Vegan Mofo Day 17 - Make (or eat!) a traditional local dish - Vegan Eccles Cakes
I've been living in Derbyshire for over a year now so my first thought for this prompt was something local to this area. Derbyshire oatcakes are naturally vegan and are a damn fine accompaniment to a vegan breakfast (it's the pancake type thing at the edge). We buy them ready made from our local health food shop The Peak Of Health. However, I decided to go with something local to where I was born and bred. Salford is a city that borders on Manchester and has strong links to vegetarianism. Back in 1763 the Reverend William Cowherd (not making that up) demanded that the congregation at his Beefsteak Chapel in Salford (not making that up either!) follow a meat free diet and the British vegetarian movement was founded. If you're interested read all about him here in this BBC article . The recipe I've chosen to veganise comes from an area of Salford known as Eccles which is also home to Elvis. Yep, Elvis is alive and well and living in Eccles flats just by the precin...