[Aunt Sally]

Lovely pictures WG :!:

... It's just a grand job we can'a  feel the icy blast o' the wind  

[WG.]

Lovely pictures WG :!:

... It's just a grand job we can'a  feel the icy blast o' the wind  

Thanks

You gotta feel sorry for the trees (yes, there are a few).  They get as high as the top of the dyke & then start to grow horizontally instead (thinks: espalier training should be easy).

I remember, as a kid, being confined to the house for days on end when it was simply too windy to go outside.   Wotsisname in Shetland will tell you all about that!

[corndolly]

WG I used to spend many a holiday in Bettyhill , north of you I know ,loved it up there!
Anyway,my question is do you or anyone else know a recipe for stovies , would like to cook it but forget exactly how to, it uses sliced potatoes and onions and is baked in the oven, what stock shall I use or fat? and do I precook the potatoes or put them in raw.

[WG.]

WG I used to spend many a holiday in Bettyhill , north of you I know ,loved it up there!
Anyway,my question is do you or anyone else know a recipe for stovies , would like to cook it but forget exactly how to, it uses sliced potatoes and onions and is baked in the oven, what stock shall I use or fat? and do I precook the potatoes or put them in raw.

North of me by about 160 miles but south of Orkney.   My brother lives near Lybster.

Stovies (from stoved potatoes meaning on top of the stove), here is one way : http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?p=23421&highlight=stovies#23421

I would do them differently.  Fry onions in beef dripping (veg oil if your arteries need DynoRod).  Add raw sliced potatoes and leftover beef + gravy (pot roasted topside or brisket is my fav).  Maybe a beef stock cube (dry) and/or some Bisto.  Burning them to the pot is part of the appeal.  Add a little water if needed but they should be thick rather than sloppy.

Serve with oatcakes.  Ensure you have PLENTY of pickled beetroot on the table.

[Ice]

I would do them differently.  Fry onions in beef dripping (veg oil if your arteries need DynoRod).  Add raw sliced potatoes and leftover beef + gravy (pot roasted topside or brisket is my fav).  Maybe a beef stock cube (dry) and/or some Bisto.  Burning them to the pot is part of the appeal.  Add a little water if needed but they should be thick rather than sloppy.

Serve with oatcakes.  Ensure you have PLENTY of pickled beetroot on the table.[/quote]

Blimey, it IS grim up north.  No wonder you had to invent whisky.    

[WG.]

That's Christmas dinner - you should see what we eat when we're slumming it.

[Ice]

You poor, poor man.  Would you like me to send some proper food?

[WG.]

You poor, poor man.  Would you like me to send some proper food?

If you've got any old sheep stomachs or intestines lying around they really would make a happy man very old.

[Ice]

You poor, poor man.  Would you like me to send some proper food?

If you've got any old sheep stomachs or intestines lying around they really would make a happy man very old.

I only have the one and I am going to fill it with bits of an animal normal people throw away.  Boil it for an eternity and eat it listening to my archive tapes of the White Heather Club.

Mum, what's a stereotype?  :?:  

[corndolly]

Thanks WG I'll give it a go , you're right it should nt be runny , thats how I remember it, its great and a good way to use up cooked beef ! mm!

[WG.]

I only have the one and I am going to fill it with bits of an animal normal people throw away.  Boil it for an eternity and eat it listening to my archive tapes of the White Heather Club.

Mum, what's a stereotype?  :?:  

    You forgot the oatmeal.  

WHC eh?  That Moira Anderson could certainly murder some lovely old songs.

A stereotype is someone who replies to posts with 2 fingers - one on each hand.

[Trillium]

I recall on a Hamish McBeth episode, a writer's wife made clapshot for the organizing committe meeting, but she brought it in as a shaped lump coated in oat flakes. Looked terrible; the committee thought so too.

[WG.]

Awwh, these west coasters know naff all about clapshot !!

[Ice]

Thought Moira Stuart was a newsreader WG. It was Jimmy something on WHC (in glorious b&w)

What's this cullen stink all about?

[WG.]

Thought Moira Stuart was a newsreader WG. It was Jimmy something on WHC (in glorious b&w)

What's this cullen stink all about?

Moira Anderson ya numpty.  Jimmy McGregor presented.  Kenneth McKellar also murdered nice songs.   And these so-called dancers!   Shiver!!

Cullen is about 20 minutes from me & Cullen Skink is a wondrous drop of soup made from smoked haddock (as I suspect you know fine well)