UK: Pie & mash - the fight to save London's classic dish

[@rustyshakelford1279]

This dude must be the pie gangsta of London. I see him on every documentary

[@19ram72]

Show some respect, that's the whole point..halfwit

[@WspolnaKapiel]

I met him in London park last summer. He saw me and shouted: Oy Bloke! Wanna see my jellied Eel? IT WAS HUGE EEL. Stay safe.

[@danielwarren3138]

@@WspolnaKapiel london park?

[@Natadangsa]

I went to F. Cooke's over a year ago. All the way from Indonesia, with my cousin, my aunt, and my mum. My cousin loved their jellied eels. He even bought another one to go.

[@mikemike5973]

Thanks your country is my favourite country in asia ikan bakar with padang sauce I think it was 😛

[@Natadangsa]

@@mikemike5973 I prefer squids, prawns, or mussels in Padang sauce

[@javeedyara5653]

How are they holding up mate?

[@Natadangsa]

@@javeedyara5653 I don't know, I don't live in London

[@stevenhartono3876]

rasa kuahnya gimana mase dan belutnya?

[@paul67]

A man that obviously loves his work, and all credit to him. God bless ya fella. I am from Manchester and have never tried this food (at 54 years old) but would happily give it a try.

[@thailandtony]

You just can't beat the good old pie and mash 😋😋😋😋👍

[@devdixit2440]

Looks depressing, to be honest.

[@luckyme4136]

or a ladyboy...

[@36minutesago7]

@@luckyme4136 Yummie 🥵

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

@@devdixit2440 nah it looks good.

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

@@devdixit2440 it looks simple, but good

[@drewb1263]

Whilst it's not gourmet or Michellin food, the ingredients just work in such a way that this dish is as delicious and satiating as any expensive meal

[@Wildeheart79]

Bit of an exaggeration. It's a meat pie and bland mash with some sauce on it. I get the comfort food angle but it's hardly got the complexity or surprise of expensive top-level cooking.

[@siddharthsen7035]

Top level pretentious food but I agree with you on pie n mash

[@drewb1263]

​@@Wildeheart79you don't understand

[@Wildeheart79]

@@drewb1263 what's there to understand mate? It's a meat pie and some mash, you cannot possibly think that is the most delicious flavour combination anyone's ever come up with. It's a nice bit of warm stodge and sometimes that's all one needs but that's all it is at the end of the day

[@lgfrades]

I think it’s lovely; comfort food, I can’t wait to try it

[@kellphil76]

Why doesn’t the city protect this establishment as a heritage site like we do in the states? It is a great way to preserve this place for generations to come.

[@johnnyblazem5326]

because the country does not like it's own citizens anymore

[@David-ol6fw]

That's just not how capitalism works.

[@kellphil76]

@@David-ol6fw what?

[@bubbacalling]

because the browner skinned ladies and gentlemen in London want fried chicken shops, not good cuisine like this.

[@jefffromjersey52]

@@David-ol6fw Actually that is exactly how Capitalism works . These Eateries are actually helping Tourism .. The Man clearly said people come straight from the Airport to get a Photo with him, and to have some traditional Hearty Food . The City would be wise to put protections in Place, Or Tax Breaks , the same way they give Big Corporations Tax Breaks to lure them in.. Just Smart Business and common sense to preserve these Places.

[@AnytingGoes]

I always try and get a pie and mash whenever im in london every couple months or so. I think ive tried most of the shops now and for any visiting tourist looking to try it, all the shops are similar with their pies with a nice amount of ground beef and gravy, steamy mash and parsley liquor but i have to say Cooke's serve a damn good pie.

[@ps5stuffguy]

F.Cooke closed now. Was amazing Pie and Mash

[@jesusiscomingbacksoon3384]

We got one now where I live cookes

[@jesusiscomingbacksoon3384]

We got one now where I live cookes

[@rachellawrence2548]

I love pie and mash I even crave it when I was pregnant 🤰🏻 everyday! And I still have it 😍

[@danim5373]

UK GOV must seriously protect these shops as they are a cultural heritage!

[@Danny-is5if]

The actual only way to do that would be to deny visas to foreigners in London or the very least reduce immigration to almost zero. London's and by extension the rest of the UK's culture and history are slowly eroding away because of every government for the last 50 years has failed on immigration and how to control it. They are far more interested in virtue signalling to even dare to appear controversial in tackling a major, major problem in the UK.

[@danim5373]

@@Danny-is5if No Danny I disagree. I am a first generation immigrant in the UK and I love certain parts of the culture here. Immigration is good if planned and the UK isn't a free for all place, and it is controller well. With these things the government has to put in a plan to preserve and promote what they have like other European countries, but they don't. In short I dont think keeping the culture to yourself is the way, it should be shared and preserved!

[@DBProductions12345-m]

government has more important things to spend money on than random pie shops lmao

[@danim5373]

@@DBProductions12345-m yeah one year I see how silly my comment is. This failing gov ain't doing squat lmao

[@steveboy7302]

​@danim5373 not for you to decide unfortunately

[@2000coco]

Really want some pie and mash...we don't have it here😪😩

[@Takeawayinataxi]

Wherever u r. I believe pie n mash shops deliver.

[@RedPandaMafia]

F.Cooke’s is by far one of the originals, I’ve been to London 4 times from the US and I have to go to the east end to get their pie and mash

[@iamgermane]

In the States you can also try the brand "Marie Callander's" Pot Pies in large sizes.

[@StephEvans-p3m]

Love it, will keep you alive for sure 👏👍❤️❤️

[@lukemackenzie2944]

Scotsman here whos never had pie and mash. Hope its a tradition that lasts it would a sin to lose something that uniquely London.

[@Takeawayinataxi]

I can honestly say I have never had bad pie n mash. It's always been tasty.

[@toritori4430]

Never had a steak pie and mashed tatties , and your Scottish 😀

[@SK-oz8yx]

I hope i can go there someday!

[@sca8217]

This man, Joe Cooke, developed a gregarious personality with a biting British wit , not knowing over the years how one video would endear his personality to people across the world.

[@dod6031]

There is a merit to British food, while it might not have the million herbs and spices that other cuisines have been lucky enough to have access to its steeped in history and tradition, and I must say it’s very hearty, like a hug from the Lord only thing that beats it in that respect is American BBQ.

[@Th1sIsMyLegacy]

Britain: Invades 95% of the world for spices. Also Britain: It’s not fair our cuisine is bland.

[@dod6031]

@@Th1sIsMyLegacyThink you’ve mistaken 19th Century Britain with 15th Century Portugal. Britain colonised the world for mineral wealth not cumin 😂

[@Samuel115s]

I have actually never tried pie and mash. I like pie and chips with curry sauce :)

[@TornacenseDeFuturo]

It looks amazing I wish we had this in Germany.

[@Takeawayinataxi]

I once took some German girls to have pie n mash who stayed in England on a cultural exchange experience our youth club ran. I also took a Colombian friend. Everyone liked it.

[@custardcreams92]

I bloomin' love pie and mash

[@hori166]

Had my pie and mash at Castle's in Camden Town. A few drops of malt vinegar does wonders! Would definitely try another shop. BTW I live in Tokyo...

[@dentray]

A few drops of Vinegar? Pie&mash demands "Lashings" of vinegar! lol Only true East enders understand how to eat it, I am salivating as I type lol

[@jimbop4499]

I'm an ex bricklayer, all us manual workers would muller pie n mash! This is proper food......we cant let these 'secret' pie n liquor recipes die. Cooke's Manze's and Arment's should put their recipe/ingredients online before it dissolves into history.

[@frasercheyne8332]

Anyone got a good liquor recipe? And tell me, do you salt and vinegar and pepper it all or which bits fir what?I'm a chef, I can make the pie and mash easily but the tradition is what I'm after, the way it's eaten

[@yourgay3226]

Check out marco pierre whites recipe

[@Takeawayinataxi]

I like chilli vinegar and salt on mine. But my nan liked pepper and vinegar on hers.

[@iamgermane]

This is called Pot Pie in the States. Banquet/Swanson makes the most of them. Not usually served with mashed potatoes....

[@RelaxingMusic-mu4mr]

Love it!

[@megamaniscoolrightguys2749]

Who is the person in your pfp?🤔

[@PX125E]

Can someone tell me how to make that green sauce please

[@manubear9968]

I hear the Singaporean accent in that tourist

[@mattt3853]

This guy is the doppelganger of Coach Buddy Stephens from Last Chance U

[@Whisky_Tango_Foxtrot-jc5uq]

Top man good on you pal👍

[@Takeawayinataxi]

I never liked Dalston Cookes because they had malt vinegar which no pie n mash shop uses. Has to be non brewed or chilli vinegar.

[@adrian_veidt]

I remember it being served with Jellied eels 😋

[@darrenelkins5923]

No colouring mr Cooke?

[@aumarigan]

1:01 This was filmed before the pandemic. I wonder how his shop is doing. Hope all is well.

[@DBProductions12345-m]

closed down ages ago

[@aumarigan]

@@DBProductions12345-m I see. The owner retired I guess.

[@Jeff250lbc]

He was instantly my friend when he said

[@DrJonez]

Wish I could sit down and have a pie with Joe some day :)

[@asa1973100]

It’s like anything from old England is getting killed off

[@kw7814]

Good

[@DBProductions12345-m]

yes, its Called progress

[@greensteve89]

did anyone else notice the guy from singapore with an Irish name?

[@Christianna73]

♡

[@Doc_Zero]

I make a venison pie every year I harvest. Meat pie runs deep in the veins

[@lispmachine9687]

"Tea and two slices" plenty of that after brexit.

[@Gothiczartan]

I want Costco to sell pie n mash kit all around the world especially America.

[@tobiasletch]

I’m getting pie and mash tomorrow…..

[@micu1544]

Beef pie? I thought it was eels in it?

[@lilzen202]

ill take it with regular gravy and without the parsley sauce and jellied eals.

[@Teeveepicksures]

"the fight" 😂

[@SamBrickell]

London is overrun by people who don't care at all about traditional British culture. Being surprised that your culture is disappearing is just insane.

[@deepatel123]

Yeah, these Italians and Irish coming over here and making pie and mash.

[@v8valiant68]

I hungry now

[@shijoejoseph2011]

Get rid of that chicken tikka bollocks, and make fish and chips your national dish with mushy peas as a standard side!

[@ashash7251]

So sad to see places like this going

[@humbug4478]

Where’s the amnesty trying to help save the endangered cockneys

[@UltimateLegandGaming]

That first pie shop is closed now so annoying

[@luckyme4136]

Sarsaparilla? lol 😂

[@danielbaldwin8930]

I grew up on pie n mash! Like it's so English you can't get rid of it.

[@michaelgoulding6609]

that food sold outside on them stalls looks disgusting, i,ve never tryed parsley liquer sause with pie & mash, but it looks much nicer than that crap on them stalls

[@jamesjones3371]

Manzes werent italian a italian married a cooke they i herited it the shop changed name manze moved to london afe 3 met a daughter of f cooke changed name of shoo. Plus nothing to do with immigrants coije is english manze onky got a cooke after cooke died

[@rizkydwis7185]

defeated by kebab and italian food

[@Cynidecia]

Aussies enjoy meat pies.

[@usman8061]

Nothing fancy about this pie...mash.... lots of restaurants have closed due to high competition which provide richer and healthier food, and if you ask me I've come to believe that italians must get them out of business with their pizza and pasta lol

[@manfrombritain6816]

will be gone soon. replaced by something from africa most likely

[@eliasstrand6313]

Yeah with a good taste instead of that shit

[@Danny-is5if]

What's the point in fighting for it to stay around? Anyone with common sense will know that this part of our culture will be lost due to ethnic minority levels increasing in London. Predictions are 80% will be non British by 2050, who have totally different cultures to our own. They won't be queuing up for pie and mash, that's for sure. They will all go out of business, unfortunately. Would you see a pie and mash shop like this in Iraq? Brazil? Italy? Spain? Nope.

[@manpreetbrar838]

That place is long gone. Halal fried chicken and french fries anyone! Cultural enrichment tastes so good.😂

[@shelbygauthier-owensby4369]

Dry as fuxk and food juices and potatoes are over watered almost stale.

[@tompayne4481]

Pie & Trash

[@kellykreqeli8924]

Shows you have no taste

[@tompayne4481]

@@kellykreqeli8924 I guess I have something in common with Pie & Trash then! 🤣

[@SuperJimbell]

Where's the fight..anyone can make pie and mash!!Typical BBC crap

[@LondonGooner]

Vegan pies 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 stop it! London is so soy!

[@stevehaddon151]

Nothing says I'm a pussy than using the word soy....

[@eliasstrand6313]

Why save something so awful

[@pawlpoche8736]

Imagine someone would eat 2 big plates of this thrash, then 8 hours later shit on the floor and film it. Dark web type stuff.

[@shelbygauthier-owensby4369]

That is not a classic down, gross!

[@kellykreqeli8924]

No one told you to like it but many people do

[@andyhughes8433]

It’s disgusting and bland. Peasant food from yesteryear.

[@stepheningermany]

0:55 the last time I saw something like that was in a backed-up public toilet. I can see why british people don't want to eat there now. Cooke (who is in every pie and mash video on YT) should really work on the presentation, it looks awful the way it is served.

[@shamusbob7969]

You ate the shit out of a backed up toilet? Germany indeed...

[@user-yr7mf3fr3e]

Pie and mash good for soldiers you know what I mean, the sausage don’t quite cut it

[@stepheningermany]

@@shamusbob7969 I see you are still struggling with english, they keyword in my comment is "saw". Oh and by the way, ask your sister if you can use the family brain cell next time you want to comment. Having Germany in my YT name does not mean I'm german... I guess you never took part in lessons on logic whilst at school either

[@JA-zg2cb]

@@stepheningermany u’ve done him there

[@SvenTviking]

Do us a favour. Stay in Germany.

[@blakese7en47]

Londoners being forced out is the reason for the pie and mash shop decline in London

[@kw7814]

None of this food needs to survive it can go extinct and everyone will be happier

[@Rambouillet1725]

*they're struggling because the food IS NOT GOOD!!!!* *Tasty food will always have people lining for it.* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Scameron44]

I wouldn't feed this crap to my cat