stovies recipe

[puddicat]

looking for the original recipe for this scottish classic if there is one, thanks

[Quizmonster]

Click here.

[THECORBYLOON]

Whatever recipe you use, you have to burn the stovies and eat wi crumbled oatcakes.

[snapdarlich]

You don't burn stovies!! LOL

Oh and a nice beetroot always goes down a treat with them too!!

[THECORBYLOON]

I don't mean burn the whole lot but the bit at the bottom of the pan. I'm sure QM would know what I mean.

[snapdarlich]

Well, I make 6 x 3 Gallon pans of stovies a week and I'm sure our customers would have summat to say if I burnt it...

[Quizmonster]

Ah, but just where are these customers, Snapdarlich? Clearly not in the far nort-east of Scotland, I'd say, where some burning of the bottom of the dish is considered de rigeur.
If you click here and scroll down to the third entry from Grumpyhippo, you'll see what TCL and I mean.
And here's a quote from With a Fine Feeling for Food - a book of Scottish recipes by Janet Murray from which I take all my Scottish recipes... "Do not worry if they brown a little in the bottom of the pan as birstled stovies are delicious." ('Birstle' is a Scots word for 'scorch' or 'toast'.)

So, I do hope you'll start cooking them properly from now on! (Joke!)

[peppy]

Never even heard of one before, but after reading the answer from quizmonster, I REALLY want one !!! x x

[THECORBYLOON]

Thanks for that QM. If snap follows wir advice, he might sell a lot more