Monday, 7 January 2013

Ponchmipe



Ponchmipe is a local dish from North Wales, where I was born. Quite simply, its mashed potato and mashed swede or turnip, mixed together with a little butter and salt and pepper to taste. And to make it a bit more elegant, throw in a few chopped chives. Real comfort food. Lovely .


10 comments:

  1. My dad used to make this for us when we were kids. His mum was from Wales. I thought we was the only people that knew it called ponchmipe. It's a really tasty dish and it brings back happy memories

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    1. Init same ere lovely dish with pork chops a Yorkshire pudding I sacking the chips need to find how to make proper hearty meal.💛👍🤘✌️☠️💯⚡💀

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  2. I'm from N Wales but have never met anyone outside my family who knew this dish. Making it tonight, thinking of my mum & my nan. Thought, wonder if it is on the internet et voila! Lovely to find. xx

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  3. My Mum used to make this dish her family came from north Wales but she used to put it in a dish then put bacon on the top and put it back in the oven until the bacon was crispy, real comfort food

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  4. Im fron North Wales. We had it at least one a week with belly pork when I was growing up and the drippings over the ponch mipe. I loved it. Making it tonight

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  5. I grew up in N Wales and had it for school dinners.Delicious.

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  6. I am also from North Wales, my mum would boil the potatoes and the turnip and then fry then together in bacon drippings. She would mash everything up together, but not smooth, it had to be a bit chunky! Yes true comfort food.

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  7. South Wales checking in, I've eaten this all my life, mother called it ponch, used to serve it with bacon fat or butter, times have changed

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  8. Am from Mostyn North Wales but live in West Cumbria now but I still make this for my family.Reminds me of my Nain but we use to call it chobbinsmaip real comfort food

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  9. I'm from near Mold and used to love having ponchmipe, especially creating a little well in the top where my mum would pour bacon fat into it. 😀

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