Being a Geordie I was born with a fondness for Gregg's cheese and onion pasties - hot or cold, they are hard to beat. Right now, no doubt, you might buy a festive variant of same...

A George Welsh Joke; best read out loud in a Geordie accent.

Man goes into Gregg's near closing.
'I'm half-starvin heor, pet - whit can I hev?'
'Ye can hev a cheese pastie or a meringue - '
'Nah, yer reet - I'll hev a cheese pastie.'