If we must have brand names, then we must have Warburton's white slice loafs. Agreed re. barmcakes, S., and how about Lancashire's Eccles cakes? I've enjoyed quite a few as I used to live there. And, as for Cornish pasties...

Poem 55 of 230: TIN-MINERS' LUNCH

Visiting relatives in Cornwall,
    I saw the mines that miners mined,
The type of lunch they liked to eat,
    And heard this tale about it all:

The real Cornish pasty's thick crust
    Keeps the cooked food inside it warm,
And, when it is properly done,
    A fall down the mine won't make it bust.

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