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Stovies - The Scottish Comfort Food


Stovies.   It's a Scottish thing, you wouldn't understand.

There nothing much to look at.  OK.  They look horrible...more of a medical condition than haute cuisine, but it doesn't matter.  They just so damned comforting.

Simply potatoes slowly cooked, with any left over root veg and gravy and scraggy bits of roast beef. Served with a glass of cold milk. Nom.

A traditional end to a night of boozing, when I was a youngster.
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  1. Unknown24 April 2020 at 13:39

    Someone did a haute cuisine version on Masterchef this year...

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    1. Tepid Halibut26 April 2020 at 20:51

      Good Lord ! I'm trying to imagine how scrunched up John Torode's face would have been.

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