Scotland - what is it like, compared to England!

WEEGIE

jackieb wrote: »

Have you heard the Scotland the What sketch about the futret?

I can't find a clip (very funny to listen to!), but found this: http://thecathedralchoir.org.uk/thecathedralchoir/futrets.htm

i have a clip of most of Scotland The What sketches somewhere on vinyl and cassette,( I know, I am showing my age) but for the life of me I can't find it.

MrsE_2

lexie55 wrote: »

I miss White Puddings, can't find them anywhere. Have seen the Irish ones in supermarket, but not the same.

I like Irish white pudding.

Galtee is nice.

I don't go much for black-pudding/boiled-pigs-blood:eek::eek::eek::eek:

nesssie1702

Och, you've not lived til you've tried Stornoway Black Pudding! Not made with pigs blood in this neck of the woods, but Ox (beef) blood.

The puddings also come in white and fruit varieties too - but they are round slices rather than the skinny wee things

irret

Hi there just read the post regarding moving to Scotland and would like to say that i have now lived up here for over 8 years and LOVE IT!!
The schools are great, scenery is terrific and weather.....hmmm well to be honest i dont think we in our area (Morayshire) it is bad at all, of course we get wet days but doesn't everywhere in UK?
Oh and by the way congratulations on giving up smoking! To be honest it will be just as well you gave up as we have no smoking in public places up here and have had for a few years now.
I would just say make sure your job is sound and so is the property you go into before you make any rash decisions. all the best anyway:j

baby_frogmella

I recently moved to Inverness from Kent and the first time i went to my local chippy in Culloden (without looking at menu) I asked for "cod and chips". The reply from the counter was "Cod...what do you mean?" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I ended up getting haddock and chips.

Is 'cod' unheard of in Inverness/Scotland? :eek:

MsChazzer

baby_frogmella wrote: »

I recently moved to Inverness from Kent and the first time i went to my local chippy in Culloden (without looking at menu) I asked for "cod and chips". The reply from the counter was "Cod...what do you mean?" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I ended up getting haddock and chips.

Is 'cod' unheard of in Inverness/Scotland? :eek:

I think most Scottish chippies sell haddock, it's just always been more popular presumably because of fishing stocks.

WEEGIE

baby_frogmella wrote: »

I recently moved to Inverness from Kent and the first time i went to my local chippy in Culloden (without looking at menu) I asked for "cod and chips". The reply from the counter was "Cod...what do you mean?" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I ended up getting haddock and chips.

Is 'cod' unheard of in Inverness/Scotland? :eek:

The fish you get in most 'chippys' in Scotland is Haddock, one or two chippys in Aberdeen do skate.

jackieb

WEEGIE wrote: »

The fish you get in most 'chippys' in Scotland is Haddock, one or two chippys in Aberdeen do skate.

Skate's good but it nips ma moo!

King_Weasel

almacmil wrote: »

Ned talk?

Chewin the Fat have a great website for it!

The Glaikit Chef:

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]COQ AU VIN

First of all ye huv tae get yirsel a cock. Nae funny business here, awright? Don’t start nobbin’ yir dinner or nothin’ like wee Barry tried last week at the party. The first rule of cookery is hygiene. So wash yir hands and try no tae drop any fag ash on yir grub.

So whit you do is get the chicken and ye get yir chib oot ’n’ ye cut its heid aff. Ma wee flick knife is the business for this bit, ye know? Then ye peel some garlics and shove them right up the chicken’s !!!! man. Mingin’, ye might say, but it says in this book it tastes lovely...
just don’t go trying tae get a winch afterwards, unless yer feedin’ it tae her as well.

Then ye get a cheeky wee bottle of red wine, and ye can use whitever label ye like, but being a traditionalist ah stick wey the Buckfast? As long as yer no huvin’ jellies for desert you’ll be awright, ’cause as the Airdrie boys will tell ye, Buckie and jellies don’t make for romantic dinners. Leave yir blade in the kitchen though? Just in case.

Now you probably only need a hauf bottle, so, if like me you’ve had a bit of foresight, you’ll have got a full wan instead and you’ll be huvin’ a wee shnifter while yir waiting on it cookin’. Just don’t get maukit drunk, fall asleep, and burn the hoose doon.

Right man, I’m getting bored ae this, so tae cut a long story short, you pour the buckie over the burd, wack it in the oven and wait aboot an hour or two.[/FONT]
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Awright. That’s it fir the cookin’ lark fir wan week. Cheerio, and if yer cookin’ fir yer burd, make sure she does the dishes and you get yer nadjins for yer troubles. That’s all fae the glaikit chef.

Class......
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There's me thinking coq au vin was when you spilt the Chardonnay in your lap.

But maybe the above is how you say it in Scottish.

stingeylass

Scotland is almost exactly the same as England except that the chip shops have a greater variety of deep fried things.
Another shocking difference is that it is almost imposible to find mushy peas up here, especially in the north of Scotland.