Tag: scottish
member name: Ishbel R.
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March 10, 2008 09:56 AM EDT --
Tried and tested and highly recommended by members of my family! I can't remember the origins of the recipe, but suspect it might be from one of D, Smith's earliest books.
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November 29, 2007 04:35 AM EST --
I thought it would be worth spotlighting this in time for Christmas/Hogmanay 20008.
With the Christmas/Hogmanay season coming up, here's a recipe for something to nibble on with a pre-dinner drink! . . .
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December 21, 2007 05:08 AM EST --
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: about 2- 3 hours
3 tbsp plain flour
900g Aberdeen Angus braising steak, diced
3 tbsp sunflower oil
2 medium leeks, washed and sliced
350g Chantenay . . .
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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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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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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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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 21, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
This is the Scottish version of the Irish potato dish, Colcannon. The pronounciation is: rumble dee thumps (short dee!)
1 lb boiled and then mashed potatoes - floury, white fleshed ones . . .
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January 02, 2008 06:20 PM EST --
1.5 kilos (about 3.5 lbs) shoulder of lamb
1 marrow bone
3 litres of water (roughly 5 UK pints)
Bouquet garni - Sprigs of parsley, plus thyme, 4 large bay leaves tied up with celery stalk
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January 04, 2008 05:29 AM EST --
This recipe is courtesy of a recipe card from a supermarket. I've been making this dish for three or four years and it's popular with friends and family.
2 tbsp sunflower oil . . .
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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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October 09, 2009 08:35 AM EDT --
I've got a bumper harvest from our plum trees this year. We've eaten so many, and I've baked pies, made crumbles added them to other fruit dishes - and I'm running out of ideas. Then I was . . .
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June 06, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
One of my favourite bands is called Albannach. This youtube video shows them performing in the area between the Art Galleries on the junction between The Mound/Princes Street in Edinburgh. . . .
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June 20, 2007 09:09 AM EDT --
Dick Gaughan is one of my favourite Scottish musicians. Although born in Glasgow (I'll forgive him that!) - he grew up in Leith, the port town that is now part of Edinburgh - he is very proud . . .
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November 14, 2007 11:19 AM EST --
The punny article title says it all. The Red Hot Chili Pipers are certainly worth a listen if you enjoy non-traditional pipe band music.
This is a clip of their appearance on a UK TV show. . . .
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November 15, 2007 10:11 AM EST --
BBC Scotland are running a great series on Scottish folk music, old and new. Some of the music is well worth a listen - including Eddie Reader singing Robert Burns' Ae Fond Kiss .
Here's the . . .
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December 21, 2007 06:00 AM EST --
This is my family recipe, but some families choose to use beef in their recipes. Traditionally it called for mutton, but that is very fatty and no longer widely available in Scotland . . .
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December 21, 2007 08:15 AM EST --
SCOTCH WOODCOCK
I have no idea why this is called Scotch woodcock , as it doesn't have a bird in it. It's quick to make and very tasty.
Toast thick slice of white bread, spread . . .
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January 24, 2008 08:57 AM EST --
(Not quite vegetarian, though as it uses pancetta!)
I often make this when I'm alone for lunch - although this makes 2 of my sized servings! If I want it to be a little more . . .
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January 24, 2008 05:51 PM EST --
Skirlie is a type of stuffing (used in the old Scots dish of Howtowdie, a chicken stuffed with skirlie) and is traditionally served with roast meats like roast beef, chicken or lamb.
4 oz oatmeal (not . . .
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