What foods do you crave?

[Elliott TC]

Baguette

 

[3141]

They’re endangered enough without you sploshing them into a soup

(I don’t know why it’s quoted like that, God knows I struggle with the quote function these days )

Don't worry, it was just a fantasy, and the cost of travelling to the sort of place where I might find real turtle soup, plus the even greater cost of getting travel insurance these days because of my age and the things that are wrong with me, mean that the turtles can rest easy.

But on the other hand, if someone discovers that a dose of turtle soup is a guaranteed cure for advanced prostate cancer, I might be tempted.

 

[alexf380]

Lorne sausage is a delightful creation, especially on a roll with brown sauce and a potato scone.

Something I've had a real craving for recently is carrot and coriander soup. There's a place local to me that doesn't go too heavy handed with the coriander, and I find it quite nicely balanced.

 

[Mag_seven]

potato scone.

Are there any retailers in England where they can be found?

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Are there any retailers in England where they can be found?

Greater Manchester and Lancashire ASDAs always used to. We used to stock up on potato cakes from ASDA Leigh after visiting my nan in Bolton.

I tend to make them myself now though, normally just add a ridiculous amount of flour to mash and you’re pretty much there.

 

[hexagon789]

Greater Manchester and Lancashire ASDAs always used to. We used to stock up on potato cakes from ASDA Leigh after visiting my nan in Bolton.

I tend to make them myself now though, normally just add a ridiculous amount of flour to mash and you’re pretty much there.

Potato cakes aren't quite the same as potato scones, though sometimes it is very much a name thing.

Generally though, the ingredients are slightly different (the cakes usually contain baking powder for one thing) and they are generally cooked differently. The proportions of potatoes to flour differ as well.

The textures are quite different because of this.

And now you've made me crave a couple of tattie scones with butter and cheese... and I wasn't hungry 'til then!

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Potato cakes aren't quite the same as potato scones, though sometimes it is very much a name thing.

Generally though, the ingredients are slightly different (the cakes usually contain baking powder for one thing) and they are generally cooked differently. The proportions of potatoes to flour differ as well.

The textures are quite different because of this.

And now you've made me crave a couple of tattie scones with butter and cheese... and I wasn't hungry 'til then!

I know, I am talking about the same potato scones as you call them in Scotland, but in Lancashire they are potato cakes. I do not mean the bubble and squeak / fishcake style fluffy stuff that most people call potato cakes in the South and Ireland (and possibly Scotland too)

I mean the flat warm things that people usually put butter on. (I don’t, and cheese makes me heave so it’s dry for me )



I mean these as above. These are referred to as potato cakes in Greater Manchester, and scone everywhere else. I grew up (somewhere you can’t get either ofc ) knowing these as potato cakes because of my Northern English mum, so you can understand my confusion when I started school in Southern England and suddenly everyone thought potato cakes were these:



Which of course are like 90% mash and therefore a bit rubbish as I don’t like mash’s texture. The potato scones I still make using mash, but only a tiny bit, mainly flour and yes, baking powder of some sort. Nice with Bury black pudding.

 

[GusB]

Are there any retailers in England where they can be found?

Warburton's make round potato "cakes" which aren't really much different to tattie scones - they're an acceptable substitute. I found a few packets reduced to 40p each when I was in my local Scotmid last week, so that's the freezer stocked up.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Warburton's make round potato "cakes" which aren't really much different to tattie scones - they're an acceptable substitute. I found a few packets reduced to 40p each when I was in my local Scotmid last week, so that's the freezer stocked up.

That’s exceptional value.

 

[Mag_seven]

We used to stock up on potato cakes from ASDA Leigh after visiting my nan in Bolton.

Warburton's make round potato "cakes" which aren't really much different to tattie scones - they're an acceptable substitute.

I find Scottish potato scones are slightly thinner then their English cousins and have a slightly different texture.

Anyway the craving is for a potato scone with a fried egg on top.

 

[hexagon789]

I know, I am talking about the same potato scones as you call them in Scotland, but in Lancashire they are potato cakes. I do not mean the bubble and squeak / fishcake style fluffy stuff that most people call potato cakes in the South and Ireland (and possibly Scotland too)

I mean the flat warm things that people usually put butter on. (I don’t, and cheese makes me heave so it’s dry for me )

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I mean these as above. These are referred to as potato cakes in Greater Manchester, and scone everywhere else. I grew up (somewhere you can’t get either ofc ) knowing these as potato cakes because of my Northern English mum, so you can understand my confusion when I started school in Southern England and suddenly everyone thought potato cakes were these:

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Which of course are like 90% mash and therefore a bit rubbish as I don’t like mash’s texture. The potato scones I still make using mash, but only a tiny bit, mainly flour and yes, baking powder of some sort. Nice with Bury black pudding.

Yes, I see what you mean.

Black pudding is another excellent topping btw

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I find Scottish potato scones are slightly thinner then their English cousins and have a slightly different texture.

Anyway the craving is for a potato scone with a fried egg on top.

Always poached for me
Firm white, very runny yolk.

Sieving the egg before bathing removes wispy bits, and a generous glug of white vinegar in the water enables the egg white to bind around the yolk more firmly when you create the vortex, enabling a better shape - and you don’t taste it in the egg whatsoever.

 

[hexagon789]

Always poached for me
Firm white, very runny yolk.

I prefer poached too, but people seem to hate doing them and default to fried in most cafés etc

 

[route101]

I tried the Warburtons Potato Cakes to compare to Scottish potato scones. They are bit denser and taste different, they taste like they should be heated up. I can eat potato scones cold.

If anything I prefer the Irish potato scones.

 

[gmaguire]

I’ve been craving a takeaway pizza from a place like Pizza Hut or Dominos. It’s the sort of thing where you really look forward to it, and afterwards you wish you hadn’t (though the cold leftovers the next day are exceptional). Plus I’ve been having stomach problems, and a pizza like that would likely be unkind to it.

 

[Train Maniac]

Another one for potato scones!
First had one in 2019 from a local shop in Dalmuir. Bloody delicious! When i came back home down south could never find them in the supermarkets. Took until 2022 when i went back up to Paisley i was able to find them again.

I believe Iceland do them down here though

 

[Strathclyder]

A pepperoni pizza is something I'm always low-key craving, even at the most inappropriate times of the day. I used to hate anything but cheese/margarita pizzas growing up, then I tried a Chicago Town Tomato-stuffed (cheese-stuffing I'm not a fan of at all) crust pepperoni in college and I fell in love instantly. And even better if it's freshly made and not frozen. Can count the number of cheese/margarita pizzas I've had in the 11 years since on one hand. It's not that I hate them now, I just infinitely prefer pepperoni. Have also recently taken to eating pepperoni slices on their own recently too (with a preference for spicy ones).

Another overall craving I have had is black pepper crisps. Guess I can blame the long gone Highlander brand of ridge-cuts for this one. Have struggled to find a flavour I like since they stopped being made just over a decade ago, but I think I've recently found an acceptable replacement in the form of the Roast Potato & Black Pepper ridge-cut crisps made by Seabrook under the Aunt Bessie brand. Found them in my local Lidl last week in the 'when it's gone, it's gone' aisle (so chances are they won't be there when I go back next) and decided to try them out. Surprisingly addictive I found, definitely will buy again wherever I can find them.