Pie and Mash in London
One of the best comfort meals in good times & bad.
Growing up, whenever there was a trip to London Town to bother the other side of the family, I knew that there would be some certainties.
There would be sterilised milk in your tea - this was not good.
My father would be out of the door early on the urgent mission of getting a paper. In fact, he couldn't face the prospect of a home-cooked greasy fry up & would head out alone to a local café for an alternative breakfast & some proper tea with proper milk.
Later in the day for lunch or dinner, the eating highlight would be off site.
P I E & M A S H
And the green parsley liquor
Arments was the very best place
A crispy topped steak & kidney pie but a soft underside
Mash (Arments has been making it for more than a century with the best spuds, just salt, no butter, no milk)
Liquor, ladeled generously over everything on the plate
Vinegar if you like, I don't, unnecessary addition
Jellied eels are also available on the menu
Not on your nelly.
AMM