Parmo
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Like ever other person with a fixed abode, I find pizza menus on my doormat on a daily basis. They all also offer kebabs and burgers, fairly standard, as well as something called “parmos”.
Because I’m beginning to feel like a tourist in my own country, and specifically my own region of my own country, I felt compelled just now to look up “parmo” on Wikipedia.
A parmo, it transpires, is a flattened chicken, deep-fried in batter and covered in cheddar cheese. It is to northeast England’s heart disease mortality figures what fried Coke is to Texas’s.
The full Parmo is usually served in a pizza box along with its chips/fries and side order due to its large size, though a large round polystyrene tray is also common.
Cheers.
There are variants, such as the Parmo Italia, with cheese, ham, and more cheese.
None of them appears to actually contain Parmesan.
Here’s the full list from Wikipedia.
- Parmo Hotshot – Chicken or Pork, topped with cheese, pepperoni, peppers, garlic butter and chili
- Parmo Kiev – Chicken only, topped with cheese and garlic butter
- Parmo Italia – Chicken or Pork, topped with cheese, garlic butter and ham, with a further topping of mozzarella cheese
- Parmo Bolognese – Chicken or Pork with Bolognese sauce
- Meat Feast Parmo – Chicken or Pork topped with pepperoni, chicken and ham
- Hickory Chicken Parmo – Standard parmo topped with ham and BBQ sauce
- Pizza parmo – Chicken or Bolognese parmo served on a pizza base with chili and garlic sauce [citation needed]
Come on chaps. Don’t slack off. Dust off those pizza menus. Find us a citation.
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