Scot Scran - Clapshot

[@mizuza12]

A vegetable apartheid! Hahahaha brilliant! I do love me some clapshot!

[@TheAlanCulley]

Absolutely mashing! Hang on a minty. The enchanted spertal has nee tartan ribbon..... Dunna let'um garra way we'it. Send it back! Yav'a 14 days returns policy on Amazon.

[@OGimouse1]

I feel like I've seen that cottage at the beginning somewhere

[@josephinefaithgibbs9353]

Why are the tatties and neeps cooked separately? And I read somewhere that neeps are what we in the U.S. call rutabagas, not what we call turnips. Is that so? And if so, what do the Scots call the turnips? And, thanks, Dodie, for being both educational and amusing!

[@FreakingMona]

Neeps are turnips. They don't eat the greens in Scotland though. Only the turnips. I think they cook them separate because turnips take a bit longer to cook than potatoes.

[@postscript67]

A neep is a turnip (turneep), of which there are two varieties. The one most common in Scotland is the Swedish Turnip or Swede (rutabaga in the US), as used in this recipe. The other is sometimes called white turnip or bitter turnip to distinguish it. As for why the potatoes and swedes are boiled separately, I don't know. Maybe it's an Aberdonian thing. I'm from Orkney and I always do them in the same pot. And I use ever so slightly more tatties than neep (judged by volume not weight), and do not add cream. Incidentally, it won't taste right unless the neeps have been exposed to frost - clapshot is therefore a winter dish.

[@VarnokGamer]

1:00 da saat looks like orkney

[@cardinalb]

Does chap not mean to mash?

[@FreakingMona]

Kind of, but saying "chap" doesn't usually mean mash. I've heard it as "chap at the door" as in a knock at the door. I've heard, "chappit" when telling someone to mash the tatties or neeps.

[@cardinalb]

FreakingMona chap or chappit are both used in Perthshire to refer to mashing. So you can chap tatties or have chappit tatties.

[@FreakingMona]

Thanks, "Ah dinnae ken." :)

[@athenaisabelguillar7290]

and how many servings is this recipe for?

[@callumclark3358]

Depends how hungry you are! To be honest, Dodie's a Scottish National Treasure more than a culinary expert. The veg is SWEDE NOT TURNIP ( though we call them neeps ) Try 2:1 ratio tatties to neeps, lots of pepper and butter, and stir in as much chopped scallions as you can.

[@athenaisabelguillar7290]

What is the name of that cream? What kind is it cause I can't find "Double T" / "TT" cream anywhere :( ?

[@beresfordquimby]

Bit late, but (assuming you weren't joking), Dodie just means "double cream". Doric speakers - Doric is the dialect he's speaking - sometimes add "ie" or "tie" as a suffix, not always to indicate a diminutive.

[@sharonclifford3076]

Where’s Bucky

[@callumclark3358]

Buckie

[@pianoflat]

Is toil leam botata