by Katie & Catherine | Nov 20, 2014 | Scottish Recipes
Make Puddings With Seaweed Cairgein is a brownish seaweed popular in the Outer Hebrides and the English translation is Carrageen. I was born and brought up in Horisary, North Uist, only a short walk from the sea. Every year as a child I remember the cairgein being...
by Katie & Catherine | Nov 6, 2014 | Scottish Recipes
It’s Not Christmas Pudding! I first tasted clootie dumpling as a child in 1955, the lingering memory is of watching my great grandmother collect the ingredients and the long, long wait for the first taste. The dumpling would typically make an appearance at...
by Katie & Catherine | Oct 27, 2014 | Scottish Recipes
Fish and Potato Soup You’ll Love! I’ve been asked to share my recipe for this blog which I’m happy to do. What you need to remember is that this is mine because I have tweaked the recipe to suit my taste and requirements. I like a thick, comforting bowl of...
by Katie & Catherine | Apr 12, 2014 | History & Folklore, Scottish Recipes
The Eve of St Michael is the eve of bringing in the carrots, of baking the ‘struan, of stealing the horses I first heard of a Bonnach Strùthan as a child. There are those in South Uist who still prepare the traditional Michalemas cake although perhaps don’t...
