Stottie cake:
A stottie or stotty cake cut in half
A Stottie cake or stotty is a type of bread produced in Northeast England. It is a flat and round loaf (usually about 30 cm in diameter and 4 cm deep). Elsewhere in the world, bread considered similar to the stottie is known as Oven Bottom Bread.
Stotties tend to be eaten split and filled. Common fillings include ham and pease pudding[1], but also bacon, egg and sausage. The heavy texture of the bread gives it its name. To 'stott' is Geordie dialect meaning 'to bounce'[2] because if dropped it would (in theory) bounce.
Though originating in the North East, stotties can be found in most parts of Britain, and have been offered for sale sporadically in branches of Morrisons and Waitrose.
Until recently in some parts of the North of England, particularly in Bishop Auckland and the surrounding areas some local fish and chip shops sold an item called a stottie dip. The shop assistant would take a stottie cake (or half/quarter of one) and dip the cake into a thin meaty soup or gravy made with minced beef or oxtail and present this to the customer in a furl of chip paper. The dense consistency of the stottie would absorb the dip without disintegrating and provided a very cheap form of warm fast food.
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- ^ Types of bread Flour Advisory Board
- ^ [1]Definition of stot
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