Yes, specific to the northwest and, perhaps, specific to the Lancashire area.
I mentioned the barmcake - our local name for a soft bread roll. This muffin is a much firmer texture and ideal for the hot roast pork, scratching apple sandwich (but, then, what bread isnt good for a roast pork sandwich.
I’ve mentioned regional names for the bread roll on other threads and it is indeed very regional. Here, it’s a barmcake. In the town where I used to work, about 10 miles form home, the same roll is a bap. A bit further south east and it’s become a cob. In the south of my county, Cheshire, it’s become a batch. 'Tis tricky. You go into a sandwich bar to order your breakfast sandwich and don’t know whether to ask for bacom barmcake or a bacon batch. I mean, you don’t want to be thought of as an outsider, do you?
