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A pasty barm (also called a pastie barm cake or a pastie flour cake) is a fast food dish native to
A pasty barm (also called a pastie barm cake or a pastie flour cake) is a fast food dish native to Bolton
Bolton ( , locally ) is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and Salford. It is surrounded by several towns and vill ...
, a town in North West England
North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,4 ...
. The pasty barm consists of a buttered barm cake
A barm cake is a soft, round, flattish bread item from North West England, traditionally leavened with barm.
Bacon is often the filling for a barm cake, at home or in Lancashire cafes or bakers.
Chips are also a popular filling, sold in most f ...
with a (standard meat and potato) pasty
A pasty () or Cornish pasty is a British baked turnover pastry, a variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, but has spread all over the British Isles, and elsewhere through the Cornish diaspora. It consists of a filling, ty ...
as the filling.
The snack was supposedly invented by Bolton schoolboys in the 1950s as a "cheap dinner". In 2010 it was voted as Bolton's favourite snack in the local newspaper ''Bolton News
''The Bolton News'' – formerly the ''Bolton Evening News'' – is a daily newspaper and news website covering the towns of Bolton and Bury in north-western England. Published each morning from Monday to Saturday and online every day, it is pa ...
''. In 2012 boxer and Bolton native Amir Khan mentioned plans to introduce his American fiancée to "a pasty barm, fish and chips – maybe even an ice cream if she's lucky".
See also
*Barm cake
A barm cake is a soft, round, flattish bread item from North West England, traditionally leavened with barm.
Bacon is often the filling for a barm cake, at home or in Lancashire cafes or bakers.
Chips are also a popular filling, sold in most f ...
* Coco bread
Coco bread is a Jamaican bread eaten on the island and in other areas of the Caribbean. The bread contains coconut milk and is soft and slightly sweet in taste.
It is made to be split in half, and is often stuffed with a Jamaican patty or oth ...
References
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