Scottish Food

[pamelagordon_8]

Does anyone know anything about traditional Scottish food? Anyone's mum a really good cook of trad recipes?

[ibtg]

You could have a look at the 'Ma Broon' books or the Glasgow Cookery Book for traditional recipes.

My Mum made great soup, but always regretted she could not make soup like her mother's. History repeats.........

[robertpool]

it's the ham haugh that's missing yummmmmmmmmmmm

[hungryjoe]

it's the ham haugh that's missing yummmmmmmmmmmm

Is the correct answer.
I'm for a pot of lentil soup next week.

[Josef]

it's the ham haugh that's missing yummmmmmmmmmmm

Is the correct answer.
I'm for a pot of lentil soup next week.

So are you combining the two? I usually use it with Yer Scotch Broth Mix (i.e. barley, peas and stuff), onions and butter beans.

[hungryjoe]

it's the ham haugh that's missing yummmmmmmmmmmm

Is the correct answer.
I'm for a pot of lentil soup next week.

So are you combining the two? I usually use it with Yer Scotch Broth Mix (i.e. barley, peas and stuff), onions and butter beans.

You need mutton for proper Scotch broth.

[banjo]

i made a pot of soup yesterday ,popped along to the farmers market for some nice fresh bread but baulked at being asked for one pound fifty for a small french baton.also pork links three pounds eighty six for four.poor farmers my arse.

[Nobby]

I was always fond of finnan haddie myself; poached in milk and served with mashed tatties. Last had, with a nice beer, in an Irish pub in San Francisco. As you do.

[Josef]

I was always fond of finnan haddie myself; poached in milk and served with mashed tatties.

In this household, it's whole potatoes, rolled in pinhead oatmeal after melting butter over them.

There's something about the textures of fish and mashed potato that I just don't think go together.

Not that that stops me having Cullen Skink on a regular(ish) basis.

[Nobby]

In this household, it's whole potatoes, rolled in pinhead oatmeal after melting butter over them.

There's something about the textures of fish and mashed potato that I just don't think go together.

Wouldn't necessarily disagree with your fish and mash comment Josef, it was just the way it was served up to me the last time I had it, and it was rather good.

By way of an aside, after 21 years of being served potatoes with everything whilst living in Scotland, I could probably count on my fingers (and toes) the number of times I've cooked potatoes for myself in the years living outside of Scotland since.

As to the pinhead oatmeal, I would do that to fresh fish - like a nice trout - and shallow fry that in butter in the first place, never mind bothering with the potatoes Another very traditional Scottish dish.