Savoury pattie
 Square patties | |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Region or state | Hartlepool, Kingston upon Hull, Wirral, Liverpool, North Scotland |
| Main ingredients | Mashed potato batter, sage, onion |
A Hull pattie is mashed potato, S&P, seasoned with sage. It is floured and shallow fried. It is commonly sold in the British City of Kingston upon Hull, where it is a popular item in fish and chip shops, and is consumed either as a snack or as an inexpensive substitute for fish in a fish and chip meal. It is sometimes put into a buttered breadcake in a fish shop as a cheap but filling snack
When the patties were prepared on an industrial scale in East Yorkshire, they were often made by women in white coats and white wellies. The women became known locally as Pattie Slappers and they had a reputation such that any argument should be avoided with them.[1][2] A study into the lives of the Pattie Slappers was created into a memory project with Heritage Lottery Funding in 2012.[3]
A version of the pattie appeared as one of the dishes served up in a heat of Masterchef in 2015, and Ricky Gervais tried one on the BBC programme The One Show.[4][5]
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References
- ↑ "Project casts net wide for tales of 'pattie slappers'". The Yorkshire Post. 4 July 2012. ProQuest 1023212199.
- ↑ Ough, Tom (1 June 2017). "'The name alone dredges up images of a trawler's rusting underside' – day-tripping in Hull, UK City of Culture". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "'Pattie Slappers' project to collect memories from Hull's past | Heritage Lottery Fund". www.hlf.org.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "Five things you may not know about Hull ahead of Radio 1's Big Weekend - BBC Newsbeat". BBC Newsbeat. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "How did a 'patty butty' and a 'lagerita' go down on tonight's episode of Masterchef?". York Press. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2018.