Name of place + foodstuff = good?

[Fnaar]

Now, I'm not talking about well known ones (like Cornish Pasty) or ones enshrined in law (like Parmesan cheese, or whatever)...
but i AM talking about a trend I have noticed in yer mags/newspapers/online etc when dealing with recipes, to stick in PLACE NAME + FOODSTUFF, with the assumption that said place is renowned for that foodstuff.

I'm far too lazy to back this up with real examples, so I'll invent one. say for example a Sunday supplement puts in a recipe for a risotto, and suggests you use 200g of Yeovil Button Mushrooms (or whatyever). I always do a double-take and think "Hmm, didn't know (PLACE X) was renowned for (FOODSTUFF Y).
Which makes me thibnk it isn't really, and the writer is a a bit of a herbert. Either that, or the writer is playing a game of "Emperor's New Clothes" and seeing how many subsequent mentions of the same place/food combo can be found in the ensuing weeks.

OK, as you were.

 

[rich p]

I agree. I just had a Mars bar

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Tourist Foody trade perhaps? Stimulation of as it were

 

[Fnaar]

Well, you get "Dublin Bay prawns" and possibly "Whitstable Oysters" but half the time I think they're made up... like...er... Bolton Shallotts, or Peterborough Courgettes, or maybe Devon Chestnutes, etc etc

 

[Paulus]

I've had a few Cromer Crabs. Hmm, maybe I should of said that differently.

 

[snakehips]

We have some Madagascan Vanilla , brought by hand from that fair isle.

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[User169]

Worse than these geographical indicators is the dreaded epithet "Good quality".

"Good quality olive oil", "Good quality salt"...etc. Complete nonsense.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Worse than these geographical indicators is the dreaded epithet "Good quality".

"Good quality olive oil", "Good quality salt"...etc. Complete nonsense.

... and even that isn't as bad as "good value". Er, no, you mean "cheap". "Good value" usually denotes a good quality item that you're paying less than you might expect for, not something that is just cheap and nasty. See "good value steak dinners! Only £3.50!!" as an example.

 

[slowmotion]

Seeing as how Fnaar started this......http://www.grovesnurseries.co.uk/categories/dorset-knobs-6298.aspx

 

[g00se]

It's fine when the place is known for them - Cromer crabs, Arbroath smokeys etc. What gets my goat is when the supermarkets think adding a random name as part of the "Taste the Marketing" range means there's something wholesome and free-range about them... Wood Smoked Suffolk Bacon for example. Just regular cured bacon bought from an industrialised farm group on the outskirts of Ipswich...

 

[Over The Hill]

I have noticed Magners Irish Cider suddenly appeared. Strangely I have never seen an irish apple in the shops though. I really dont fancy cider with ice in it (or even too cold) as they have on the ads so stick to scrumpy jack if I fancy a can of the stuff.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

That's just because the Irish - at least the diddly dee versions of them that we see in adverts - are a marketing man's wet dream*. Those of us who are not swayed by this bullshit recognise that Magners is the cider equivalent of chicken nuggets and continue to get our cider from Henney's or Brook Farm.

* See also: Sea salt and Irish keg vinegar flavour crisps.

 

[Arch]

Among the many book ideas perambulating around my head, is one where I cycle the length of the country visiting places with food name associations, and writing about the food - From Cornish Pasty to Arbroath Smokie. I've already decided that for the sake of principle, cheeses will not be included, since it wold be too easy to just go from one county cheese to another, and I'd end up having a dairy induced heart attack. Except perhaps Stilton, which would be included as ironic, as it doesn't come from Stilton at all.

I've thought of Eccles Cakes, and Pontefract cakes, Bath buns... Cromer crabs, that's another.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Among the many book ideas perambulating around my head, is one where I cycle the length of the country visiting places with food name associations, and writing about the food - From Cornish Pasty to Arbroath Smokie. I've already decided that for the sake of principle, cheeses will not be included, since it wold be too easy to just go from one county cheese to another, and I'd end up having a dairy induced heart attack. Except perhaps Stilton, which would be included as ironic, as it doesn't come from Stilton at all.

I've thought of Eccles Cakes, and Pontefract cakes, Bath buns... Cromer crabs, that's another.

Melton Mowbray pork pies ... Edinburgh rock ... Herefordshire cider (if you're including drinks; I know I would) ... sounds like a great tour.

 

[Fnaar]

It's fine when the place is known for them - Cromer crabs, Arbroath smokeys etc. What gets my goat is when the supermarkets think adding a random name as part of the "Taste the Marketing" range means there's something wholesome and free-range about them... Wood Smoked Suffolk Bacon for example. Just regular cured bacon bought from an industrialised farm group on the outskirts of Ipswich...

That's just the kind of thing I mean, g00se. Or shoukd that be Norfolk G00se?