44 Must Try Scottish Foods & Drinks (local recommends)

Dundee marmalade

Deep fried pizza

When I lived in Scotland there were bars that sold Buckfast (Buckie) via the optic. The same as Whisky, Gin etc

I stumbled across your channel by chance and after watching a couple of episodes, i subscribed . My ancestry is Italian, Swedish, English and Irish, i live in the state of Illinois in th U.S .Scotland is so
Beautiful...I could be happy there.

Love your videos, but my Stovie recipe is the best!!!😃

Your eyes are mesmerizing.

My family’s grandmother from Aberdeen used to make skirlie from oatmeal fried in fat, onions and seasoning. I had the impression that it was popular in Aberdeenshire. We were always taught that haggis came from wee creatures with one set of legs shorter than the other so they could run quickly on the Scottish hills especially before January 25th…

I have learned that when a liquor is being made that the heat should be low just hot enough to make the steam that sends it through the tubes. If it is heated too hot it may still taste good but will cause people to become out of control-mean or just psychos. I have learned to detect the bad from the good so when my son brought home some white lightning I wouldn’t let him drink any until I smelled it. It turns out the guy he got it from knows how to make some great dew. (Mountain dew-the original stuff).

"Bannock" is still made in eastern Oregon, a holdover from Scottish settlers. We even have a "Bannock" indian tribe, so named by other tribes because they camped around trade forts and ate their bread.
It's prepared a bit differently, traditionally the dough is wrapped around a peeled green stick and roasted over a fire.

1/2 of the things contain oats

many people in my country mock GB and Scotland food by stereotype, I didn’t believe their voices and actually went Scotland and foods are delicious and I want Ironbru to ship in Japan so bad.

I'll have the Indian food. One of my favorites.

Musselburgh pie

Parlies

Hope you’ve included stewed sausage!? My nana used to make that for me all the time when i was young!!!

Also where was cut and come along cake?? Lol😂 mum made that lived it!!!

Scotch eggs should not be on a list of Scottish foods. Scotch in the name does not come from Scotland, it comes from scotched which means covered because the egg is covered with sausage meat. It is reputed to have been invented by Fortnum and Mason in London.

You said Scottish macaroons are different from the French macarons, the small meringue sandwich with a creamy filling. They are also different from macaroons, which are round coconut biscuits.

Honey you should try to include some vegetable in your diet, like cauliflower , cabbage, and broccoli 😘

I'd disagree with you description of Stovies being BOILED I think they're FRIED but of course everyone makes them slightly differently. My Grandfather liked what you might call DRY stovies, that's potatoes fried in an iron pan with onions and ROAST FAT, the idea is to cook the potatoes which must be good FLUFFY Tatties not waxy and onions so they stick slightly and you must scrape the bottom of the pan as THE SCRAPINGS are by far the tastiest bit and eaten with a buttered oatcake. YOU CAN'T MAKE STOVIES IN A NON STICK PAN because you have to have the onions and potato stick to get those little not burnt but brown and sticky bits. I make them this way myself but occasionally add some meat and gravy but not as much as to make it runny still quite dry. With the mince I'd have some carrots or neaps and a spoon of MEALIE too !

Beef ham from Ayrshire is good stuff. Thinly sliced beef, spiced, cooked like bacon for breakfast.

Wonderful videos! So interesting and informative not to mention the beautiful scenery.

People who won’t try haggis but eat sausages and hotdogs by the pound always make me laugh.😆

I want to try traditional haggis so bad😂

Good gravy!! Disgusting food!!! Bleak!!!

Hi Ruth. Your haggis from sheep sounds very similar to our Pennsylvania Dutch scrapple with one difference scrapple is a pig parts product of similar parts. Great video

Och aye hen but ye forgot tay mention kippers!! A braw Scottish breakfast. But I did enjoy the nostalgia from many years ago living in Midlothian and Dundee area. Now in Au.

Also Scotland seems amazing that ferries, restraunts on island has vegan/plant based option on menu.

Very interesting food & drink you have there.
The variety is amazing.
We’re looking forward to visiting your lovely country.
Wishing you well.

haha you sat infront of the destilerys that were on my list too if i make it to scotland

thank you ruth always a comfort what you do an post

you had a caramel wafer and not a log,,,,a caramel log is totaly different

It makes me sad to see the beautiful deer & then talk of venison, same with the lovely cows, but that's why I'm vegetarian. I usually have a McSweens veg haggis for Christmas dinner! I really want to make the potato pattie things on a griddle, bread doesn't agree with me but they would!

Other than Nana's shortbread, I pretty much think the Scottish are the only people on Earth who make the Irish look like gourmets.

Scotland was going to be my holiday destination this year, but after your new censorship law where I can go to jail for speaking my mind or having an opinion, I'm going to Sweden.

My mo5hers and grandmothers oat cake where different then what you showed they would take left over oatmeal from breakfast and make small patties of them and pan fry them in butter
P.S we call oat partridge oatmeal here in the States ,grow up eating a number of this dishes because my mothers family was Scottish but aet a lot of Welsh and Irish dishes as well ❤

Ruth, I really liked this informative, culinary upload. I'm 3rd generation Canadian of Scottish descendant, and always incorporate regional foods when I visit the old country. You've pointed out several things I wasn't aware of, and can't wait to try on my next return. Slàinte mhath!

Without watching this....."Hey, let's all go out for Scottish food!" said no one, ever. Scottish food FAIL !!!

It's debatable where deep fried Mars Bars originated from. A chip shop in my home town of Ilfracombe in Devon were selling them in the mid 1980's and at the time claimed to be the first place to do them! They even tried deep fried Cream eggs!

Here in Canada we have a similar looking chocolate bar to your Tunnock's Caramel Log's, here ours is called "Coffee Crisp".

Love irn bru. The stuff if you can find over here aint the same.

You missed white and red puddings from the chip shop 😂

Vale! Good program I classify food by country. In my league Scpptia apears haf way or two thirds downd. A cuisine i blieve domnated by scones and cakes. Essentkal ingredoents are missing. Salutacions, fins aviat.

From a granny in Govan, thanks hen. Your videos are brilliant and you get to go places I've only dreamed of (apart from isle of Skye)

I'd love to do what you have done and are doing!

I wish you only the very best and I hope you continue to promote our beautiful country and her heritage, much love and God bless you ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏

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Thank you! Cant wait to try some of these , travelling to Scotland next month!

Abernethy biscuits
Barley pudding,
Partan bree,
Skirlie,
Strathbogie mist

My wife & I spent 2 weeks driving around Scotland. We tried most of the food. My favorite for breakfast was Kippers. Haggis was OK, reminded me of Amish scrapple. Over all a fantastic trip that was very enjoyable. Even though we didn't find NESSIE