Birmingham Balti

[lastlid]

The Birmingham Balti is in hope of being added to this established list of European protected food names...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-18490695

Beer
Kentish ale (PGI)
Kentish strong ale (PGI)
Rutland bitter (PGI)

Cheese
Beacon Fell traditional Lancashire cheese (PDO)
Bonchester cheese (PDO)
Buxton blue (PDO)
Dorset Blue cheese (PGI)
Dovedale cheese (PDO)
Exmoor Blue cheese (PGI)
Single Gloucester (PDO)
Swaledale cheese (PDO)
Swaledale ewes' cheese (PDO)
Teviotdale cheese (PGI)
Stilton - White cheese (PDO)
Stilton - Blue cheese (PDO)
West Country farmhouse Cheddar cheese (PDO)
Staffordshire Cheese (PDO)

Cider
Gloucestershire cider (PGI)
Gloucestershire perry (PGI)
Herefordshire cider (PGI)
Herefordshire perry (PGI)
Worcestershire cider (PGI)
Worcestershire perry (PGI)

Cream
Cornish Clotted Cream (PDO)

Fresh fish, molluscs and crustaceans and products derived there from
Arbroath Smokie (PGI)
Scottish Farmed Salmon (PGI)
Whitstable Oysters (PGI)
Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish (PGI)
Cornish Sardines (PGI)

Fresh meat and offal
Orkney beef (PDO)
Orkney lamb (PDO)
Scotch beef (PGI)
Scotch lamb (PGI)
Shetland lamb (PDO)
Welsh Beef (PGI)
Welsh lamb (PGI)
Isle of Man Manx Loaghton Lamb (PDO)
Traditional Cumberland Sausage (PGI)
Traditional Farmfresh Turkey (TSG)
Traditionally Farmed Gloucestershire Old Spots Pork (TSG)

Fruit, vegetables and cereals
Jersey Royal potatoes (PDO)
Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb (PDO)

Meat based products
Melton Mowbray Pork Pie (PGI)
Cornish Pasty (PGI)

http://www.euprotectedfoodnames.org.uk/CurrentProducers/tabid/160/Default.aspx

[Dedworth]

Not before time the HMRC are cracking down on these Balti tax dodgers :-

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2012/06/06/tax-inspectors-launch-taskforce-to-crack-down-on-midlands-restaurants-97319-31119660/

[Terpe]

I've always enjoyed a good Balti :hubbahubba:
Remember those Balti Houses with long tables and "bring your own bottle"?

Wonder if they still do those.:Erm:

[lastlid]

Yep, nothing like a good Balti, even if it isn't from Birmingham.

I was surprised that Manx Kippers weren't on there even though Arbroath smokies are....

And what about Aberdeen Angus beef?

[Ako Si Jamie]

The Birmingham balti houses are overrated. I can only recommend one - Shababs on Ladypool Rd.

[andy222]

Not before time the HMRC are cracking down on these Balti tax dodgers :-

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2012/06/06/tax-inspectors-launch-taskforce-to-crack-down-on-midlands-restaurants-97319-31119660/

A bit late for that Ded they have already made their millions.:doh