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A pasty barm (also called a pastie barm cake or a pastie flour cake or a Wigan kebab) is a delicacy native to
A pasty barm (also called a pastie barm cake or a pastie flour cake or a Wigan kebab) is a delicacy native to Bolton
Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area i ...
, a town in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...
in North West England
North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of England, administrative counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of ...
. The pasty barm consists of a buttered barm cake
A barm cake is a soft, round, flattish bread roll from North West England, traditionally leavened with barm.
Chips are a popular filling, sold in most fish and chip shops in the North West of England and often called a chip barm. Another popular ...
with a (standard meat and potato) pasty
A pasty () is a British baked pastry, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, South West England, but has spread all over the British Isles. It is made by placing an uncooked filling, typically meat and vegetab ...
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 par ...
''. 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 roll from North West England, traditionally leavened with barm.
Chips are a popular filling, sold in most fish and chip shops in the North West of England and often called a chip barm. Another popular ...
* Coco bread
Coco bread is eaten in Jamaica and other areas of the Caribbean. The bread contains some coconut milk, and is starchy and slightly sweet in taste. It is often split in half and stuffed with a Jamaican patty to form a sandwich in the same manner a ...
References
{{Reflist English cuisine Bolton Culture in Greater Manchester