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davidrodgie
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Status: offline |  Posted - 03 May 2008 : 20:22:42  
| On my last trip over i found that The Cricketers on International drive have started selling real homemade puddings as specials, on offer were Sticky toffee pudding which was to die for and treacle sponge, well worth a visit folks. | | Report this post to a moderator |
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mfairhurst
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davidrodgie
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Status: offline | Posted - 03 May 2008 : 23:50:17
| andrea you should try them they are in no way stodgy in fact they are very very light and a wonderful way to finish a meal and its refreshing to find a dessert thats not Key lime pie, cheesecake, or something sickly chocolate. People must be happy to buy them as the night i was in plenty were sold. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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Katys Grandad
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Status: offline | Posted - 04 May 2008 : 07:58:01
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Originally posted by mfairhurst
ANDREA Sticky toffee pudding is AMERICAN ,M & S sell them in UK but not as good as the real thing as made in AMERICA 
MAUREEN
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Not true - it's about as American as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding and originated in the Lake District of England.
I have actually had it in a hotel in Virginia and they imported it from the UK! |
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luckylady
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Status: offline | Posted - 04 May 2008 : 08:04:33
| There are a couple of versions of how this dessert originated. One is that it was created in 1960 by a hotel owner named Francis Coulson who served the dessert at a hotel he owned located near the Scottish border (could possibly explain references to this being a Scottish dessert).
Francis Coulson and Brian Sack. Francis was by all accounts a bit of a genius in the kitchen. He devised the recipe (originally called 'icky-sticky toffee sponge) back in the early 1970s. He was never precious about the recipe, and passed it on to whoever asked for it.
Now the plot thickens. |
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Katys Grandad
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Status: offline | Posted - 04 May 2008 : 11:46:41
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There are a couple of versions of how this dessert originated. One is that it was created in 1960 by a hotel owner named Francis Coulson who served the dessert at a hotel he owned located near the Scottish border (could possibly explain references to this being a Scottish dessert).
Francis Coulson and Brian Sack. Francis was by all accounts a bit of a genius in the kitchen. He devised the recipe (originally called 'icky-sticky toffee sponge) back in the early 1970s. He was never precious about the recipe, and passed it on to whoever asked for it.
Now the plot thickens.
Both Francis and Brian are dead now. They opened Sharrow Bay in Ullswater as the first 'English Country Hotel' and Sticky Toffee Pudding was very much their signature dish. They were wonderful hosts and the hotel remains as a special place to this day.
They'd both be turning in their graves if it was thought it was an American invention. So, to them, it would have mattered really quite a lot. |
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davidrodgie
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Status: offline | Posted - 04 May 2008 : 12:01:16
| | Phil your story is spot on we actually live very close to Lake Ullswater and know the story behind the Sticky. The owner of the bar (another Phil) said he is getting them from a British owned company based in Tampa and the Sticky recipe is the original from Sharrow Bay, after tasting it I wouldn't disagree as it was one of the best I have ever tasted. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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mfairhurst
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Real Puddings
I love any pudding with treacle in it. My nanas treacle tart was the best in the world
