Comments on: Oh, those Brits

By: Peter Morgan

Peter Morgan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:26:19 +0000

Pukka pies are most definitely not pukka. (That’s Hindi for top class or superior, a legacy of the Raj).

As for the puntastic pasties reference, Cornish people actually pronounce Pasty as “spare a fag me luvver?” or “McDonalds” when hungry.

By: Wordblog » Blog Archive » A pukka start to silly season

Wordblog » Blog Archive » A pukka start to silly season — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:17:16 +0000

[...] is remaining true to his roots, writing, “Surely one can’t eat a piping-hot gravy-and-grease-filled pie as if it were something [...]

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:19:13 +0000

IT’S A JOKE. Jeesh. You must not be British. No sense of irony.

By: @biblinski

@biblinski — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:18:28 +0000

“…two quid each (that’s about $300 for us).”

I know the dollar has been taking big hits against other currencies, but I don’t think it’s quite that bad yet. Is there a missing decimal point there, maybe?

By: Matt Wardman

Matt Wardman — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:34:12 +0000

Hmmm. Not wanting to cause trouble in response to a humerous remark, but…

From the 13th century:

“A 13th century charter was granted by Henry III (1207–1272) to the town of Great Yarmouth. The town is bound to send to the sheriffs of Norwich every year one hundred herrings, baked in twenty four pasties, which the sheriffs are to deliver to the lord of the manor of East Carlton who is then to convey them to the King.”

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty

The Yanks, on the other hand, have towns named after women’s naughty bits:

http://www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html

While us Brits have more inventive versions such as: “Lord Hereford’s Knob”.

If you live on Pukka Pies at football matches you will end up as large as Mr Usmanov.

By: Warren Harrison

Warren Harrison — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:39:08 +0000

I once checked into a 5* hotel in Bangkok to find in the resturaunt that it was ‘English Pie Week’.

By: Adrian Monck

Adrian Monck — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:29:12 +0000

Next week…jellied eels.

By: Neil McIntosh

Neil McIntosh — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:19:48 +0000

Jeff - we’ll get you to a football stadium to try a Pukka soon, have no fear. And Tim - I can promise you the Pukka Pie is now a truly national thing, despite the local recipes you’re right to point out. They have a stranglehold - if that’s the word - on football grounds. As for mass produced pasties, I do like a Ginsters. But that’s maybe another blog post.

By: Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:02:53 +0000

Pukka’s are really a London and environs thing, not “Brit” as such. Different parts of the country have their own pie makers and traditional recipes. And anyone who eats a Pukka pastie should be shot: they’re disgusting. Proper pasties come from Cornwall (see above, regional variations).

By: Ian Betteridge

Ian Betteridge — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:32:14 +0000

I actually used to have a copy of that Pukka Pies ad on my wall at home - I’d begged a copy, drunkenly, from a chip shop one night