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Post by SidW on Jul 12, 2014 19:09:29 GMT -5
Phil, in case anyone tries to follow your recipe, there are a couple of slips in metric conversion. A litre is about 2.2 pints, that can be rounded off to 2 pints to a litre (as you do in a couple of places). A litre is 1000 ml, so half a pint will be roughly 250 ml (not 500). Similarly, a kilogram is about 2.2 lbs, that can be rounded off to 2 lbs. A kg is 1000 grams, so 1/4 lb will be roughly 125 gms (not 250).
I won't spoil your fun with the neeps.
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Post by philbirch on Jul 12, 2014 19:48:38 GMT -5
Thanks Sid. Corrected. The quantities are not precise, more of a guide really. I measure in metric and my 'backwards' conversion isn't good. The haggis weighs 454g - traditionally a pound. I used the code for ¼ rather than ½ by mistake.
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 12, 2014 20:32:04 GMT -5
My mouth is watering now thinking of this. I may just go shopping for a haggis on Monday. Oh, check this out if you want to know what neeps are. Read it all and decide if it answers the question. What are neeps?Neeps are turnips. I once had haggis. It was in Edinburg in some kind of beautiful ancient building. It was a ceremony called "Addressing the Haggis" if I remember correctly. A gentleman wearing a skirt talked to it in some strange language. He was very emotional and shouted his enthusiastic speech all the while holding a vicious looking dagger in the air. I am almost certain I saw him take it out of his sock. It was a rather lengthy and ferocious oration and he worked himself into quite a lather. Then with a lunge he plunged his dagger into the poor beast. I could have sworn it was dead before he started. His attendants then took the pathetic corpse into a back room and in a short while brought out pieces of it for each member of the audience. I reluctantly but bravely put a small forkful into my mouth. I can best describe it as very slightly moistened almost tasteless sawdust with little round white balls mixed in. I understand that haggises are almost extinct now. With that kind of treatment I can understand why. Mickey
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Post by philbirch on Jul 13, 2014 7:29:29 GMT -5
The worst haggis I've eaten was in Scotland, the nicest haggis was also Scotland. I imagine you had a bad 'un. The one shown on my photo was from ASDA (Walmart)and the tastiest I've tried. The worst was a traditional one from a family butcher in Moffat. They were queuing up for them.
A haggis should be spicy and full of flavour. Yes the meat is dry but that's what gravy is for.
The man was wearing a kilt, reciting Burns and his knife indeed was taken from his sock. In Scotland they keep their dirks tucked down their sock.
Neeps are turnips or swedes depending who you ask...
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Post by julio1fer on Jul 14, 2014 20:11:49 GMT -5
India classic ballet. Complete with phantom flare from harsh lighting.
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Post by philbirch on Jul 15, 2014 4:27:37 GMT -5
J for Jumbo sandwichAppalled at the prices at our (then) new Subway shop I made the biggest sandwich I could with a price limit of £2.50 Subway's average price for a 6" sub. This one is 12" with 4 sausages, 4 rashers of bacon, 2 types of cheese, 2 chicken slices and salad. Not shown are the sauces we put on it. I managed to eat this all on my own! Attachment Deleted
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 15, 2014 7:12:34 GMT -5
J for Jumbo sandwichAppalled at the prices at our (then) new Subway shop I made the biggest sandwich I could with a price limit of £2.50 Subway's average price for a 6" sub. This one is 12" with 4 sausages, 4 rashers of bacon, 2 types of cheese, 2 chicken slices and salad. Not shown are the sauces we put on it. I managed to eat this all on my own! Ahaaa! So you are really Dagwood Bumstead in disguise.
Mickey
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Post by philbirch on Jul 15, 2014 7:19:23 GMT -5
Dagwood Bumstead. Not a name we hear in UK. google to the rescue:
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Post by Stephen on Jul 15, 2014 9:31:36 GMT -5
A Curiosity is Swedes(neeps) are Turnips (white) is Scotland and vice versa in the rest of the UK. The orange Swede is the UK name, the White Turnip is called Swede, quite how the same thing got swapped names is curious.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2014 9:58:46 GMT -5
K is for Kids fishing.BTW: The lake in the background is where the 1937 movie "Northwest Passage," staring Spencer Tracy and Robert Young, was filmed.
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 16, 2014 10:41:24 GMT -5
L for Lift Bridge. Mickey
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2014 12:57:41 GMT -5
M is for Magnificent viewNear Vytegra, Russia at entrance to Lake Onega.
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Post by philbirch on Jul 16, 2014 16:53:15 GMT -5
A Curiosity is Swedes(neeps) are Turnips (white) is Scotland and vice versa in the rest of the UK. The orange Swede is the UK name, the White Turnip is called Swede, quite how the same thing got swapped names is curious. Curious but not so curious seeing as its the English language we're talking about. I think English was invented to trap the wary and to confuse foreigners. Oh, when I serve neeps I use a mixture of swede and turnip just to be sure! Oh, and my own onion gravy mmmmmm.....
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Post by julio1fer on Jul 17, 2014 20:30:26 GMT -5
Nazi eagle, recovered from the Graf Spee wreck in the bottom of the River Plate, and sold to an unknown collector in Europe. This was on display for one or two days only, I was lucky to get the picture.
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Post by philbirch on Jul 18, 2014 14:11:44 GMT -5
O for Oops. I think the horse got nervous when he saw what was behind him, and lost concentration
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