Anything Scottish, just for fun!

[Trila]

 

[Mizmo]

As you once said to me:
"your secret is safe with me"

 

[VeggieMan]

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Well isn't that the coolest picture! Thanks for sharing that with us!

 

[Mizmo]

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Love it....will ask my sis in Scotland to send me one for Christmas ..
...sure would like to get over there and pick some scotch eggs and those Tartan plants.

 

[Mike]

The Salmon going up the river Tummel, have a ladder to climb,
to help them get past the Pitlochry Dam, which was built in 1947
to 1951, there were two factors about the building of the Dam,
some said that it would deter, tourists, but it actually worked to
attract more visitors.
Walk at Pitlochry Dam and Fish Ladder | Pitlochry Scotland

Mike.

 

[Trila]

Love it....will ask my sis in Scotland to send me one for Christmas ..
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I forgot.....where does your sis live? If you don't want to say on the thread, that's ok.

 

[Mizmo]

I forgot.....where does your sis live? If you don't want to say on the thread, that's ok.

Cambuslang, East Kilbride...I think I did mention it in the Coos thread so it is already out there.
Too many posts now to search
....disnae matter hen....
I think that is how they used to say it back then

I luv this one ..had it for years...just found it again...

 

[VeggieMan]

Some traditional Scottish pubs

 

[Trila]

Cambuslang, East Kilbride...I think I did mention it in the Coos thread so it is already out there.
Too many posts now to search
....disnae matter hen....
I think that is how they used to say it back then

I luv this one ..had it for years...just found it again...
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I loved the "....disnae matter hen...."!!

You really made me think about that one!

 

[IrishEyes]

Warning: she does use a slight dose of profanity in this, minimal

 

[VeggieMan]

Keep changing my "must see list" when I finally go to Scotland.Yes, I moved seeing castles further down on my list but moved up on my list check out the pubs!

 

[Mizmo]

I think he belongs here...
I do have my doubts about the "coffee "in the cup

 

[Mizmo]

 

[Trila]

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Would you believe that I actually knew that?!!! I learned about the carved turnips while researching Samhain.

It must have been very hard to do!!

 

[Mizmo]

@Trila
Yes much as I like turnip I very seldom bought it.....too hard to peel and cut.
But I did love recipe I had for turnip and applesauce bake.....yum

Everybody loved it when I served at dinner.
I can post recipe if you like. It is from an1870's recipe book.

 

[Lewkat]

I love turnips, but as Mizmo said, they are a chore to cut and peel. My late daughter-in-law and I worked together one Thanksgiving getting one ready and the kitchen was a mess by the time we got finished. Never again.

 

[Capt Lightning]

I my world, that's a 'Swede' , or 'Neep' in Scotland, not a turnip . These are turnips, much smaller than Neeps.

 

[Mizmo]

We always had the yellow flesh swedes or neeps in Scotland but somehow they were called turnips and that is what I bought here in Canada.



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"In Scotland, "turnip" generally refers to the yellow-fleshed swede or rutabaga, not the smaller, white-fleshed turnip. The term is often replaced with "neep" (from Old English næp), which can also refer to swede. So, when a Scots person mentions "neeps and tatties" (potatoes), they are referring to mashed swede and potatoes. "

 

[Trila]

My Scottish friend sent me a video about "always having some neeps in your pocket, in case you run across a wild Haggis nest!" Now I know what that is! LOL

 

[Mizmo]

Seems the small pale flesh turnip as known here is a mixture of swede and cabbage...YUK K
It's no wonder I did not like them
Sure wish I could make that turnip( swede) and applesauce bake again.. Now I am droolin for it

 

[Marie5656]

My step grand daughter got married a couple weeks back, Her dad wore the traditional kilt to escort her down aisle

 

[Mike]

Ballantine's Whisky used to have very special guards at their
warehouses, they used geese, and lots of microphones, round
the buildings, if anything happened anywhere the geese ran
to that area making a lot of noise, the security, knew where to
go, by looking at the number of the mike, that was picking up
the row.

The "Scotch Watch", was active, from 1959 until 2012 when they
were retired, they never lost a drop of whisky during that time.
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/dumbartons-scotch-watch-geese-guarding-20901300

Mike.