stottie

[b13thy]

who knows what a stottie is - i bet u all don't?

[shaneystar]

Some sort of bread loaf I would imagine that they eat oop North.

[b13thy]

well done - big cake for u

[funkychicken]

I knew too but I guess I can't really prove it now that shaneystar has answered =(

[shaneystar]

Never mind ..I'll share my cake with you.If you knew that you knew that's good enough!!!

[Fibonacci]

A Stottie cake is a type of bread produced in the North East of England. It is a thick, flat, round loaf (usually about 30cm in diameter by 8cm deep). Geordies in particular are known for their consumption of this type of bread, although Stotties are popular throughout the region.

Stotties tend to be eaten split and filled. Common fillings include ham and pease pudding, or for those craving a Cholesterol fix, bacon, egg and sausages. The heavy texture of the bread gives it its name (to 'stott' is Geordie dialect meaning 'to bounce'), and also makes it difficult for many people to eat one whole in one sitting, therefore most bakeries provide them halved or even quartered, much to the disgust of traditional Geordie males.

Elsewhere in the world, bread similar to the Stottie is known as Oven Bottom Bread. However the recipe and tradition of the Stottie is unique to the North East.

[funkychicken]

thank you!! =)

[-=BigD=-]

Fibonacci are you a well informed baker or have you been on identifythatbread.com?

[davidicus]

Fibonacci, are you a master-baker?

[funkychicken]

one ham and pease pudding please =)

[Headtime]

Not forgetting the classic 'Cheese Savoury Stottie" - sublime!

[sunniestbunn]

Also known in some parts of the North East, mainly Middlesbrough as a Fadgie

[queenoffolk]

The most traditional filling in a true north-east stottie is actually savaloy and peace-pudding with the stottie dipped in gravy.  so a nice messy filling!

[Rinsewind]

The mighty fadgie is not the same as a stottie cake, I am sorry but it had to be said. The fadgie is fast disapearing and is becoming almost impossible to source today. There are pretenders of course and good though the stottie is it can never take the place of a real fadgie. I am on a quest to discover the recipe for the fadgie but so far have been thwarted. the fadgie traditionaly is triangular in shape and heavier than a stottie. Morgans used to sell them but no more!!!!