Iconic British dish ‘should be given special protected status like Cornish pasty and Cumberland sausage’

PIE ’n’ mash should beryllium fixed protected presumption to recognise its taste value to Cockneys, MPs volition accidental today.

The crockery could beryllium elevated alongside different recognised foods specified arsenic Stilton cheese and Cumberland sausages.

In the Commons today, MP Richard Holden — whose Basildon and Billericay constituency has 2 cafés serving the East End favourite — volition impulse ministers to backmost the campaign.

The ex-Tory curate said: “Pie ’n’ mash has been enjoyed by Cockneys some successful London and successful the diaspora for decades.

“It’s lone close we support and observe this important crockery arsenic portion of our British culture.” Pie ’n’ mash traditionally consists of minced beef pie, mashed murphy and a vivid greenish parsley liquor. It is sometimes served with stewed jellied eels.

The crockery has been astir since the 19th period but there are lone astir 40 shops left.

Protection for a nutrient tin beryllium obtained if a accepted look has been utilized for 30 years.

If peculiar presumption is awarded, the look cannot beryllium imitated.

Shop proprietor Fred Cooke — whose great-great gramps Robert Frederick Cooke is said to person invented pastry ’n’ mash successful 1862 — is backing the campaign.

He has moved with the times and does a vegetarian version.

Andy Green, astatine the Modern Cockney Festival, said protected presumption would “give a connection that contempt rumours of its death, pastry ’n’ mash is thriving.”

Ex-EastEnders histrion Danny Dyer is backing the campaign.