Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today is Wednesday, and it’s time for another post in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge hosted by Long and Short Reviews. If you would like to participate in the challenge, you can find the list of topics for 2026 here. If you’d like to read other people’s responses to this week’s topic, you can do so here.

Foods from my Geographic Area that I Love

I can only think of a few Geordie foods off the top of my head (Geordies are people from Newcastle in the northeast of England and the surrounding areas):

Saveloy Dip
One thing I used to love, before I became a vegetarian in my teens, was a saveloy dip, which is a smoked sausage (a saveloy) in a floury bun, dipped in gravy, served with pease pudding, stuffing, and mustard.

Panackelty
My Nanna used to make Panackelty (pan-ack-elty) when I was growing up. It’s a northern English casserole-type dish. It’s slow-cooked and usually made by layering sliced potatoes, onions, and leftover meat—often corned beef, bacon, or pork—and baking it in beef stock until tender (or the vegetarian equivalent).

Pease Pudding
Pease pudding is a traditional British (more north-eastern) savoury porridge or paste made from boiled yellow split peas, spices, and often ham stock. It has a thick, creamy texture similar to hummus, is bright yellow, and is often served hot or cold, alongside boiled bacon or gammon, or in sandwiches. This was a staple in our house. My Nanna never had a family gathering without it (that, and tinned salmon, which she thought was posh—yuck).

More broadly, British foods are:
Fish and chips, which we often had as a treat growing up, and shepherd’s pie (or cottage pie if you’re a vegetarian like me).

We also had regular Sunday roasts—beef or chicken—served with a plate of cooked vegetables, and lashings of gravy and Yorkshire puddings. Sometimes, we’d swap out the meat for toad in the hole… which has nothing to do with toads… we’re British, we’re not that experimental. Toad in the hole is a large Yorkshire pudding with sausages baked into it.

And that’s post 32!! I wonder what foods you’ll all share.

As ever, thanks for stopping by to read today’s post.

Until next time,

George

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