Cease and Desist Notice To Northern Supermarkets - The Cumberland Pie Fraud

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Esthwaite Vale
Amblesomewhere
Up North

B@@ths Supermarkets
Heston not Preston
The South

20.09.2023

Dear Sir or Madam,

CUMBERLAND PIE - CEASE AND DESIST NOTICE FOR PASSING OFF - INCORRECT DESCRIPTION OF A COTTAGE/SHEPHERDS PIE MICROWAVE READY MEAL WITH BREADCRUMB TOPPING

As frae Cumbria marra, and as I like scran I bowked at the Cumberland Pie tha passed off as frae Cumberland. Gadgie this is barra but louped with bred crumbs and is no recipe frae Spatri, Caldbeck nea whear in Cumbria. Tha gets tattie pot wrang anaal. So we deeked into this an this is wha we wuz tald.

'Since Cumberland pie is not included in any form in the above (pic) cookery book, ' The Cumberland Cookery Book', which was compiled by the Federation of Cumberland Women's Institutes, (pre decimal, not dated but priced at 3/6 pence) see pic 2 below. This pie does not exist and is being passed off by this supermarket as a representation of false tradition. 'The Women's Institute Federation' are the cornerstone and benchmark of any and all local and regional cuisine, they include many recipes from many unheard of and unimaginable places such as Frizington, so they are not going to omit a well known dish as above as being suggested by this grocer'.

Judge Dolly 2CV

Tha may note that I write frae Sawrey, Westmorland, but I is Cumbrian at heart and take umbridge at tha's attempt to impersonate a cottage or shepherds pie as traditional when its a cottage or shepherds pie wi breadcrumbs. Tha's evoking the Lakes, Tha's evoking Cumberland, Tha's evoking John Peel an aall for the sake of selling mince and tatties. And that's not on marra.

Tha knows their is no stronger group than tha maffia but tha's wrang marra, theres the W.I tha can't argue with them. If they get te heer of this tha'd be dun fer.

Yours Sincerely,

A Herdwick

pic 2 below

PS I did find a couple of references to Cumberland Pie, a recent copy on you tube and a couple like a beef hot pot but none like B@@ths or any other make.