to my liking, the photo below does not do it justice as it tasted much better than the pic suggests.
Yorkshire Dales Food 