Top effort Danny on sticking that jellied eel in your mush. Absolutely top UTube content. I was laughing my head off watching you building up to the attempt.
My family are from East End of London. I remember in the 60s visiting my Nan with my father (she lived in an old prefab next to Stratford railway sidings)....she'd feed us pie, mash and liqor. The liqor is, as you say, parsley sauce, but it should be made with the broth the eels have been boiled in! I hated the taste of it. Nan always told us pie should be served top down so all the liqor soaks into the crust. I last had pie, mash and liqor in 1985 at Walton on the Naze.....my last ever meal with my father. I live in Sheffield now. Don't get that here. I'd rather have pie, mash and gravy (Yorkshire style)...and mushy peas. Never had eel. The smell always put me off too. You did well. Thaa did reyt. 🙂😆
I lived in Stratford too and it was in the early 70s that I first tried pie mash n liquor from a place called Liddards in West Ham Lane (long gone now). Loved it from the get-go, but couldn't stomach jellied eels !
@@Foxys1974 Hoxton market pie and mash is worth trying in Islington , maybe not as much on offer but everyone always leaves a clean plate. Maybe the decline in Londoners has meant that there's fewer Pie and mash shops now day's. Archway and Hornsey Rd shops have long gone but not sure if Chapel market and Kingsland Rd are still open in North London.
@@originalherdsman3524 I grew up on hackney rd...during the 60s and 70s..and my favourite pie n mash shop was on hackney road opposite the childrens hospital....sadly both long gone like the people who originally lived there ... the hoxton pie n mash was always Saturday dinner after the shopping in the market.....thanks for rekindling great memories..😎👍
My Dad and Grandad used to eat them, pride of East and Saaarth London. I love pie and mash but you can keep the eels lol. Big respect Danny. You need some vinegar in that Liquor and poke the pie with a fork and pour over it.
Well done Danny for having a go, my old grandad worked on the docks in the east end and unfortunately he had dementia, used to bring him jellied eels and it would always make him smile...I refuse to believe anybody in this day and age likes them though 😂 plenty of chilli vinegar on the pie and mash and eat it with the spoon! Up the Ammers ⚒
Love that Danny starts to tell a story, food turns up and then he forgets what he was telling us about. It's like reading a book, getting into the story and then finding last few pages are missing. 😂😂 You legend Danny. Keep up the good work.
@@northernguerrilla3168 it is lovely with chili vinegar and pepper to taste trust me most people down here eat it with gusto and it is expensive now eight pounds sterling for two pies double mash and licker it is lovely and the top of the pies is made from suet pastry and the rest of the pie is made of normal pastry and the top of the pie is chewy and delicious
I'm from North London Nobody in our house would touch Pie and Mash. My mother would walk over the other side of the road than pass the shop. But when I became an adult,a boyfriend at the time took me into Cooke's pie and mash shop (Dalston) I LOVED IT...55 year's later, It still is one of my favourites meals. But must have vinegar and pepper with it. Eels are a required taste, I like them now and again. Extreamly good for you they contain a lot of iron. ENJOY!⚘⚘
I remember the seafood man coming round the local pubs selling seafood to the beered up locals. Always a winner. The obvious comment at volume was "you got crabs mate?' Somehow funny every time.
Mate of ours was desperate to be the first one to shout it and mixed his words up ‘got any cocks on ya crab’ he shouted instead of ‘got any crabs on your cock’. Aaahhh the good old days
Me and the family were laughing until we cried when you tried the eels. The pie & mash looked lovely. I wouldn't fancy the eels though Danny. Probably not best with a hangover mate. Fair do's to you for having a go. xx
Well done Danny..food is such a personal thing..I'm from 'up north' and used to go to the chippy..when I was a kid..to get 'me' Dad a 'six' of chips and a quarter of honeycomb tripe..eaten with plenty of salt'n'vinegar..to this day I love tripe..having some for lunch..just as it comes..not cooked..😋😆👍
@@janw1746 I remember as a youngster her in Liverpool all the Chippies used to sell tripe and you could even get it at the butchers. It was lovely when drowned in propper vinegar. Sadly you can't get it in the Chippies anymore and I haven't seen it being sold anywhere here for about 30 years. Same with the Cockles that used to be sold in all the pubs by the Cockle man, he sold Cockles,Prawns and crab sticks. Such a shame we don't see them anymore.
The best Pie & Mash in my opinion is M.Manze. The traditional way to eat it is with a fork and spoon (No Knife) and always flip the pie over so the liquor (Gravy) soaks into the crust. You also have Chilli Vinegar which is a must! (Don't worry it's not too spicy), and also the mash should be scraped on the side of the plate! keep up the great work!
Russian here. I had a stop over in London and had few hours on my own in London. Did some research for cockney high cuisine and this place showed up. Had mash and pie there. Eel was a bit too much for me though)). Good times.
Well done Danny boy for trying south London Pie n mash! During the football season I go to Manze’s every Saturday for double pie, mash and liquor with plenty of chilli vinegar with a nice few pints after watching Millwall play at home Enjoy Nick
Nick Dugard typical of his millwall badgery and SOUTH LONDON pie mash, would just like to say Bermondsey aint full of utter sighs far from it, in fact Nick id guess probably comes from Erith or Swanley
I wonder how it can be the oldest surviving eel & pie house if it first opened in 1892. There's one in my neighborhood, F. Cooke, and they've been around since 1862. Apparently, the pairing of liquor and pie was a Cooke invention, as well.
Manze opened on Tower Bridge Road in 1902. Their website doesn’t claim to be the first. I believe the store itself was opened by F Cooke in 1892, and then sold to Menze.
My nan was eating at Manzes in the 40's! You needed some chilli vinegar Danny. The sauce is thick because it's a traditional way of using the water that the eels were cooked in. 😃
@@MattysGrove i can understand that at the time but why when more foods became more available do people still eat it, give me a nice stew and mash anyday over that lol lol
@@shutup2751 think people still have it just because it's an old traditional dish and they'd like to try it, Americans think we have it everyday for dinner still 😅 yeah give me a nice beef casserole anyday 👍🏼
Best one for a while. I wouldn't mess with eels. "nonsense" is correct, Danny. The Germans aren't flying overhead anymore, there's no need to eat that shite.
I grew up in East London and a true cockney. I smother my pie and mash in chilli vinegar! I used to love jellied eels as a kid but look at em and heave now. Like bloody cat food lol 😆
Yorkshire man Eating traditional London grub, Well done for having a go. Pie'n'mash is one of my favourite dishes with white pepper, chilli vinegar & builders tea. I make mine at home with homemade liquor. Side of warm eels is much better . If around Whitby, please review Humble pie on Church Street 😁👍
Fun fact. Danny asked why pies and eel? Eels used to be abundant in England a long time ago so were dirt cheap. Pie & mash is working class food nothing fancy but that's its charm to me.
I guess this is what older people from London eat, reminiscing about the time during rationing, where they ate whatever they could get their hands on. Up North, it was tripe, udders and dripping. Equally horrible and barely edible.
I grew up eating this. Still luv it my son. David Beckham travels from America to London to eat this food. It's a right good nose bag and fills ya right up for the day treacle.
Dano, you should of tried it traditional style. Pie overturned, split open, soaked with non-brewed condiment, covered in pepper, and eaten with a fork and spoon. Jellied eels are also delish with non-brewed condiment and pepper. Food of Kings M8, food of Kings.
Absolutely love pie n mash! Never tried jellies eels though. My 2 fave pie n mash shops in London closed down many years ago. Loved the tiled walls and the high backed wooden benches and marble topped tables. I make my own spicy vinegar and liqor now. The pastry is trickier. I use lard. I know it's bad for the body but it's good for the soul. Think I'll pop into Manzes on my next trip home. I was born in London 63 years ago but have lived in Cheshire for 20 years. The last time I had rock salmon was from a London chippy. Really hard to find now. Now I'm hungry!
Seeing in that shop, brings back memories my work mates and myself would go there once a month. We would have an eating competition the most I managed was a Triple double ie two pie and mash 3 times. Never had the eels.
@@kizzyfarrell9340 It was at the very end after we thought the video was over. The lady at the shop offered to let him try a different form of eel. He agreed. Although he managed to swallow the bite, he still didn't like it, LOL
When I was a lad in Wales in the 60s and 70s the local Italian café served a steamed pie, basically they had a stainless steel pie shaped container with a hinge on the top and a Bakelite handle, they would pop the pie in and then stick it under the steam froth maker on their coffee machine, they were stunning, I often wonder if it was just that Italian café that did it or was it a national thing?
Being a East Londoner off 40 years im very pleased to see you in my hometown and eating our traditional lunch. You needed chilli vinegar and salt and black pepper on it though 😋 Hope your well mate, me and the GF are loving your videos and literally look forwards to your videos every evening. Weve moved to the Isle of wight in the last 2 years, would be great to see you over here soon in the near future ❤
As a kid I would be taken to the pie and mash shop in Bethnal Green and we lived in Southgate! The liquor was green water and was awful. The mash had no butter and the pie was probably the cheapest tasting pie I have ever had. If it was raining the whole place would be a steaming condensation pit and all you could ever hear was clanging cutlery, It would go down as child cruelty today 😂
Hi Danny,you’re a brave man,I don’t think I’ve laughed so much in ages,watching your expression,I’ve never tried jellied eels,and the thought of it makes me feel sick,well done for trying,but don’t repeat it,love from wales xx
Agree with every word Margaret Sheridan - and when he sniffed his hand and said "it stinks" - I nearly fell off my chair !! Really brave Danny 'cos there is no way I could have put that in my mouth.
I think I could handle the eel itself as living in Sweden has kind of conditioned me to eating weird seafood like Lutefisk and Sill, but I'm not sure I could stomach the jelly.
Sunday mornings In 70s London many good pubs had seafood stalls outside, locals would form a queue chomping eels until the un-bolting of the doors ceremony at noon, then race inside for the roast potatos & more sea-food, Lovely days
I used to work in a fishery in Germany and prepare about 400 eels a day to be smoked or preserved in aspic. I can still take their gills out in my sleep and still shudder at the thought of trying to skin one of the whoppers without ripping its head off and getting bollocked by the manager.
I have been told that eel used to be huge among the working classes in the UK. Then the eels became scarce and the eels became more expensive and they became a delicacy. I have never tried one. Thank you for the video!
Danny, the best Pie & Mash is in East London. Walthamstow (which has recently closed) and Hackney. Try a proper Salt Beef Sandwich or Bagel at the North end of Brick Lane, East London. You forgot the chili vinegar for the pie, it would of tasted mush better.
Literally crying here Danny, that was brilliant, I would love to see you do the surstromming (swedish tinned fish) challenge, that would make for some entertaining content!!!
@Jim Palmer nah I'm not excepting that reply unfortunately it's like saying you have eaten tuna so you've basically eaten a poisonous puffer fish! Your the type of guy who as a smart answer for everything, so answer me this please, does your name start with a J or a j? Never the same??
in my earliest childhood here in berlin, germany, there was eel in aspic: it was a poor man's meal. Today that doesn't exist anymore - but there are herring in jelly in bulk. and it is always important how you prepare it! here in england you have a lot of oddities that your english friends didn't know either - but if you go somewhere else together - you'll be confronted with them! we europeans always say: the british don't have a kitchen and no kitchen culture: i can confirm that - i have old time-life books, back then from holland: they didn't manage to fill a single book with recipes - so they did that expands: the cuisine of the british isles: there are recipes elsewhere, good enough. nevertheless the book turned out very narrow! is amazing: when i was in london for the first time- i didn't notice it- because in london's kensington hilton there was a japanese restaurant- with very good food! I only noticed that on my later visits - also that my English friends at the time - couldn't really cook! you do something! without any real culture! admittedly, i also like to eat red jam on cheese rolls! is not culture: but it tastes good! that's with them, like- I'll eat that and then that.... correct food culture just does not look like that! but what is real food? other diseases too! Back when I was a small child, you ate what was there! so i had to cookin england: which isn't difficult, because you actually get everything you need to cook well! I was then accused of being French cuisine - I took it with humor: a country that has so many types of cheese - so much regional food culture - yes, the French certainly influenced us too! today lidl and aldi do it: bad, bad - but you can eat that too! :-) So I would eat it - definitely try it! That's what traveling is for - you educate yourself! and get to know other people and their cultures! no one would eat something like that here: these are people who say, just by looking at them - no, i don't eat that! neglected through and through! respect!
I remember those days! It gave that unmistakeable flavour. You either loved or hated liquor sauce like marmite, I loved it growing up! Even though I actually hated the jellied eels lol. Nowadays it's literally just parsley sauce.. Still nice, Probably gained a lot more outsider fans after that change.
I have tried jellied eels in Hastings and found them difficult to eat mainly because of the bones. Not something I would eat again if I’m honest. Well done for trying them though as they look like some sort of alien spawn lol
I presume that's the Tower Bridge Manze's, I've never been there, tried the other two in Peckham and Sutton. Double pie, mash and liquor with plenty of vinegar...keep the jellied eels! My cockney dad loved them but I never warmed to them.
Well done for trying, I have been having Pie Mash and liquor since childhood. Always with Chilli Vinegar,salt and pepper. Thats a great South London dinner. Jellied Eels are also a favorite of mine with plenty of Chilli Vinegar and Pepper. I think you must be the first Northener to eat Jellied Eels on camera so despite or reaction I say WELL DONE to you. But gravy on Fisj and chips What’s that about? Cod and Chips Salt and Vinegar thats the London way to go ( and forget curry sauce,mushy peas and gravy)
Weird how you can have eel grilled Japanese style and it’s absolutely delicious with a wonderful meaty texture. And the sauce is heavenly….I think it’s the preparation of these eels that’s lacking….having them the grilled style is like two totally different things you are eating. Do try that style if you get a chance!
So a couple suggestions on how we eat them. We usually douse the pie and mash and eels with white pepper and chilli vinegar traditionally. I prefer stewed eels in liquor over jellied eels so would be worth you trying them stewed without the jelly.
Ha hah! I knew that would end like that… Well done for trying this Danny, but I tried jellied eels years ago, popped a bit in my mouth and started chewing, got to the bone and spat the lot out! I think it was a cheap meal for Londoners in the past, but they can keep it. For me the pie, mash and liquor looks just as bad. It all puts me right off. If you had a skinful the night before, you’d have been better off going back to Eggoland😂😂😂 Your suffering was our entertainment even if I nearly brought up my dinner watching this. You’re a brave man. Thanks for another great vid, can’t wait for the next one. 👏🤗👍
As an old east ended this takes me back to my old dad taking me to pie and mash shops in the 70s and early 80s. Great memories but vinegar is an must. Could never stand eels though although my dad loved them.
I also like the two hep cats trying to walk by (around 1:30) just like “ummmmm” meanwhile the host is totally oblivious because he’s talking to a camera about eels
andrew cobb ....the pigeons looked ruff and scraggy as fook...like meth addicts or fooked with traffic fumes ha ha.......pigeons where i stay are big beautiful healthy fat birds
As I understand the Chili Vinegar is a standard. Surprised they didn't offer it up front for the legit experience. They apparently offer the beef gravy too, but isn't the liquor fish/eel based?
I now live in Australia, but 45 years ago I worked in London's west end and every Saturday after work we would head over to the Elephant & Castle and have double pie, double mash & Liquor, and if we really wanted to treat ourselves we would get a bowl of jellied eels to go. PS; you need the malt vinegar with the meal. BEST MEAL EVER, I wish I could have it right now.
That is the funniest 25 minutes I have seen in years! Well done Danny, I would not have even ordered the eels, let alone tried them. I hope you had a feww pints of beer to wash the taste away
I think that was Danny's mistake. Beers first, eels on their own with salt'n'pepper, dry chunk of bread, sift out the bone, minimal jelly. Important, beers first.
Well done for trying! I'm a Londoner and at my 21st birthday party we had huge bowls full of jellied eels and they all went. I think they're gorgeous! it must be a north/south thing as I find black pudding pretty awful. V funny vid though! Keep up the good work!!
I got taken there as a child in the late 60s...l remember the shop as full of cigarette and pipe smoke, wet men in overcoats and lots of clinking cutlery, scraping plates and slurping mugs of tea. I loved the mix of mash liquor and inside of the pie (waaay bigger then) my Uncle would make for me on a small plate....l never tried the eel because my Dad used to take us fishing and eels are so slippery and covered in mucous when alive (and really strong and twisty) l couldnt eat them!
Good on you Danny for giving it a go. My wife was brought up on eels, she was always saying to me to give it a go, I finally tried them, didn’t like the jelly, but the eels were ok with vinegar salt and pepper. Enjoyed the pie and mash, would be better with proper gravy. Keep em coming mate.
I love eels , I fished for them as they have a delicate flesh. Smoked they are at their best. I did try jellied eels once and I understand your reaction.
You're the man, Danny. I wouldn't even have tried it on a dare. If you have to soak a food in something like liquor or chili to make it edible, it isn't food.
As a fellow northern living in London, I must say I’ve been to Manzes on several occasions and I too was sceptical about not having gravy. However, the pies with the liquor just works and the pies are banging. The traditional way is to have two pies and turn them over (as you did) then eat it with a spoon and knife.
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Watching a Yorkie eat jellied eels is the funniest thing I've seen for yonks.
He aint from York you Yorkie.
Wallace has sacked York
@@UlsterPaddy1 not my gentle son
Bro what the hell are you even saying? Watching a yonker bonker wonks watta energy
DO YOU DO BOTTLES OF WHATAAAHHHH
"Eels up inside ya, making an enterance where they can." Mighty brave bouche, Danny, going for that with a hangover! Too funny.
EELS!
ha ha ha ha exactly .... could have been worse at least there wasnt any cockney urine !! 🤣🤣
3 seasons and a movie?
Eels, eels, eels, eels...
I’ve got a mangina
Parsley sauce with a meat pie is a hangover from when the pies use to have oysters in them. Parsley sauce traditionally goes with fish.
When you spit out your meal
"Cause you've had jellied eel
That's a-moray...
🤣🤣
And it might make ye puke,
Just by havin a look,
That’s a-moraaay...
When an eel bites your thigh
and you then start to cry,
that's a moray
Class
😄😄
I really want to see the cameraman he's like the Stig of Top Gear.
Agreed want to see the camera man lol 😂
@@fielddan what's he look like?
If you look at one of his vids theres a shadow.... on the table. I think that's the best we get.... Best comment yet!! Kudos. 😂🤣😂
@@fielddan omg I remember that episode, Danny couldn't stop laughing 😂😂 poor cameraman
It's the zodiac killer.
"I'm sorry guys I don't like that", heaving into his hand. 😂😂
The most down to earth genuine person on the internet
Pie and mash use to be a Friday treat (must use the vinegar), but I could never do the jellied eels.
Yessir with chilli vinegar has to be done!
Why didn’t someone tell him it’s stewed eels with Pie & Mash not jellied . How crazy is that .
The most lack luster sign off on any video... The concentration at the end to keep that stewed eel down 😂😭😂😭😂😭 fair play for having a go Danny!
Top effort Danny on sticking that jellied eel in your mush. Absolutely top UTube content. I was laughing my head off watching you building up to the attempt.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yes! Me too!
His face when he ate the jellied eel .class lol .
My family are from East End of London. I remember in the 60s visiting my Nan with my father (she lived in an old prefab next to Stratford railway sidings)....she'd feed us pie, mash and liqor. The liqor is, as you say, parsley sauce, but it should be made with the broth the eels have been boiled in! I hated the taste of it. Nan always told us pie should be served top down so all the liqor soaks into the crust. I last had pie, mash and liqor in 1985 at Walton on the Naze.....my last ever meal with my father. I live in Sheffield now. Don't get that here. I'd rather have pie, mash and gravy (Yorkshire style)...and mushy peas. Never had eel. The smell always put me off too. You did well. Thaa did reyt. 🙂😆
That was a lovely story, thanks for sharing ❤
Walton on Naze pie and mash………❤️❤️❤️
I lived in Stratford too and it was in the early 70s that I first tried pie mash n liquor from a place called Liddards in West Ham Lane (long gone now). Loved it from the get-go, but couldn't stomach jellied eels !
@@Foxys1974 Hoxton market pie and mash is worth trying in Islington , maybe not as much on offer but everyone always leaves a clean plate.
Maybe the decline in Londoners has meant that there's fewer Pie and mash shops now day's. Archway and Hornsey Rd shops have long gone but not sure if Chapel market and Kingsland Rd are still open in North London.
@@originalherdsman3524 I grew up on hackney rd...during the 60s and 70s..and my favourite pie n mash shop was on hackney road opposite the childrens hospital....sadly both long gone like the people who originally lived there ... the hoxton pie n mash was always Saturday dinner after the shopping in the market.....thanks for rekindling great memories..😎👍
My Dad and Grandad used to eat them, pride of East and Saaarth London. I love pie and mash but you can keep the eels lol.
Big respect Danny. You need some vinegar in that Liquor and poke the pie with a fork and pour over it.
Well done Danny for having a go, my old grandad worked on the docks in the east end and unfortunately he had dementia, used to bring him jellied eels and it would always make him smile...I refuse to believe anybody in this day and age likes them though 😂 plenty of chilli vinegar on the pie and mash and eat it with the spoon! Up the Ammers ⚒
Up the irons
Up yours!
@@biggersound bore off innit
I regularly order jellied eels from Tesco in Swindon. Plenty of people like them.
I love jellied eels, plenty of vinegar and pepper. My family also worked on the river from the 1600s
Love that Danny starts to tell a story, food turns up and then he forgets what he was telling us about. It's like reading a book, getting into the story and then finding last few pages are missing. 😂😂 You legend Danny. Keep up the good work.
I notice this too 😂
haha, would love to hear a whole book narrated by Danny.
Danny you are a legend. Fair play to you for trying it. Keep giving us great content. All the best from Drogheda Ireland 🇮🇪
As a Northerner, jellied eels is a thing I'm glad we don't get served. 🤮
Amen to that!
Aye southerners are weird eating eels and cockles.....pie and mash without gravy is sacrilege too.
@@northernguerrilla3168 THE LIQUOR IS THE GRAVY
@@hangedups2608 nah not for me mate.
@@northernguerrilla3168 it is lovely with chili vinegar and pepper to taste trust me most people down here eat it with gusto and it is expensive now eight pounds sterling for two pies double mash and licker it is lovely and the top of the pies is made from suet pastry and the rest of the pie is made of normal pastry and the top of the pie is chewy and delicious
I'm from North London
Nobody in our house would touch Pie and Mash.
My mother would walk over the other side of the road than pass the shop.
But when I became an adult,a boyfriend at the time took me into Cooke's pie and mash shop (Dalston)
I LOVED IT...55 year's later, It still is one of my favourites meals. But must have vinegar and pepper with it.
Eels are a required taste, I like them now and again.
Extreamly good for you they contain a lot of iron.
ENJOY!⚘⚘
Required taste 😭😭😭😭
Pure comedy when Danny struggles with the jellied eels!! Hilarious :)
I remember the seafood man coming round the local pubs selling seafood to the beered up locals. Always a winner. The obvious comment at volume was "you got crabs mate?' Somehow funny every time.
yes the seafood man shame they dont do that anymore
Mate of ours was desperate to be the first one to shout it and mixed his words up ‘got any cocks on ya crab’ he shouted instead of ‘got any crabs on your cock’. Aaahhh the good old days
you got any muscels mate.....couldnt give us a push outside could you :)
Whitecoat and a wicker basket always had vinegar on the cockles and prawns
@@richjones7313 they still do at my local pub, really good to see.
I love this guys confidence, just talking away while setting up his table. Mean while I struggle to tie my shoelaces in public lol
There's not much in life thats guaranteed - But when Danny uploads a video you always know it will be great to watch.
Me and the family were laughing until we cried when you tried the eels. The pie & mash looked lovely. I wouldn't fancy the eels though Danny. Probably not best with a hangover mate. Fair do's to you for having a go. xx
That gravy looked different. I am more use to the brown. That mash did look lovely. The mince also looked good.
Well done Danny..food is such a personal thing..I'm from 'up north' and used to go to the chippy..when I was a kid..to get 'me' Dad a 'six' of chips and a quarter of honeycomb tripe..eaten with plenty of salt'n'vinegar..to this day I love tripe..having some for lunch..just as it comes..not cooked..😋😆👍
@@janw1746 I remember as a youngster her in Liverpool all the Chippies used to sell tripe and you could even get it at the butchers. It was lovely when drowned in propper vinegar. Sadly you can't get it in the Chippies anymore and I haven't seen it being sold anywhere here for about 30 years. Same with the Cockles that used to be sold in all the pubs by the Cockle man, he sold Cockles,Prawns and crab sticks. Such a shame we don't see them anymore.
@@D-Z321 that wasn’t gravy it was liquor, its what you traditionally have with pie and mash and it’s made from parsley
The best Pie & Mash in my opinion is M.Manze. The traditional way to eat it is with a fork and spoon (No Knife) and always flip the pie over so the liquor (Gravy) soaks into the crust. You also have Chilli Vinegar which is a must! (Don't worry it's not too spicy), and also the mash should be scraped on the side of the plate! keep up the great work!
Fair play to you big guy. You came down south and give it a go! Most of us Londoners wouldn't go anywhere near those blooming eels either!!
Pie and gravy is great 👍
@@mrmetal1276 save the gravy for ya Sunday roast
100% jellied eels are rank… stewed eels are marginally better but still nah…
Pie n mash though - soul food that is
It's like tripe, there's a specific group of older people that lap it up
Real Eastenders would 👌
Pie and mash 100% the food of the gods. - jellied eels, rank.
That mashed potato looked delicious :)
Exactly mate.
probably because I am a northerner I would much prefer pie, chips n gravy than pie and mash!
It’s the first time ever I’ve seen someone eating jellied eels with Pie & Mash . It’s stewed eels , completely different taste .
@@supersonicsid5930 stewed all the way.
I feel like if the British just added that sweet sauce to them jellied eels the way them Japanese folks do, they’d get a lot more fans!
Russian here. I had a stop over in London and had few hours on my own in London. Did some research for cockney high cuisine and this place showed up.
Had mash and pie there. Eel was a bit too much for me though)).
Good times.
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Hi M M, do russians eat meat pies? I live in Australia and it is their national food. If I lived in Russia I would eat 10 a day.
@@brinjoness3386 We do, but not with mashed potatoes on the side, usually it's an after-meal snack
Я правильно понимаю, что зелёная подливка - это на основе петрушки? В любом случае, надеюсь, на вкус это было лучше, чем на вид :)
@@alexanderkuptsov6117Верно.
Я очень люблю русские пироги.
Я из Канады. 😁
Well done Danny boy for trying south London Pie n mash! During the football season I go to Manze’s every Saturday for double pie, mash and liquor with plenty of chilli vinegar with a nice few pints after watching Millwall play at home Enjoy Nick
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You must have a massive belly
Nothing will ever beat Nathan's pie and mash
South London is ours 🔴🔵
Nick Dugard typical of his millwall badgery and SOUTH LONDON pie mash, would just like to say Bermondsey aint full of utter sighs far from it, in fact Nick id guess probably comes from Erith or Swanley
Danny you were very brave with the jellied eels. That is something that makes my stomach churn. Pie and mash yes but with gravy. cheers Danny
The Liquor is unique & delicious!
@@TapDancerDood It's just a parsley sauce and not at all unique .... Some people have it on Roast Ham and of course 'normal' fish ...
When I was a kid they used to have the live eels in a bowl in the Windows, you could watch them cutting the heads off, never fancied them since.
I wonder how it can be the oldest surviving eel & pie house if it first opened in 1892. There's one in my neighborhood, F. Cooke, and they've been around since 1862. Apparently, the pairing of liquor and pie was a Cooke invention, as well.
Do you live in London? That’s what it said.
do u have a robins pie mash near ya?
Manze opened on Tower Bridge Road in 1902. Their website doesn’t claim to be the first. I believe the store itself was opened by F Cooke in 1892, and then sold to Menze.
My nan was eating at Manzes in the 40's! You needed some chilli vinegar Danny. The sauce is thick because it's a traditional way of using the water that the eels were cooked in. 😃
what made eel and jelly so popular ? it just seems to unappetizing
@@shutup2751 it's an old East end dish from poorer communities from 1800s they basically ate what they could get eels from the river Thames 🤢
That’s very expensive for what you get. A small basic mince pie, small amount of mash and way too much parsley sauce.
@@MattysGrove i can understand that at the time but why when more foods became more available do people still eat it, give me a nice stew and mash anyday over that lol lol
@@shutup2751 think people still have it just because it's an old traditional dish and they'd like to try it, Americans think we have it everyday for dinner still 😅 yeah give me a nice beef casserole anyday 👍🏼
Best one for a while. I wouldn't mess with eels. "nonsense" is correct, Danny. The Germans aren't flying overhead anymore, there's no need to eat that shite.
Perfect comment !
This!
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Eating eels. Dreamt up by some Victorian nasty person, when the Thames was an open sewer and eels were the only thing that lived in it.
Stewed eels are an acquired taste - as are smoked eels in Harrods -
as a american this is by far the most British thing i’ve ever watched
Danny: "Oh my god, bring me some sweetcorn to get rid of the taste"
I grew up in East London and a true cockney. I smother my pie and mash in chilli vinegar! I used to love jellied eels as a kid but look at em and heave now. Like bloody cat food lol 😆
Yorkshire man
Eating traditional London grub,
Well done for having a go.
Pie'n'mash is one of my favourite dishes with white pepper, chilli vinegar & builders tea.
I make mine at home with homemade liquor.
Side of warm eels is much better .
If around Whitby, please review
Humble pie on Church Street 😁👍
I give you credit at least for trying the eel, Danny.
Yeah that look very ummmm unappetizing LOL. I couldnt imagine trying that on my own channel even for the views !!!! LOL
Fun fact. Danny asked why pies and eel? Eels used to be abundant in England a long time ago so were dirt cheap. Pie & mash is working class food nothing fancy but that's its charm to me.
Yeah, jellied eels are slum food for people who couldn't afford anything else.
Not even fit for a dog to consume get yourself back up north Dan for some proper food and real people..!
I guess this is what older people from London eat, reminiscing about the time during rationing, where they ate whatever they could get their hands on.
Up North, it was tripe, udders and dripping. Equally horrible and barely edible.
I grew up eating this. Still luv it my son. David Beckham travels from America to London to eat this food. It's a right good nose bag and fills ya right up for the day treacle.
You should write limericks.
Sorry guv don't know what limericks are. Your a top man though.
I completely misread this, I thought you said, my son David Beckham, and I thought isn't that nice Mr Beckham senior commenting. LOL
Dano, you should of tried it traditional style. Pie overturned, split open, soaked with non-brewed condiment, covered in pepper, and eaten with a fork and spoon. Jellied eels are also delish with non-brewed condiment and pepper. Food of Kings M8, food of Kings.
Absolutely love pie n mash! Never tried jellies eels though. My 2 fave pie n mash shops in London closed down many years ago. Loved the tiled walls and the high backed wooden benches and marble topped tables. I make my own spicy vinegar and liqor now. The pastry is trickier. I use lard. I know it's bad for the body but it's good for the soul. Think I'll pop into Manzes on my next trip home. I was born in London 63 years ago but have lived in Cheshire for 20 years. The last time I had rock salmon was from a London chippy. Really hard to find now. Now I'm hungry!
Rock salmon = dog fish. Available everwhere
Seeing in that shop, brings back memories my work mates and myself would go there once a month. We would have an eating competition the most I managed was a Triple double ie two pie and mash 3 times. Never had the eels.
It’s sad that these gems are closing and dying. An absolute London landmark.
They're selling jellied eels, of course they're dying. No one wants to eat that revolting shit anymore lol
@@bladechild2449exactly 😂
Fish and chips and English breakfast places still open every where, this is disgusting
Eel be leaving a mess in hotel toilet tonight... 😆
He didn't eat any
I do not blame for
They looked ghastly
@@kizzyfarrell9340 He actually managed to get down one bite of the eel with liquor.
Must of missed that
Well done danny
I couldn't eat them
Or that oyster he eat
The other day
He goes to some good places
@@kizzyfarrell9340 It was at the very end after we thought the video was over. The lady at the shop offered to let him try a different form of eel. He agreed. Although he managed to swallow the bite, he still didn't like it, LOL
When I was a lad in Wales in the 60s and 70s the local Italian café served a steamed pie, basically they had a stainless steel pie shaped container with a hinge on the top and a Bakelite handle, they would pop the pie in and then stick it under the steam froth maker on their coffee machine, they were stunning, I often wonder if it was just that Italian café that did it or was it a national thing?
It was the Italian Manzes that invented Pie, Mash N Liquor!!!
I'm in stitches watching him stuttering over eels 🤣🤣🤣
I started watching this and I thought to myself "Eel be sick if he tries that" 🤣😁😂
I haven’t laughed so hard for so long in ages! Thank you Danny! 🤣
I'm a born and bred londoner now living in Hull. God I miss pie mash.
Being a East Londoner off 40 years im very pleased to see you in my hometown and eating our traditional lunch. You needed chilli vinegar and salt and black pepper on it though 😋
Hope your well mate, me and the GF are loving your videos and literally look forwards to your videos every evening.
Weve moved to the Isle of wight in the last 2 years, would be great to see you over here soon in the near future ❤
White pepper you mean
@@ChucksDream yeaa thats the one
That place ain't East London .
@@HappyRareGrooveMan i meant as in london. However i was living in Walthamstow E17
Robins Pie Mash 🥧
Well done for taking one for the team Danny! This was an explicit reminder as to why I will never try jellied eel!
I used to go fishing when i was younger on a Saturday to catch a couple eels for Sunday breakfast, with field mushrooms tomatoes fresh eggs and beans
As a kid I would be taken to the pie and mash shop in Bethnal Green and we lived in Southgate! The liquor was green water and was awful. The mash had no butter and the pie was probably the cheapest tasting pie I have ever had. If it was raining the whole place would be a steaming condensation pit and all you could ever hear was clanging cutlery, It would go down as child cruelty today 😂
I had pie and mash one time and to this day, it was the only meal I've ever bought in my adult life that I refused to finish. It was just....awful
i used to go the pie and mash shop in shepherds bush, and hte liquer is too watery and chea p pies...but its ok.
Hi Danny,you’re a brave man,I don’t think I’ve laughed so much in ages,watching your expression,I’ve never tried jellied eels,and the thought of it makes me feel sick,well done for trying,but don’t repeat it,love from wales xx
Agree with every word Margaret Sheridan - and when he sniffed his hand and said "it stinks" - I nearly fell off my chair !! Really brave Danny 'cos there is no way I could have put that in my mouth.
I think I could handle the eel itself as living in Sweden has kind of conditioned me to eating weird seafood like Lutefisk and Sill, but I'm not sure I could stomach the jelly.
Don’t apologize. It’s amazing that you even tried it! You are awesome 😮
Sunday mornings In 70s London many good pubs had seafood stalls outside, locals would form a queue chomping eels until the un-bolting of the doors ceremony at noon, then race inside for the roast potatos & more sea-food, Lovely days
@Bri Y tripe is awful too 😂
SUGGESTION: It would be cool to see the cameraman one day. Your fans would love to meet him!
Its his son. I think.
He's like The Stig on Top Gear, nobody ever knew who he was and Danny's done a great take on it lol
Don’t ruin the mystique
Yes I would love to see the man behind the camera , he is a great cameraman 👍
It's the Stig!
He's so right. Nothing better with mash, than gravy. End of. And that's coming from a Londoner before any of you start. 😂👍❤️💯
Liquor is disgusting. Orrible disgusting 🤮
For me this is the best one tears are falling from my eyes, “it’s sea water they turn into jelly”
I used to work in a fishery in Germany and prepare about 400 eels a day to be smoked or preserved in aspic. I can still take their gills out in my sleep and still shudder at the thought of trying to skin one of the whoppers without ripping its head off and getting bollocked by the manager.
What a funny story, it really izzzzzzzzzzzzzz
That mustve been a "FUN" job to do !!
Smoked eel I understand, I can see that being delicious. Aspic just seems so unnecessary in the age of refrigeration.
Mind you in Germany they eat carp so I guess jellied eels are probably the worst of the two although my German mate says the carp is nice?
@@InnuendoXP It is an old school way of doing it, but the Germans still like quite a few things preserved in aspic. I guess traditions die out slowly.
My Mum grew up in the East End and she used to make jellied eels for us at home in the US. I wish I was there to eat them with you!!!!
I'm a Londoner mate and I've never tried jellied eels. And I never will. I gave you a Like for giving them a go.
Yer big northern Nancy, jellies eels! get em down yer
@@virgilvanbong874 steady now, sometimes people had to eat what they could afford, became a staple for some and then got gentrified
@@virgilvanbong874 lough neagh eels is a traditional irish dish jesus you irish really are clever
Jellied eels? Nyuck nyuck. Brave man, Danny! 😞
It’s just a posh version of tripe that soft southerners eat
Ahhhh I'm the same with sea food. Something just puts me off. There's plenty of people who love it. Individual taste
I have been told that eel used to be huge among the working classes in the UK. Then the eels became scarce and the eels became more expensive and they became a delicacy. I have never tried one.
Thank you for the video!
Same with sturgeons, they almost went extinct because it was such a poor people's meal back then
Ditto with oysters
@@helvete983 also lobsters
Danny, the best Pie & Mash is in East London. Walthamstow (which has recently closed) and Hackney. Try a proper Salt Beef Sandwich or Bagel at the North end of Brick Lane, East London. You forgot the chili vinegar for the pie, it would of tasted mush better.
Literally crying here Danny, that was brilliant, I would love to see you do the surstromming (swedish tinned fish) challenge, that would make for some entertaining content!!!
×2 bro
Or even Hakarl. Then head on to lutefisk.
@Jim Palmer hi Jimmy do you like such things?
@Jim Palmer bet you haven't eaten hamster?
@Jim Palmer nah I'm not excepting that reply unfortunately it's like saying you have eaten tuna so you've basically eaten a poisonous puffer fish! Your the type of guy who as a smart answer for everything, so answer me this please, does your name start with a J or a j? Never the same??
That’s a first, Danny. It’s an acquired taste - and you never acquired it. Well done.🥧🐟🦑🐡
Crying laughing here. As an east Londoner I love pie mash n liquor, but draw the line at jellied eels, so well done lol x
in my earliest childhood here in berlin, germany, there was eel in aspic: it was a poor man's meal. Today that doesn't exist anymore - but there are herring in jelly in bulk.
and it is always important how you prepare it!
here in england you have a lot of oddities that your english friends didn't know either - but if you go somewhere else together - you'll be confronted with them!
we europeans always say: the british don't have a kitchen and no kitchen culture: i can confirm that - i have old time-life books, back then from holland: they didn't manage to fill a single book with recipes - so they did that expands: the cuisine of the british isles: there are recipes elsewhere, good enough.
nevertheless the book turned out very narrow!
is amazing: when i was in london for the first time- i didn't notice it- because in london's kensington hilton there was a japanese restaurant- with very good food!
I only noticed that on my later visits - also that my English friends at the time - couldn't really cook!
you do something! without any real culture!
admittedly, i also like to eat red jam on cheese rolls!
is not culture: but it tastes good!
that's with them, like- I'll eat that and then that....
correct food culture just does not look like that!
but what is real food? other diseases too!
Back when I was a small child, you ate what was there!
so i had to cookin england: which isn't difficult, because you actually get everything you need to cook well!
I was then accused of being French cuisine - I took it with humor: a country that has so many types of cheese - so much regional food culture - yes, the French certainly influenced us too!
today lidl and aldi do it: bad, bad - but you can eat that too! :-)
So I would eat it - definitely try it! That's what traveling is for - you educate yourself! and get to know other people and their cultures!
no one would eat something like that here: these are people who say, just by looking at them - no, i don't eat that!
neglected through and through!
respect!
Wonder if Danny knows they use the water from preparing the eels to make the Liquor 😂
Not anymore they don’t
Yeah, the base of the parsley sauce starts with the boiled eels run off water.
No they stopped doing that some years ago. It's just parsley sauce made with regular ingredients now
I remember those days! It gave that unmistakeable flavour. You either loved or hated liquor sauce like marmite, I loved it growing up! Even though I actually hated the jellied eels lol. Nowadays it's literally just parsley sauce.. Still nice, Probably gained a lot more outsider fans after that change.
I have tried jellied eels in Hastings and found them difficult to eat mainly because of the bones. Not something I would eat again if I’m honest. Well done for trying them though as they look like some sort of alien spawn lol
Already gagging looking at that and now I find out there's a boney crunch to them too?!? 🤢🤢🤮
There's only one bone and you suck the meat off of it and spit the bone out
@@scottdonaldson1973 what you do with your boyfriend in your own home is up to you
@@scottdonaldson1973 EWWWWWWW
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I presume that's the Tower Bridge Manze's, I've never been there, tried the other two in Peckham and Sutton. Double pie, mash and liquor with plenty of vinegar...keep the jellied eels! My cockney dad loved them but I never warmed to them.
Haha taking his time with the pie and mash, trying to avoid the jellied eels. That reaction was inevitable 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Certainly looks like he likes that pie.
I absolutely love jellied eels with malt vinegar white pepper and paprika.
Yes an acquired taste ;)
Well done for trying, I have been having Pie Mash and liquor since childhood. Always with Chilli Vinegar,salt and pepper. Thats a great South London dinner. Jellied Eels are also a favorite of mine with plenty of Chilli Vinegar and Pepper. I think you must be the first Northener to eat Jellied Eels on camera so despite or reaction I say WELL DONE to you. But gravy on Fisj and chips What’s that about? Cod and Chips Salt and Vinegar thats the London way to go ( and forget curry sauce,mushy peas and gravy)
Gravy on fish and chips! Sacrilege! No, No, No, No,No.
Weird how you can have eel grilled Japanese style and it’s absolutely delicious with a wonderful meaty texture. And the sauce is heavenly….I think it’s the preparation of these eels that’s lacking….having them the grilled style is like two totally different things you are eating. Do try that style if you get a chance!
I had this in Japan and its the nicest fish I've ever eaten, stewed are better than jellied to be fair but its the bloody bones that ruin it here
Overcooking is a real thing. Try it with squid or octopus and you’ll know.
Try them fried
I had their eels 2 years ago my wife still wakes up with nightmares after being forced to watch! All I remember were the bones.
Yawn....
So a couple suggestions on how we eat them. We usually douse the pie and mash and eels with white pepper and chilli vinegar traditionally. I prefer stewed eels in liquor over jellied eels so would be worth you trying them stewed without the jelly.
don't let his physical appearance fool you he is the mightiest mind of our generation
I am in stitches over this comment. Please take my like mate. 🤣 👍
Ha hah! I knew that would end like that…
Well done for trying this Danny, but I tried jellied eels years ago, popped a bit in my mouth and started chewing, got to the bone and spat the lot out!
I think it was a cheap meal for Londoners in the past, but they can keep it.
For me the pie, mash and liquor looks just as bad. It all puts me right off.
If you had a skinful the night before, you’d have been better off going back to Eggoland😂😂😂
Your suffering was our entertainment even if I nearly brought up my dinner watching this.
You’re a brave man. Thanks for another great vid, can’t wait for the next one.
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Pie mash and liquor is actually super delicious! I'm totally with you on the wet snakes though.
I remember being made to try jellied eels as a child, I now have a life long phobia of anything fish hahaha! Apart from fish fingers :D
top respect bloke, im fkn crying with laughter here, love the show. all the best...
Great to watch Danny trying it all, would never try eels myself though.
Got to add salt vinegar and white pepper on the pie and mash next time though.
Correct, you absolutely need the vinegar and pepper.
I would never dream of eating it without the Salt, Vinegar and Pepper. It just isn't the same. 👌
As an old east ended this takes me back to my old dad taking me to pie and mash shops in the 70s and early 80s. Great memories but vinegar is an must. Could never stand eels though although my dad loved them.
Nice one Dave. Chilli vinegar though?!
and white pepper!
@@wtfdidijustwatch5053 you know it
I also like the two hep cats trying to walk by (around 1:30) just like “ummmmm” meanwhile the host is totally oblivious because he’s talking to a camera about eels
I see t'wasps and pigeons kept their distance, not daft are they?
andrew cobb ....the pigeons looked ruff and scraggy as fook...like meth addicts or fooked with traffic fumes ha ha.......pigeons where i stay are big beautiful healthy fat birds
pidgeons* pigeons
@@wtfdidijustwatch5053 .pigeon is correct spelling.........NO d in it.
@@geoffdundee I know, I was correcting the OP who has now edited and removed the “d”!
As I understand the Chili Vinegar is a standard. Surprised they didn't offer it up front for the legit experience. They apparently offer the beef gravy too, but isn't the liquor fish/eel based?
I now live in Australia, but 45 years ago I worked in London's west end and every Saturday after work we would head over to the Elephant & Castle and have double pie, double mash & Liquor, and if we really wanted to treat ourselves we would get a bowl of jellied eels to go. PS; you need the malt vinegar with the meal. BEST MEAL EVER, I wish I could have it right now.
That is the funniest 25 minutes I have seen in years! Well done Danny, I would not have even ordered the eels, let alone tried them. I hope you had a feww pints of beer to wash the taste away
I think that was Danny's mistake. Beers first, eels on their own with salt'n'pepper, dry chunk of bread, sift out the bone, minimal jelly. Important, beers first.
Well done for trying! I'm a Londoner and at my 21st birthday party we had huge bowls full of jellied eels and they all went. I think they're gorgeous! it must be a north/south thing as I find black pudding pretty awful. V funny vid though! Keep up the good work!!
I got taken there as a child in the late 60s...l remember the shop as full of cigarette and pipe smoke, wet men in overcoats and lots of clinking cutlery, scraping plates and slurping mugs of tea. I loved the mix of mash liquor and inside of the pie (waaay bigger then) my Uncle would make for me on a small plate....l never tried the eel because my Dad used to take us fishing and eels are so slippery and covered in mucous when alive (and really strong and twisty) l couldnt eat them!
Good on you Danny for giving it a go. My wife was brought up on eels, she was always saying to me to give it a go, I finally tried them, didn’t like the jelly, but the eels were ok with vinegar salt and pepper. Enjoyed the pie and mash, would be better with proper gravy. Keep em coming mate.
I love eels , I fished for them as they have a delicate flesh. Smoked they are at their best. I did try jellied eels once and I understand your reaction.
As an London boy I respect that you tried, I think I’d rather have a Yorkshire pie too!
You're the man, Danny. I wouldn't even have tried it on a dare. If you have to soak a food in something like liquor or chili to make it edible, it isn't food.
You eat all your food unseasoned then?
@@arials101 no, but I don't season it to mask the flavor of it, either.
@@arials101 He has no idea. If he eats curry then he's a wally, spicy pizza, again a wally, kebabs with chilli, again a wally.
@@matambale Do you eat curry mate? Oh and it's FLAVOUR.
@@user-itschad1954 of course I eat curry, mate.
Hahaha, Danny, your facial expressions were quality when ya spat it out 😂
As a fellow northern living in London, I must say I’ve been to Manzes on several occasions and I too was sceptical about not having gravy. However, the pies with the liquor just works and the pies are banging. The traditional way is to have two pies and turn them over (as you did) then eat it with a spoon and knife.
And vinegar
@@markws5952 and white pepper!
Eels up inside ya, findin' an entrance where they can
Eels!
boring through your mind, through your tummy, through your ....
@@alnx765 ... anus
Did ya see Elsie boy? Did ya dance with er?
Best comment I’ve ever seen on TH-cam.
The editing on this was lovely - loved the music ♥️
Treacle, 'ave a listen to Jellied Eels by Joe Brown.
Top bloke as always for having a go at the eels although not my thing. Double double with liquor and vinegar every time!... its the only way
“To be honest..it just looks like fish” hahaha…yep Dan it probably does.😂😂