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The snack was supposedly invented by Bolton schoolboys in the 1950s as a "cheap dinner".<ref name="boltonnews" /> In 2010 it was voted as Bolton's favourite snack in the local newspaper ''[[Bolton News]]''.<ref name="boltonnews">{{cite news|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/8619644.display/ |title=Delicacy is town's favourite snack |newspaper=Bolton News |accessdate=2012-10-29}}</ref> It has been mentioned by many celebrities including the boxer [[Amir Khan (British boxer)|Amir Khan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Boxer Amir Khan and Faryal Makhdoom getting engaged on January 29th, 2012
The snack was supposedly invented by Bolton schoolboys in the 1950s as a "cheap dinner".<ref name="boltonnews" /> In 2010 it was voted as Bolton's favourite snack in the local newspaper ''[[Bolton News]]''.<ref name="boltonnews">{{cite news|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/8619644.display/ |title=Delicacy is town's favourite snack |newspaper=Bolton News |accessdate=2012-10-29}}</ref> It has been mentioned by many celebrities including the boxer [[Amir Khan (British boxer)|Amir Khan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Boxer Amir Khan and Faryal Makhdoom getting engaged on January 29th, 2012
|url=http://www.newspakistan.pk/2012/01/24/boxer-amir-khan-and-faryal-makhdoom-getting-engaged-on-january-29th-2012/|accessdate=21 Feb 2020|newspaper=News Pakistan}}</ref> There is also a Facebook pasty barm appreciation group.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pasty Barms Are Great|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/55824783435/?fref=ts|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=29 October 2012}}</ref>
|url=http://www.newspakistan.pk/2012/01/24/boxer-amir-khan-and-faryal-makhdoom-getting-engaged-on-january-29th-2012/|accessdate=21 Feb 2020|newspaper=News Pakistan}}</ref>


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Revision as of 09:10, 10 May 2020

A pasty barm cake ready to be eaten.

A pasty barm (also called a pastie barm cake or a pastie flour cake) is a delicacy native to Bolton, a town in Lancashire in North West England. The pasty barm consists of a buttered barm cake with a (standard meat and potato) pasty as the filling.

The snack was supposedly invented by Bolton schoolboys in the 1950s as a "cheap dinner".[1] In 2010 it was voted as Bolton's favourite snack in the local newspaper Bolton News.[1] It has been mentioned by many celebrities including the boxer Amir Khan.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Delicacy is town's favourite snack". Bolton News. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  2. ^ "Boxer Amir Khan and Faryal Makhdoom getting engaged on January 29th, 2012". News Pakistan. Retrieved 21 Feb 2020.