Skirlie

Recently in Aberdeenshire and our Scottish hosts cooked us a great meal of haggis off the bone ,neaps,tatties and something they called skirlie.
Does anyone have any idea what SKIRLIE is and how to make it as my husband is desperate to have some more .Thanks

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haggis off the bone

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oh my mum makes Skirlie. YUM!

lmao@ iviehoff!

Haggis off the bone?! Is that how they got you to eat it? ; ) I suppose one way or the other the meat hangs from some form of bone! Not very close to the bone though...

I prefer haggis on the bone myself. More flavour. Just look out for the shot. They're robust beesties, it often takes several rounds to bring one down..........

Didn't the Goodies do skit on wild free roaming haggis?

Well, of course if you get the farmed haggis, the shot isn't an issue. It's not very ethical though- in fact I think Jamie Oliver is launching a campaign against farmed haggis next Wednesday.

Sorry about the silliness of the above posts. To answer your question properly. :- yes your Scottish hosts know !!!!

ps - try google

Thanks for apologising on our behalf for the silly posts, I feel much better about myself now as I'm sure everyone else does - seeing we're speaking on behalf of everyone. Also, you didn't answer the question...

#6 > Wild Haggis

Yes, I feel much better thanks ever so much.

Scaryant - yes I did, you haven't properly read the question !

Boning a haggis is in the first module of the catering course at the Dunroamin School for Aspirant Chefs. The technique is nicely illustrated in Jamie Oliver's book "Bashing Neeps And School Dinners".

#12, ah no - your interpretation of the question is wrong. The OP was asking "Does anyone have any idea what SKIRLIE is and how to make it". There are two parts to the question;

1. What is skirlie?
   and
2. How to make it?

An answer would be;

1. Skirlie is a traditional Scottish dish. It is eaten on its own, used as a stuffing for a mock-sausage, the mealie pudding, or used as a stuffing for chicken (most commonly) or other fowl. Another Scottish name for this dish is "Mealie Jimmy".
   and
2. • 4 oz fat or 4 tablespoons of oil (traditionally a good flavoured dripping or beef suet would have been used)
   • 2 onions, finely chopped
   • 1 3/4 cups medium oatmeal which may be lightly toasted (NOT rolled oats!)
   • Salt and pepper to season

Melt the fat or heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and cook until soft and golden. Add the oatmeal and mix in well. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently until the oatmeal is cooked and crisp. Season well with pepper and serve with light creamy mashed potatoes. It is also a very good accompaniment to rich meaty and gamey stews.

Alternatively it can be eaten on its own, and is surprisingly tasty when accompanied by grated raw carrot or cabbage.

And I answered it in post #1 so :P

Yea, I was gonna say that lol

Wrong both of you. The question was Does anyone know ........?
The answer can only be YES or NO

Skirlie, as mentioned above, is basically oatmeal stuffing. You cross a line, somewhere about the Firth of Tay, where north of it stuffing is all skirlie, and south of it is English breadcrumb style
Mrs n_rb does an excellent skirlie.

"mealie puddings" aka "mealie jimmies" are a chipshop specialty which is also served with "mince 'n' tatties"

Guaranteed heartburn

No 17 - literally and pedantically you are correct in that the OP's question is closed which invites a yes or no answer.

But the spirit of the question is open - implicitly inviting information, explanation, elaboration and opinion in a conversational style (which is, IMO, the intention of the LP forum). A conversational style includes humour which I think the OP appreciates (OP?).

The LP community, I feel, does not benefit from literalism and pedantry.

Having said this, I do not mind whether my haggis is on or aff the bone as long it is vegetarian!

Bring on the haggis, neeps, tatties and skirlie (with a dram) followed by crannachan.

Winky emoticon thing.

Edited by: scoodly

In support of #19 and against #17, it is as if you were standing in the street and someone asked "Do you know what the time is/Do you know where Leicester Square is?". This is, as with OP, is a yes or no answer in the literal sense but in the widely accepted conventions of covnersation the answer is "Twenty past eight/Through Picadilly Circus, past the Trocadero, over Wardour Street, past the building which is where the Swiss Centre used to be and you are there. By the way it is pronounced Lester". And if you are going to be as literal as that the answer can also be maybe, possibly, very likely, I would have thought so etc etc.

Stick tongue out emoticon thing.