Just to kick things off we had Hagis, neeps, and tatties for lunch. It was actually really good!
Just in case, Hagis is chopped sheep heart, lung, and liver, mixed with onion and oatmeal, and cooked in a bag made from sheep stomach. Neeps are just turnips and tatties are potatoes.
To stay on the topic of food we also tried black pudding, a ground up blood sausage pancake that they eat with breakfast. Of course that is not all they eat for breakfast. I think Ireland and Scotland are vying for 'most food consumed in a normal day' award. To put it into perspective for those who know Derrick, we both have the smallest breakfast available (bowl of cereal, yogurt, fruit, and toast), we have to share a lunch, and after dinner we don't have room for dessert, not even Derrick. The Scottish have a full breakfast (see Irish breakfast but replace bread pudding with black pudding), elevensies (yes LOTR fans), lunch, afternoon tea with a cake or scone), dinner, and then desserts are... puddings.
Speaking of the desserts though, I was not expecting this but I have had some of the best desserts (afternoon tea cakes) of my life here. Even in a buffet style place there dessert was a caramel and malt-ball brownie with a gingersnap crust. Oh yes, when I get a chance I am going to find myself a Scottish dessert cookbook.
Of course if you visit Scotland do not live off of dessert (not a bad idea though), but have some of the seafood too. The smoked salmon is to drool over, and not because it is too salty. The mussels are also wonderful.
The fish and chips are great too and huge. They do not give you two or three strips of fish, no they give you the whole side of a fish, so much so that it covers the chips. I am serious, the fish of the Fish-n-Chips covers the chips. I have picture proof.
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