[Sca-cooks] meat products & the UKreply

[Hrolf Douglasson]

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> > > no ulster fry!
>
> Oops. Yes, when I suggested haggis, I'd completely forgotten about
> the recent hoof and mouth concerns. However, does that effect
> Scotland or just England?
> Yes the whole of the UK is affected at the moment...they are talking of
lifting the ban for N. Ireland soon but haven't yet
> How is the commercial black pudding sold? Is it sold encased in
> intestine (or something else) as a link? Or is it just packaged
> as a blob in plastic?
> It is sold as links encased in either plastic(supermarkets) or properly in
intestine from specialist butchers....
> And we've discussed haggis and black pudding, but what is
> "ulster fry"?
> Ulster fry is like a decent spiced sausage meat in a loaf taht you fry for
breakfast. It can also be eaten cold.
> I doubt that there are any vegetables or fruit that Scotland is
> famous for. :-) I wonder if they offer Salmon smoked over peat
> fires? For a good mail order sorce try
www.smoked-salmon.co.uk
the inverawe smoke house supplies alsorts of goodies world wide
> yes they do.....Scotland has the house of moniack famouse for meads and
fruit wines as well as all the whiskys
>