rob_a wrote:
The local delicacy in Carlisle appears to be patties which are large battered balls of meat or cheese. I've been here 6 years and haven't plucked up the courage to try one.
There are 2 types of Pattie in most Cumbrian chippies. The first one is a layer of potato, then onion, then sage, onion and potato again and deep fried. The second one is a meat Pattie where a layer of mince replaces the sage in the first one. The one with cheese is not a Pattie but is a rounder - you can get a cheese rounder or a meat rounder which are spherical whereas the Pattie is a flatter disc shape.