Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Are you trying to re-ignite the War of the Roses? ;-) Eric (Liverpool UK) On 12/4/04 11:49 pm, "Douglas M. Sharp" <DouglasMSharp@netscape.net> wrote: > Should anyone, by quirk of fate, find themselves in the North of > England, try Betty's in Harrogate, Yorkshire > for a really refined Tea - Taylors Yorkshire Tea & Tea Brack (a kind of > fruit cake, served best with a piece of > Wensleydale cheese) or try their Sloe Gin Cake, MMMMH!! beats the Savoy > and the Ritz into a cocked hat.. > The real Tea Experience is, however, the "Yorkshire Farmhouse Tea" > look out for signs outside farms and pubs. Home smoked or boiled ham, > haslet, fresh baked crusty bread, salted butter, > local cheeses, salad,cheese scones followed by masses of fruit cake, > scones, rock buns, moggie (a kind of gingerbread) and gallons > of tea. Pick a place close to the local pub, at least within crawling > distance, you will get seriously overfed. > For those who don't know the North of England, it consists of Yorkshire > (and a couple of other insignificant counties > tacked on to its borders) ;-) I shall now seek cover from irate > Geordies, Lancastrians and the like. > 'eers to me, thee an all on us > Douglas ( an exiled Tyke in Germany) > > BTW The US harboured one of our exiles - Eric Knight who wrote the "Sam > Small" short stories for > Harper's in the early 40s, came to later fame by writing " Lassie Come > Home" but tragically died in a plane > crash before the film took the box-offices by storm. > > > > > Jimmy Patrick schrieb: > >> And I thought a buttie was on buttered bread, and a bap was on a roll. >> >> The best butties are the late night chip butties (fries on buttered bread) >> with brown sauce. >> > Well known from the Beatles song "Penny Lane " - now you know what > "finger pies" are. > >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information