Do you remember the steam pie? That working man’s (and woman’s) favourite is now banned but many an Italian cafe used to prepare them in the 1950s and onwards.
Where in Merthyr and district were the best places for a steam pie? Did your family business ever steam and serve them?
Is it time to recall a bit of everyday South Wales heritage now lost?
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Basinis, Mathias tce, Penydarren with hot Vimpto delicious
In the early 1970’s my now wife, Cheryll, and I would meet at lunch times and have a steam pie upstairs in the Queen’s Cafe, Merthyr Tydfil. Situated on the High Street, opposite to Lloyds Bank, the cafe was run by the Barbotties (not sure of the correct spelling). Their only son John was in St Mary’s RC School with me. The cafe was run by Mr and Mrs Barbottie and their daughters. On Sundays at early morning Mass I would see the entire family by their favourite spot.
Zanellis’ did the best steam pies
Where was Zanelli’s Lyn?
I never heard of these-but my father waxed lyrically about Foley’s Faggots. He loved them.🙂
Station Cafe and Arcade cafe both made steam pies. Can’t believe they banned them you can’t get any better sterilisation that hot steam.