Tag: scotland
member name: Ishbel R.
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December 18, 2007 09:06 AM EST --
This is the traditional Scots way to cook Scotch eggs. If sausagemeat is difficult to obtain, just buy some British style sausages, and take them out of the casings!
I have made these as . . .
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January 11, 2008 05:39 AM EST --
This treat is loved by children (of all ages!) - and although it does not use a traditional shortbread recipe, it is available in bakery shops all over Scotland. I think every child . . .
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February 04, 2008 07:35 AM EST --
Traditionally, in the UK, the last Tuesday before Lent starts on Ash Wednesday is known as Shrove Tuesday or PANCAKE DAY. Often pancake races are held in various towns, villages and . . .
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December 18, 2007 08:53 AM EST --
Known in France as bouche de noel. I am making one tonight to serve tomorrow when I have a group of friends coming for afternoon tea.
Chocolate yule log
30g/1oz plain flour
30g /1oz . . .
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December 18, 2007 06:46 AM EST --
Sticky Toffee Pudding
This pudding originated in the Lake District of England - and just about every pub in the Lake District claims the recipe originated there! However, it can now be found . . .
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December 17, 2008 06:36 AM EST --
I posted this last year, and as I'm making a couple of them tonight, I though it was worth reposting.
This yule log is very popular in the UK, and is known in France as bouche Noel.
1 oz plain . . .
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January 02, 2008 04:23 AM EST --
This article appeared in a Scottish Sunday newspaper (Sunday Herald) a few years ago. When overseas visitors ask me what I would recommend they do not miss, I send them a copy of this . . .
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December 02, 2008 10:51 AM EST --
Christmas mincepies are traditionally eaten at Christmas, but I make my own mincemeat and serve it in different ways, throughout the year. I use it with shortbread, to make mincemeat flans and to . . .
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February 19, 2009 05:37 AM EST --
This is a updated version of an article I wrote last year all about the British custom of Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday. Next Tuesday will be Shrove Tuesday.
Traditionally in the UK, the . . .
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June 07, 2007 09:02 AM EDT --
It is interesting that many overseas visitors often see Scotland as a place of bagpipes, highland dancers, tartan, shortbread, men in kilts (personally, I think Mel Gibson and Braveheart . . .
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June 14, 2007 03:30 AM EDT --
I was sent this list of bagpipe jokes via email many years ago - and thought it might amuse. The person who sent it to me is a piper!
(As a Scot, I'm allowed to make this type of . . .
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January 07, 2008 10:21 AM EST --
One of the most famous emblems of Scotland is the humble thistle, along with the motto of Scottish kings, 'Nemo me impune lacessit' - translated as 'None provokes me, unpunished'- or in . . .
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January 11, 2008 06:23 AM EST --
The above is Scots Gaelic for Crab Soup. This is my family recipe for a very traditional Scottish soup - we have miles of coastland and many Scots live on the Isles, so the sea is never far from . . .
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January 16, 2008 04:39 AM EST --
This is a quick dish, it takes less than half an hour from prep to table - it is a dish I first tasted and then cooked on a cookery course in Liguria. The use of the Little Gem lettuce is unusual, but . . .
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October 07, 2008 06:16 AM EDT --
There are probably as many family recipes for this soup as there are Scots! Here's mine.
350g red split lentils
3 tablespoons vegetable/sunflower oil
A smoked ham hock or . . .
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December 09, 2008 07:19 AM EST --
I first ate these in Spain, more years ago than I care to mention, but have eaten similar sweetmeats in Portugal and in Greece - so I'm not sure of their ethnic origins. I make them every . . .
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January 02, 2008 10:44 AM EST --
CRANACHAN
1 pint double cream
2 tablespoons clear, runny honey (heather if you can get it)
3-4 tablespoons whisky
4 tablespoon plain yoghurt (this . . .
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January 03, 2008 06:16 AM EST --
Up Helly Aa
I've attended 3 or 4 of these celebrations, as we have friends in Shetland. No matter what the weather, the Zetlanders (natives of Shetland) really know how . . .
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January 16, 2008 09:46 AM EST --
When I lived in Hampshire, Rasher pudding was the name used for bacon roly-poly pudding, made with a suet pastry which is then steamed. It is usually served with a parsley sauce. . . .
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January 24, 2008 09:07 AM EST --
I usually make this into loaves, but can baked as rolls, too.
I kilo granary bread flour
50g butter
7g sachet of yeast
2 level teaspoons sugar
1.25 level teaspoon salt
550 . . .
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