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Potatoes

The Bikers celebrate the potato, from a Lancashire potato and butter pie to a chicken casserole with potato cobbler, and look at how British potato vodka is winning awards.

The Bikers take a culinary journey through time and celebrate the history of British food.

They explore the history behind our greatest staple food: the humble potato. From a warming Lancashire potato and butter pie to a delicious chicken casserole with potato cobbler, recipes showing the unassuming spud at its best. We see how British potato vodka is winning global awards and remember a dark time in Welsh history when the chippies almost ran out of chips!

1 hour

Music Played

  • Joe Brown and the Bruvvers

    English Country Garden

  • Eric Winstone & His Orchestra

    Cobblers Song

  • Johann Strauss II

    Light As A Feather, Polka Schnell, Op. 319

  • Bunny Berigan

    Chicken & Waffles

  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

    Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)

  • April Stevens

    I'm In Love Again

  • Nick Drake

    Cello Song

  • Hot Butter

    Popcorn

  • The Art of Noise, Tom Jones

    Kiss

  • David Bowie

    Golden Years

  • Dave Brubeck

    Take Five

  • Teddy Bunn

    In The Oven

  • G. Love & Special Sauce

    The Things That I Used To Do

  • Ed Harcourt

    This One's for You

  • Amy Macdonald

    Poison Prince

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Si King
Presenter Dave Myers
Series Editor Karen Plumb

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Recipes

Try out the dishes from Hairy Bikers' Best of British