What traditional Irish and Scotish cuisine do you recommend?

Question

I'm leaving for Ireland and Scotland next week, and I need some suggestions on food that I should try. Keep in mind that I'm somewhat of a picky eater. (i will NOT be trying haggis!)

Answer 1

soda bread........have fun on your trip!

Answer 2

Come to Scotland with an open mind and you will love the country. Excellent local foods in small hotels and restaurants. On the east coast there restaurants that only source their food locally, especially in Fife and Angus. There are fantastic seafood reastaurants all over the place, some crackers in Troon. Brig 'O' Doon in Alloway is traditional and very, very good value for money. The Highlands have fantastic hotels and guest houses at good rates with good local food. The variety is endless.

http://www.visitscotland.com/

Go Indian, Chinese, Thai, Korean, Burmese, French and any other cuisine you can think of if you tire of local cuisine..

Haggis can be vegitarian. Black pudding, deep dried in oil and served with chips, mayo and tomato sauce. White pudding, oatmeal with fats and in a skin, deep fried with chips. Red pudding, deep fried with chips. Black pudding. All battered. Mars bar in batter, deep fried.

Cullen skink

Ingredients

4 undyed smoked haddock fillets, about 225g/8oz each

½ onion

25g/1oz margarine

4 potatoes (preferably Kerr Pink or other floury variety), peeled and diced

2 tsp cornflour

1.75L/3 pint milk

4 tbsp single cream

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Melt the margarine in a large saucepan.

2. Skin and break haddock in large pieces. Add haddock and onion to pan and cook gently for 2 minutes.

3. Par-boil potatoes until almost tender, then drain.

4. Mix cornflour with 1 tbsp cold milk.

5. Add remaining milk and potatoes to saucepan and bring to the boil.

6. Stir in the cornflour and simmer for 2 minutes.

7. Just before serving, stir in cream and season.

Steak pie with all the veggies. Arbroath Smokies pate - oat smoked haddock. Any seafood you can think of, we export seafood to Spain. Any food with berries, strawberries and raspberries are abundant here in late summer. Porridge, made with water and served with milk on the side. The traditional Scottish Breakfast, it will set you up for the day. Look out for Ma Broon's Cookbook from DC Thomson in the bookshops. Clootie Dumpling, Bannocks, oatcakes, shortbread, Dundee Cake. There are lots of regional variations. Hundreds of brands of malt and blend whisky. The beer is fantastic, Belhaven Best is unbeatable. Enjoy your visit.

Answer 3

The best thing to do is aim for locally renowned ingredients cooked simply and in season.  Some examples from Scotland would be Aberdeen Angus beef, and if you like shellfish, the Langoustines caught of the coast are simply brilliant, as are a lot of the fish/shellfish you get in both Scotland and Ireland.

it all however, comes down to who is cooking it and how fresh it is.

Ask the locals where they eat and why - you cant go that far wrong if you do.

Answer 4

i am the mother of all picky eaters, and scottish

must haves are potato scones on a roll and sausage, and it has to be a square lorne sausage, you have to try brown sauce on this too, its awesome,

haggis sounds minging but despite knowing what it is it tastes quite nice, its kinda peppery/spicy, black pudding you have to try, gosh its so hard to think,

Irn bru, its a fruity soft drink, i dont have a sweet tooth but everyone loves it, its non alcholic, a fizzy soda/pop drink

Galaxy chocolate, yummmmmmmm

i will keep thinking

welcome to Scotland, you will love it here

Answer 5

Try the Irish seven course meal: a boiled potato and a six pack.

Answer 6

The Irish and Scottish aren't exactly known for their cuisine.

Ever had a potato?