SC - neeps and tatties?

[James and/or Nancy Gilly]

At 22:48 26-10-97 +0000, Adamantius wrote:
>Mark Harris wrote:
>
>> I know what haggis is (and liked it when I got to taste some recently)
>> but what are neeps and tatties? Sounds like some kind of British dish
>> and I assume the tatties are some kind of potato dish, but what kind?
>> Nice, simple, basic food.
>
>Tatties (specifically bashit tatties, as eaten wi' the grrrrreat
>chieftain o' the puddin' race, haggis) are buttered, mashed potatoes.
>Neeps (also bashit, in this case), are bashit...ahem...mashed turnips
>with butter, and sometimes just a tiny hint of sugar.

Well, actually, it's bashed neeps and chappit ("chopped") tatties. 8)

>>BTW: tatties and neeps are generally served side by side, but there are
>some heretics who like to mix them...I have a perfectly good stomach
>which can take care of that for me, thank you very much. Eeeeeeyewww!!!

I like to stir the whole mess up together - neeps, tatties, *and* haggis.
Wonderful stuff....


Alasdair mac Iain

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