Thanks. We’re sorry to make you feel homesick but happy to give you a taste of home. Have you been able to find any Scottish food in Asia while living there at all? We can’t wait to go back and indulge in all the best foods!
Another correction for some folks here. A Scotch pie isn't just the name for every pie we have. Its just one specific pie made with mutton. A macaroni pie is called a macaroni pie not a macaroni Scotch pie.
@@gra-emed3617 certainly a traditional scotch pie is mutton. But I think over time people got put off of mutton. Mhor Bread in Callander definitely sell proper mutton scotch pies. They are also 10/10
6:50 fun fact, the word "pudding" is from medieval French and originally referred to sausages. That's why black pudding, white pudding and Haggis are called puddings - they're types of sausage. In the UK, the recipes evolved to include sweet ingredients, and later, to remove the meat entirely, making them into dessert foods. This later meaning of "pudding" was exported to America, where the sausage meaning was forgotten (because they weren't popular there) and evolved to refer to a sort of custard dessert.
@@theother1281 You got there before me. Many people in the North of England call it turnip too. I first heard it called Swede when I moved from Yorkshire to London.
I’m in Alabama and I’ve wanted to go to Scotland for sooooo long,the people seem to be so passionate,friendly and funny.Still game is hilarious,the food looks wonderful......maybe one day 🥰
Hey, were Scottish and really enjoyed this video. A good summary and so glad you guys enjoyed Scotland so much! You missed a few classics though... tablet and Tennents!
Thank you very much!! Yeah, those are likely to be a must try in Scotland, however, those are not in our top list. We aren’t big fans of lighter beer,, such as the tennents and tablet was actually going to be a runner up if we made a list for honorable mentions!!! Cheers! Stay safe and healthy!
2:00 “Neeps” are turnip which is the same family as Swede. Some people might put Parsnip in it but if someone told you “Neeps” are Parsnip then that was misleading. “Neep” - Tur-neep
Hey ArboursAbroad, I live just outside Oban, and just found your video. Well pleased to see my favourite fish and chip shop get such a good mention. Lots of other Scottish food for you to try once coronavirus is over and you can come back. EG dessert called Cranachan - cream, oatmeal, raspberries and whisky. And then there’s our Scottish obsession with Indian curries - our unofficial second national cuisine. Haste ye back.
Cheers mate! Thanks for the wonderful comment! We have a seperatw video dedicated just to that chipp shop! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DTy7sRy4Lhg.html Amd someone else in the comments recommended the same dessert! Must be a good one. Can’t believe we missed it when living there! And yes, we’d have to agree with the Indian curries so good!! 😋 We can’t wait to get back there!!!!
Thank god someone posted this! Just watched the video, loved Americans loving our food - especially after working with a colleague who ate only McDonalds whilst in France because he didn't like French food!! - but thought spellchecker must've gotten the better of Tunnocks when it displayed as a Tunic teacake!
I just came across this, so might have missed an obvious answer, but what took you to Scotland, and what are your plans? I work abroad and rarely get home, so it's very interesting to listen to your thoughts and feelings of living there.
Thanks for asking. I (Jason) went to Physio school. Got my masters in the RGU two year program. I graduated in spring of 2018. And we moved back to the US in fall of 2018. So it’s been a while since living there. Always dreaming of returning!!!
I can agree with everything you have said, being Scottish, but I draw the line at a deep fried Mars bar. There's just something wrong with that concept.
Thanks for agreeing with us. Lots of others don’t. Haha. As far as the Mars bars go....🤔 Maybe gross to some. Maybe a gimmick to others. But we loved it. Had it multiple times when we were in Stonehaven.
Best ice cream in the world? You've got to try Buttonwood Farms in Connecticut and their nearest competitor, Cows 'n' Cones (near Ledyard, CT) Gelato is a different category - can't lump it in with the likes of Laperts of Hawaii (which is also exclusive to the Islands and delicious - try the Kuaii Pie-it's got coconut, caramel, macadamia nuts in Kona Hawaiian coffee ice cream)
As an Australian of Scotland ancestry I have to say all these foods are common in Australia also,which leads me to ask what the bloody hell do they eat in America.If they are are surprised by a simple pudding what do they eat?
0:40 That's not ham, it's bacon...as it's supposed to be cooked, not burnt to a crisp :) 1:53 No, we hardly ever eat it, you've been sold some tourist propaganda. 3:03 Yeah, that's not a thing, maybe in one hotel you stayed at but I'm Scottish, 52 and I've never heard of that in my life. 4:17 There's only one type of scotch pie, you might get macaroni pies but that's not a scotch pie. A scotch pie basically has the same filling as a sausage roll. You didn't try Bridies either? They're like a Scottish version of the Cornish Pasty. 4:38 Mushy Peas aren't really Scottish, they originated in London but you do get them up here too, usually as a side for Fish and Chips, most people wouldn't have them though. 5:30 DON'T pronounce it "skoan" when you're here, it's "Skon" :) Clotted cream and that whole thing isn't really Scottish either, that's more Devon in the south of England. 7:24 THAT SPELLING?! EEK! It's Tunnocks, they're based in Uddingston in Lanarkshire, personally I prefer Tunnocks Caramel Wafers to the Teacakes. 9:12 STOP! STOP IT! NO-ONE IN SCOTLAND EATS DEEP FRIED MARS BARS! 10:33 WAIT! No tablet? No macaroons? Tsk Tsk. 10:46 People who think that whisky might be too much/strong for them should try either Drambuie or Glayva, they're both whisky liqeurs made with honey, much more mild and palatable. Much like Jack Daniels' Tennessee Honey. 11:42 Irn Bru is made by Barrs (specifically A.G. Barr), they don't just make Irn Bru either, they do a wicked American Cream Soda. Irn Bru bottles used to be kids extra pocket money as you could take them back to the shop and get 15p for each bottle so you'd see kids taking bags full to get some sweets.
Wow. Thanks for all the added details. At some point in the future we will have to do an updated video to this one with the added suggestions and fixes that all you true Scots are giving us! Thanks for all your added input! It’s great for everyone else that’s watching as well!!
The best shortbread in Scotland is usually made by the mother of whoever's giving their opinion on the subject. Source: my mum makes the best shortbread in Scotland.
One notable food that you never mentioned so don't know if you got round to trying it, but stovies is another great traditional scottish dish. Although wars have broken out regarding what the correct way to make stovies is. Personally, I make my stovies with squared sausage, potatoes, onion carrot all boiled in a pot off gravy and lamb stock for about 30 minutes, but some people use corned beef or casserole meat instead of sausage and not everyone uses the gravy or stock. Traditionally it was used as a means of using up leftover meat, so the recipes handed down by families likely reflect how well off that family were in days gone by.
I totally agree with Irn bru and whiskey as the drinks to try even better if you can get original recipe Irn bru it has a lot more sugar as it was before the sugar tax really good video guys I live in Glasgow Blue Lagoon for Fish and Chips
Thanks for the comment and the sub. You can’t have a proper trip or live in Scotland without truly cherishing those two drinks! I would have loved to try the original recipe of Irn Bru. We will definitely have to try that chippy shop whenever we return to Scotland! Cheers mate!
So, Nae Arbroath Smokies? Nae Forfar Bridies? Nae Lee's Macaroon Bars? Nae Butteries/Rowies? Nae Stovies? Nae Home made soup? Nae Clootie Dumpling? Nae porridge? Nae morning rolls, wi smoked bacon? 😋😋😋 But you did include, Mushy peas, from any chipshop, anywhere! Clotted cream scones, from Devon! Fish & chips, from everywhere! Mussels, from every coastal resort! Deep fried Mars Bar, from the mind of a loony! Full English breakfast, from England! Ice cream, from Italy!
Thanks for the suggestions. Many of those things we have had or tried but they just didn’t make our list this was our subjective opinionated list of foods to try in Scotland. And this wasn’t an all encompassing food video. Just things to try when in Scotland. And the things you’re saying you can get everywhere or are from other places, those are just foods we found in Scotland that are extremely well done by the Scots! Highly commendable to the people who made ordinary foods spectacular! Thanks for the comment!
Which baker do you go to for the bridies, my mates from Forfar and told me the one my old man used to go for years was only considered 2nd best by folks in Forfar. All those years I never realised we were being sold short!
Ice cream, fried candy bars, fried fish, meat pies, cookies. Travel 3,000+ miles to eat all the same food I could get at a carnivaL in the states. Got it!
There’s a lot more to Scotland than just the food. And even though some things may seem like you could just get it at a fair-you can’t. The ice cream is so much better than any we have gotten in the states. The fish and chips don’t compare. Plus when you pair eating these foods in an authentic Scottish pub or in the highlands near some castles--it just doesn’t compare. So yes, travel 3000 miles to eat “Scottish” carnival food.
I gotta say that's a no go for me on mushy peas. Peas alone with the sickly green color and bad taste is bad enough but to mash it into paste so it looks like a baby's diaper after eating strained peas that's a whole little nope haha
Sorry, frying food in "rape seed oil" is not a healthier choice. LOL. The best and healthiest fat to fry and cook with is lard, or beef tallow. These two are the least processed fats available in a wide range today. ANY vegetable oil is going to be HIGHLY processed and unhealthful for you.
Thanks for the comment. You’re probably right, anything processed will be worse off for you than not. But when you have the option of choosing from the different chippy shops, rapeseed oil is by far a cleaner and “healthier” option to go for, even though it too is a processed product.
We would have to agree with you on that one! It is certainly a great choice. We did consider putting this one on our list, however, we only included food that we had relatively often. Unfortunately, Scottish salmon just didn't slip into our diet that often...although we wouldn't have been bummed if it had. Just the other foods found their way onto our plates more often than the salmon did. 😢
I (Jason) got into the physiotherapy program at RGU and I was able to bring my bff (Heather my wife) along because she was able to get a dependent visa through my student visa. We got a flat in aberdeen and she tried to find work as a teacher but that didn’t work out. We noticed how much traveling I’d have to be doing with being on clinical placements that we decided to find a campervan. We though that since it was so cheap we would stay in it on clinicals and if it didn’t make sense to keep doing it. Just get another flat. But we loved it so much we stuck with it and all the money we saved from not living in a flat we put directly into traveling around Scotland as much as we could. Yes, I was in school and graduated. But for whatever reason, the program was reallly structured in a way that allowed for a ton of traveling. I even requested to be placed in the far out regions of Scotland to give me that much more breadth of travel within the country. Most Scots said we had seen more of their country in just two years than they had in an entire lifetime. Haha.
@@ArboursAbroad and your last words are probably so true for almost all citizens of any country. Hahah. I mean i live in the netherlands and even in this small country there are still things i haven’t seen in my 30 years. ;-) Hope you are doing well. And what are the plans? Going back to the US or live in europe in the future?
You used to be able to buy "Black Pudding" in Australia many yeears ago. The food hall of Boans Department Store in Perth, WesternAustralia had a fantastic "Deli" section. They had the best Krachow Würst, fresh butter choices that I have ever come across. I believe this no longer exists. They had wooden floors, unsanded raw planks. It was so comforting to walk over the creeky planks. What an experience. Raw pleasure all the way 'round.
I did an Eat/walk tour in Edinburgh and Glasgow- the only thing I didn't like was blood pudding. Also had the best fish and chips in my entire life in a Glasgow pub. Oooh, and great salmon. And shortbread. And cheeses. And whiskey. And so much more.
I guess after watching this recommendation nd living on Mull I will just have to check out Oban Fish N Chips when I go over to the main land. The tunnocks tea cake spelling atrocious, the Irn "Bru" pronunciation A+
The Tunnocks tea cake spelling gets us too! And the pronunciation of Irn Bru doesn't even cover that mistake, dang it! I think when I (Heather) wrote it down, I was thinking about tunics.. like what Jay wore for the NHS... And I literally can't believe it made it in the video!! Such an embarrassing mistake! But definitely do get to Oban Fish N Chips! They're absolutely lovely!
I guess it’s the export of specifically Scottish black pudding? No?? Glad you have it cuz when come there we will certainly be having our fair share of it.
Thank you to all who have commented before and have corrected us on our mistakes in the video! If you are new here and are wanting to add some additional info please do, if you are trying to correct one of our mistakes you saw in the video, chances are it has already been addressed...matter of fact, probably multiple times before. So to get things straight! Not everything is exactly a "Scottish food", however, just like we said to someone below, "if you come to the states, you must try American pizza!" Obviously, we didn't invent Pizza, but our "twist" on the traditional Italian pizza is a must-try. So translating that over to lasagna in Scotland...Yes, someone really should try Scotland's take on lasagna, and therefore, in our opinion, it is Scottish Lasagna! To break down the many points others before you have made... 1.Scottish Breakfast--Every place in the UK and Ireland has a similar style breakfast platter. However, Scotland just does it best in our opinion! Especially at the Pitstop just outside Aberdeen. 2.Apparently black pudding isn't banned in the countries we listed. However, the import of Scottish black pudding in the states is. So if you make it in your country, it's obviously not banned... 3.Neeps are turnips and not parsnips...We were told the wrong thing at the beginning of our time in Scotland and it had always stuck with us. Never thought to question it... 4.Scone & clotted cream and mushy peas go along with the Scottish Lasagna example above! 5.Tunnocks Tea Cakes are not spelled tunics...my bad on the spelling error! Thank you so very much for spending some time with us and we are sorry we didn't fact check all this prior to pressing the submit button. We hope you understand and can give us some grace with it all! If anyone has any food or drink recommendations that we didn’t include, please write them in this comment thread so others can easily find them as well! Cheers
Quite funny seeing folk get excited over the food we have over here. Next time try some whisky poured over your haggis. Or whisky cream sauce. Iran Bru outsells Coca Cola in Scotland not many countries that happens. Stovies, scotch broth and Tablet are some more foods to try
I have lots of Scottish friends who won't eat haggis, I love it with poached eggs on potato scones.stayed in Stonehaven a number of times but didn't have the mars bar 😭
I had this in a restaurant, (Christmas menu starter), in Edinburgh a few years ago. The haggis was in a ring with the eggs in the middle. They called it "Eagle's Nest". Lovely.
neeps arn't parsnips, they are turnips, commonly in scotland turnip is orange inside not white, google scotish turnip, they are large like a melon but are a vegetable, about 12-14 cm in diameter.
I had 2 friends from Florida who came over to stay with me for a holiday. I introduced them to a lot of the stuff on here. When my friends son went back to Florida he sourced a place there that actually sold Irn Bru. When I gave them some Scottish sweeties (candy) they were on a sugar rush for a about 2 days lol.
Oh that’s amazing! I wonder where he found the Irn Bru? I must get my hands on some more. And it seems like your guys’ sweeties are much more sugary than ours over here. Not complaining. I loved getting my sugar fix from all the different shops!
Black pudding is not banned in Australia. We eat it here. There are a lot of families here who hail from Scotland and Ireland. I grew up eating it for Sunday breakfast. We can get Irn Bru here too. They sell it at my local supermarket. It’s very common including things like Tunnocks tea cakes and shortbread cookies.
Thanks for bringing this up. There’s been a few people who have said the same thing. At the time of posting this video we were told by a scot that most of those foods were banned in the countries we stated. There must have been a miscommunication in the fact that some things were not imported but you could still get the items from local butchers. And for the other items, they must just be for special import. Apparently we can get irn bru on Amazon in the US too. Haha. So some of the information, I suppose, is now antiquated. 🙃
That "Scottish" breakfast looks exactly same as English breakfast, but I guess that's not surprising. Fish and Chips are popular all over the UK, but I don't think the dish is specially "Scottish", but I guess you're just listing any food in general to try in Scotland..
Ooo, whisky and haggis with black pudding!! We’ve never had black pudding with our haggis! Always with eggs instead! Do you mix the black pudding and haggis together?!
Someone else must have already explained that "neeps" are not parsnips, but swedes (rutabaga)---the big yellow turnips. A Scotch pie only contains mutton or lamb. "Mushy peas" is a commercial version of a traditional Nothern English dish, made from dried peas.Clotted cream is not a traditional food in Scotland. Glad you found so much you liked!
I would love to try a true Scottish haggis but I have heard that there is not too much difference from the haggis that Stoysich's House of Sausage in Omaha sells. I'm surprised you didn't mention white pudding when you were talking about the black pudding.
@@shawnratashak1296 it’s in the freezers on the east side of the store I guess, with the other exotic meats and sausages? (BTW, the Linguisa sausage is delicious.)
Thanks for the great video. My wife and I are heading to Scotland for two weeks in September and will definitely sample some of your recommendations. Cheers.
Good effort well done Small thing, you still haven't eaten (Parsnips ) Neeps are Turnips .deep fried Mars bars are a joke on tourists .and mushy peas are only on the menu for English tourists the Scots don't eat them .
I'm Scottish and never had and never will try a deep fried Mars bar. However Irn Bru is absolutely for a hang over but it needs to be in a glass bottle only, plastic will not do,. Oh and I detest Haggis.
Thanks so much! I’ve added it to the new updated list. We will in all our power try it the next time we are in the country!! Thanks for the suggestion!
that was good, im from glasgow and curious does irn bru taste like cotten candy? you missed out square sausage on a cripsy mortons roll!!!!! how very are you!!!!
Thanks! And yes, I really do think it tastes like cotton candy!! Soo good! Never heard of that! We’ll definitely have to add that the next time we are in Scotland. Thanks for the recommendation!
We never called them Mortons rolls. We had a name that certainly was not PC and for good reason. How times change. But now I live in Liverpool and a mortons roll and proper square sausage (not the sorry attempt down here) is my first port of call when i'm in Glasgow.
Turnips and Swedes are different - turnip has a more bitter flavour and was originally cultivated as animal feed. As an Englishman I normally substitute Swede for Turnip and mix it with carrot much to my Scottish wife's disgust.
I would add gin to the drink list. Scotland has some amazing gins - The Botanist is one of my favorites! And add Cranachan to the desserts. And Scottish salmon is a must, especially the smoked salmon!
We actually debated a lot on whether or not to include gin and smoked salmon to our list. But we didn’t want it to get too long. So some things ultimately got left out. We really like the St. Andrews gins. But for sure, we should have an honorable mentions list. What do you think about that? Just adding it to the description. Also, I’ve never heard of cranachan. Definitely will need to look this up and try it when we go back!! Thanks for the suggestions!
They sure a good no matter where you get it, am I right? I think the best scone and clotted cream we ever had was in Dover waiting for the ferry and a close second was at a farm shop just outside of Windsor in Dorney! Where would you say the best place to get it is?
🤷♂️ This is where we got our Scottish breakfast. It was consistently the same. And it was always amazing! The Pitstop, A96, Pitcaple AB51 5HN, United Kingdom
I wouldn't call it "Scottish" lasagne, it's just lasagne served in Scotland, usually a typical item on pub menus. The white sauce is bechamel, not lasagne sauce. And we just call it shortbread, not shortbread cookies.
In the north east of Scotland there is a ice cream trail you can pickup a leaflet with a map for free at most tourist information shops. It’s well worth the journey and is a good family day out.
Love that you found Portsoy ice cream. Scotland has a deep Italian connection with ice cream/gelato so it's fabulous.The Ice Cream Shop in Cullen was a treat for me as a kid on holiday - you have to try it! Have to plug Orkney Beef, and Shetland Lamb (my dad grew up in Shetland and I grew up in Orkney)
Yeah, it was totally by accident we found it. But then over the course of 2.5 years, we went there countless times! So good! Also, we had tried the shop in Cullen. We had been told by a few different people it was better than the shop in Portsoy, but we couldn't agree. Portsoy is by far the best ice cream we have ever had (even better than any place we had tried in Italy), especially with their ever expanding list of new flavors! I wish we could know what Orkney beef tasted like, but we never got up there. We were planning a trip but the seas were too rough and the ferry schedule didn't match up with ours, so we opted for the NC500 anti-clockwise! And yes, the Shetland Lamb is fabulous! We spent 6 weeks up there and tried many things specific to Shetland! What a lovely hidden gem of Scotland!
@@ArboursAbroad Did you try Reestit Mutton? My mother used to make Potato Soup with it every Hogmanay and our house was very popular as people were out first footing!
I think so. I can’t quite remember though. We ate out in lerwick a few times and in scalloway and I believe a waiter said it was a traditional soup from there that we had. But the name doesn’t sound familiar.
Nice choices! I feel you could have added one surprising(?) Scottish dish which is *Tikka Masala,* invented in a Glaswegian Indian restaurant (Shish Mahal) about 50 or 60 years ago. Now one of the most popular dishes in the UK and more popular Indian style dishes in Europe.
The first Iron Brew drink was produced by the Maas & Waldstein chemicals company of New York in 1889 under the name IRONBREW. The drink was popular across North America and was widely copied. A similar beverage was launched in 1898 by London essence firm Stevenson & Howell who supplied soft drinks manufacturers in the UK and colonies. Colour: Orange Introduced: 1901 Manufacturer: A.G. Barr plc Variants: Irn-Bru, Irn-Bru Sugar Free, Irn-Bru Xtra, Irn-Bru Energy, Irn-Bru Crimbo Juice, Irn-Bru 1901
Thanks for your criticism. I’m curious how filming us feed ourselves would add any true value to the video.Btw, nearly the entire video was filmed in Scotland.
Just to make it really confusing on the neeps front, Neeps is what Scottish people more commonly call turnip, but what Scot's call turnip the English call a suede and what the Scottish call a suede the English call a turnip, so who knows what the American equivalent is.
Yeah. We’ve seen other commenters discuss this problem on our video. I think we also just were miss informed or mixed things up. But thanks for clarifying this!!
@@ArboursAbroad Also another thing regarding haggis it can come in all sorts of delicious forms, you can get it in fritters, or samosas, or spring rolls. You can also use it as a substitute for recipes that you'd normally use mince, so haggis bolognese or haggis lasagne are delicious and give traditional meals a more interesting spicy taste.
@@sarahbrown5373 What's not actually correct? I live in Scotland and when an Engish cookery show pulls out a turnip it's what we'd call a swede and when they pull out a swede it's what we'd call a turnip. They are two different vegetables but they get called the reverse of each other in Scotland than they do England. Most shops in Scotland will label the vegetables with the English labeling mostly because the shop in question is likely to be English owned, but the people of Scotland when they verbally say Turnip they mean swede, and the vegetable that is in Neeps is in fact swede.
Black pudding with hand dived (and seared) Shetland scallops . . . With pea shoots Gorgeous!! And yeh, neeps arent parsnips - they're turnips. Also, the number of Italians who moved to Scotland (particularly Galsgow) explains why we have our own take on lasagne. Also, our mussels are amazing!! 🤣😍😍 We export most of them to France - which im okay with because the French have amazing taste - but a scottish mussel dish? Come on!! Its got to be good. Also mushy peas? With butter and milk? No! The secret is marrowfat peas, double cream, onion and stock (chicken preferably, but veg stock if you want to keep them vegetarian) 😅😅
Its such a shame that Scotland gets a reputation for everything being deep-fried - im not saying our cuisine is all healthy but wow there's so much good stuff if you know where to look. And you guys clearly weren't too squeamish to find the good stuff :P Also - my fiancée swears by Portsoy ice cream (and Bicocchis, in Fraserburgh) as she's an Aberdeenshire quine . . . But as a highland / Glaswegian lad I swear by Capaldis (again, note the Italian influences in Scotland).
@@ArboursAbroad and yeh, the deep fried Mars bar . . . Hmmm . . . I sort of want to hate it because its become a bit of a joke against scottish culture . . . But also, and as you say about your first experience with it . . . When you've been clubbing and you're pretty drunk and just need something to satisfy the munchies - is there anything better? 😅😅
I have a allergic reaction to potatoes. It's a protein in the potatoe that causes moderate anaphylaxis. However I can and do eat sweet potatoes and yams as they are cousins to the potatoes. I have had pork tongue blood sausage, canned haggis, parsnips, lots of things that other people wouldn't eat, I eat. I'm normally a beer or bourbon and zero Pepsi drinker. I did buy a bottle of blended scotch but I didn't like it. At least I tried it.
