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The Endless Adventure I enjoyed your video, but since you request that viewers make recommendations..... I recommend that you try to research the subjects a little more, and like give a bit more information. But as far as your style of delivery, you're enjoyable and I really like how you don't insult the owners/employees of the food places by saying how gross or whatever, like when you waited until you got outside the shop to mention the fishy taste of the oil. Too many people nowadays are absolutely rude and that's just not fun to watch, I feel really uncomfortable with videos like that. Good job, I hope to see you go to more countries and try more foods! 😍 p.s. I realize that you're in a foreign country, but the internet and Google are still accessible, that's all I meant by researching the subject! Love you guys!
Awesome to see tourists trying haggis with an open mind. We don't claim to have the best or healthiest food in the world 😂 but we love it just the same. Good video!
I heard that the World Health Organization (WHO?) said that Scottish food is the worst food on the planet. That means that places like Ethiopia, where they have no food AT ALL, is better than eating Scotland's food. At least according to Danny Bhoy, the Scottish Comedian.
I'm deano from skelmersdale Lancashire uk . I went back to Edinburgh 1st November 2019 stayed in hotel locally till monday 4th and we got their When it was raining and left 3 days later while still peeing down . Nothing changes there was few hours where it stopped
Edinburgh's true traditional dish is a King Rib Supper. Mechanically recovered pork, flavored with msg and Chinese BBQ spice, dipped in batter, fried, served with chips and chip 'sass' and eaten at 3.00am after ten pints of beer in a bus stop in the freezing rain, then you traditionally vomit in the said bus stop before passing out!
Being from Scotland,(Falkirk,which is 20 mins from Edinburgh) I was very impressed by your willingness to embrace some Scottish food although deep fried mars bars in general are kind of a joke food that somehow has become known outside Scotland as something that Scottish people eat regularly but in reality its almost just tourists who eat it! Your pronunciation of "haggis,neeps & tatties" was excellent and the way you both have real mouthfuls of the food you try,not just teeny weeny bits like most other food trying videos do,is very impressive! Also you seemed to really try to understand and enjoy the atmosphere in the different places you went to! I really enjoyed your video,keep up the good work!
I done the Falkirk wheel and the kelpies for my 50 then up to Loch lomond I loved haggis but not to keen on the scotch pie but definitely perfeerrd the people than the food verry welcoming loved it so much I've been back to Edinburgh twice only 1 hour flight from Bristol I highly recommend it
Never seen a Scotch pie eaten with a fork, unless you have baked beans on it. Mars bars are quite the tourist thing now so they're really expensive for what is just sticking a chocolate bar in a fryer. They do put whisky in the sauce. Was nice to see you try the local foods, glad you enjoyed them.
We actually only ate the first two bites with a fork. We quickly realized your hands are much more efficient :D Yep definitely touristy, glad we tried it at least one though!
Next time try a Macaroni & Cheese pie, they're fantastic. Real Scottish food by the way. Scotch pies should be eaten on the fitba' terraces with one hand and a cup of Bovril in the other hand, come on you Gers.
Break crust of Scotch Pie, slather in butter, add heaps of fresh garden peas, add Sarson’s vinegar... Bliss. Then repeat... Also, dip Mars Bar in batter before deep frying...
Hey wood1155, Do you mean people from Naples, Italy when you say foreigners. in L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele, Via Cesare Sersale, 1, 80139 Napoli, Italy, the supposed originator of Pizza where it is served and eaten with a knife and fork. BTW if you are in Naples you must go there, the pizza margherita is to die for.
This was great, I'm Scottish and I loved your descriptions 'it's like meatloaf' I would NEVER have a deep fried mars bars, so well done! I can definitely recommend square (lorne) sausage next time.
You're never going to please everyone and if you try you would just lose your personalities. Personally I love your videos and think you are both totally genuine and unpretentious with a great outlook on life - you're great together just as a couple as well.
I noticed that too. It also had very little batter on it but at least it was cooked properly. Some of the ones in these sorts of videos look too dry, the middle should be melted to get the full flavour and eaten while still hot.
You're right, it's smack bang in the middle of the tourist hub, where you pay for £200 kilts and £8 for 100g Scottish Tablet (basically crumbly fudge) Much of Edinburgh is comparable in price to London maybe only a little less.
Kilts are expensive. £200 is not expensive for a kilt. There are only a handful of mills that weave proper tartan fabric which is where most of the cost comes from.
If you come back come to Aberdeen. Foods to try are Rowies (only found in Aberdeen) for breakfast. Have them toasted with butter, jam or honey on. For lunch have Stovies with oatcakes and for supper go to a fish n chip shop - you'll be spoiled for choice (Mock Chops, Red Puddings and White Puddings are my favourites)
Samuel, blessed by the very hand of the Creator, you are. Some day I hope to trod the lands of the Picts, my forefathers, I'm told. Gaurd it well, til I get there. ;)
l have been to the birth place of the deep fried Mars bar..it originated in a little coastal town just south of Aberdeen..the town is called Stonehaven..there is a fish n chip shop there and the proprietor claimed he would deep fry anything, so one day some lads went in with a Mars Bar and asked him if he would deep fry it..he did and thus this dessert was born/created..
OH Also about the haggis, it's delicious and a lot of people don't even bother trying it. Most common haggis (especially store bought) is actually made with pig lungs (only 1% heart but like 33% lung) and oats and loads of spices and let me tell you, load that onto a roll and flood it with brown sauce and finish with a bottle of irn bru and you've got your breakfast sorted haha xD If you ever come back to scotland make sure to look up Tattie Scones
nah haggis is better deep fried in batter .... traditional haggis is made with lamb plucks but both cow/ox and pig plucks can be used ... i used to be a butcher long ago and we used beef/Ox pluck instead of lamb pluck
We've been to the UK 3 times and all over Scotland, tho' not far north yet (the Orkneys is on our list) Edinburgh is still our favorite city. I love haggis, here in the USA you can't make it with pluck, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) does not recognize lung as a food, so it's actually illegal. People here react like I'm saying I'm eating dog sh*t or something. Or they say, "Ooo, isn't that, like, cooked in a sheep's stomach?!" I want to ask, "Do you like sausages? Yeah? Do you know what sausage casing is? No? Then don't ask!" Bunch o' pillocks.
One thing I have heard about haggis is that it is actually far more predictable than a lot of sausages, which can be filled with a lot of questionable meats, while haggis has it's ingredients strictly dictated.
This came up randomly in my feed and I’m so impressed with how far you’ve come! Eric you are so much more expressive in all your videos now it’s really interesting! Must be strange to have your life documented over such a long time like this
You do know that even though we're the unhealthiest people in Europe, no bugger ever eats a deep fried Mars bar? Great choice with the haggis - it's my favourite meal. And, yes, there is whisky in the sauce.... Sorry it rained all day - next time, come in May - we have ten days of constant sunshine when all our kids are taking their exams in school LOL
mate....I eat deep fried mars bars a lot, that and deep fried twix, fuckin gorgeous. there's a chippy here in Glasgow that will deep fry anything you want as long as you eat it. pure magic.
Ethan Nichols I know that, but that's the thing - they didn't refer to the American notion of pie as American, they used it as an absolute. It's a small thing, but it's still somewhat symptomatic and a bit cringeworthy.
If you ever come back to Edinburgh you have to have a Fish Supper served with Sauce and Salt (Sa'ce and Sa't in the local dialect), that would be my last meal if I ever had to choose it.
Your video productions are excellent, love the sound tracks, and i love the way you describe what you eat, in a quirky funny way Keep up the awesome work guys.
Love the way she says tatties. Also, funny that you ate the pie with a fork,. You can also get deep fried creme eggs, which is probably as calorific as the mars bar. Glad you enjoyed the haggis, it really is delicious. You could have also tried Stornoway black pudding with tattie scone.
rossuk123 Fellow Englander here too...I visit Edinburgh quite regularly! I love haggis and I'd go so far as to say I'd take a full Scottish breakfast over a full English any day!
I'm Canadian and love haggis, too - had some this past weekend, in fact. The place we went to served "Haggis Tourtiere" - a blend of Scotland and Quebec in one dish!
"Haggis originated in England not Scotland." - even if that's true, who cares? Canterbury Cathedral originated in France, but it's still famous for being English.
Fun fact: most Scottish people hate Haggis! A lot of new comers and travellers who come to Scotland love Haggis! Thank you for showing of our beautiful city during the rainy season. During the summer, it's a delight!
Woah, I watched this video before I came to Scotland. Without realizing it(until now) I went to all the places you guys were at in this video, and got the same food! It was so good! I miss you, Edinburgh.
Yeah... that was a joke, every city in Scotland claims to have a place that originated it - Aberdeen was just the first to publicise on it (as by the running misconception that the people from there aren't that clever)
There's a pub in Ottawa, Canada, called the Highlander, where one can get haggis served similarly [without a casing]. They don't bother with a whisky sauce- they just give you a little container of cheap whisky to pour over. Lovely.
you should also try the deep fried haggis and deep fried black pudding..oh so yum..had them when l visited Scotland back in May this year and was visiting friends in Falkirk..
Haha! Our family grew up eating "Tatties and Neeps" (except we call it "mashed potatoes and turnips") We ALWAYS eat it at Thanksgiving. Now I know the origin of it! Thanks you two- you are a delight to watch. Can't believe you really didn't know what mutton was, though- our Dineh (Navajo) people (and other cultures) eat it as well! Happy travels!
I'll bet I enjoyed my Cranachan at the same pub. Really good. Also sticky toffee pudding at a restaurant on the waterfront near the Britannia was amazing.
Mutton pies...the two tricks are the hot water pastry and the seasoning....mace and fresh ground pepper is involved...done well not fatty or tough...and next time...stovies...special fish supper...Scottish/Italian ice cream...empire biscuits...snowballs...Scots broth...
2:19 We do NOT eat deep fried Mars bars, it's a thing someone "invented" and now, apparently, it's synonymous with Scotland but no-one here actually eats it, it's only tourists that eat it so it's NOT a Scottish dish. The more common sweet thing people get in a Fish and Chip shop is fritters, you can get banana fritters which they usually serve with a toffee sauce. Some other shops do other fruits like pineapple but banana is more common. Also more people eat sausage rolls than Scotch pies.
I highly recommend The Carron in Stonehaven, just outside Aberdeen. Fantastic fish and chips, the deep-fried haggis is fantastic, and the deep fried Mars bar is just amazing.
denise fletcher, not necessarily. Haggis can be very much an acquired taste. My sister is a case in point. She hated it, I liked it. Now we both love it, but, save it for a treat once (Burns’ Night) and maybe a couple of other times throughout the year.
I'm about as English as you can get (well just a bit of Irish in there way back!) and I really love haggis, neeps and tatties...superb together, but you really need a scotch chaser to see it down properly! Thanks for the posting...you two look like real fun...
OH MAN! Not even I've tried a deep fried mars bar!!!! After watching this I need to get my finger out and try one ahaha xDLoved this video!! You guys are totally bonnie
I know this is an old comment but I figured you’d maybe still get it-I’m so surprised you hadn’t heard of deep fried mars bars!!! When I was young (about the mid 90’s) and living in a remote part of Scotland close to Aberdeen we would have one on a Saturday afternoon after getting back from our part time job-they are soooooo nice, but now I’m 35 there’s no chance I could burn off the calories like I did back then hahaha I hope you tried it!
it has only two limbs, two legs one shorter than the other, it then climbs up a mountain and when it reaches the top it cannot go anywhere other than around the peak after it starves to death it will fall down the mountain and then people like me come take it gut it then sell it
The reason Scotch pies have the indentation in the top, is to fill it with baked beans, so when you cut into it, the sauce trickles through the pie & adds a perfect beany tang to it! Yum!
Well, I have to say, these are my two favourite Americans. They don't compare eveything to 'back home'. They're going all over - not just the big cities. They genuinely seem to be enjoying themselves and they're immersing themselves in all the culture.
Haggis, neeps and tatties looks so simple but when the combination is well done its really good to eat, reminds me of my visit to Finland and eating Poronkaristys - sautéed reindeer tongue with mashed potato and gravy.
What a trwat to watch your travels and food eating. I have been to London, and loved their foods. Not been to Scotland, but plan on it one day. Kudos to your bravery!
These guys are a great advert for americans abroad. As an Englishman I fret when people laugh at British food. It can be exceptionally good. Well done you two!
16 days in scotland and I couldnt get my wife to taste haggis because someone told her something different was in it. I couldnt convince her it was a joke. I loved it. Had it with breakfast several times and dinner a couple times.
I grew up in Toronto, Canada in the 70s and 80s with a Scottish mother. There were still many Scottish grocers and butcher shops there, so pies were common in our house. Some commercial makers still make decent ones we can get in Canada. One thing they had in common was forty tons of black pepper per pie. I saw a food travel show last year that visited some sort of local pie chain in [Aberdeen?] and their piemaking process confirmed that- meat and great sacks of pepper. Clearly, not every piemaker goes that way.
Granny used to make Scotch pies. We didn't have haggis very often but she always fried it, she said it was usually unpopular because people don't like the steamed texture.
@@Theendlessadventure Our American visitors had three tasty unhealthy artery clogging meals in one day. That is awesome, but they are young. Haggis or a nice Scotch pie will set you up for the day, you can go for hours without wanting to eat anything else. In the UK a lot of us have a laugh at President Trump's diet: Big Macs, Filet o Fish, KFC, all washed down with chocolate milk shake. How is he even still alive when that is all he eats? I eagerly await a news bulletin which reports Trump in hospital, in intensive care, and incapable of dashing out a constant stream of illiterate and ill-informed prejudices on Twitter.
@@rhondabitler2461 You haven't lived until you have a deep fried pizza.... I remember the late 60s- early 70s when pizzas first came out and no one had pizza ovens and so if the chippy had them he'd drop it in the deep fryer. Sounds a wee bit gross but you often got a few chips stuck to the melted cheese! It's often said it rains in Scotland but you won't care after having a deep fried pizza as the rain just runs off you as the pizza has made you 100% waterproof! Wash it down with Scotland's other nation drink... Barr's Irn-Bru... the drink of Champions!
yup there is Lamb, 2 tooth, then mutton. Mutton is a bit tougher, a lot tougher if it is older that's why it is minced or cooked slowly for a long time.
Hari Om - only on the sub-continent, Shabhaz. Mutton is adult sheep everywhere else. www.google.co.uk/search?q=what+is+mutton&oq=what+is+mutton&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1839j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Hi! Veterinary student here. The lungs etc. are called the "pluck," because, when removed from the body cavity, they look similar to a bird (trachea = neck, lungs = wing, larynx = head). Loved the video! Keep 'em coming :)
I just found you now and after watching this I immediately subscribed to follow you two. I love your approach to everything and the fact that you're open to everything new. Most Americans tend to make these vids all about them but you just call it as you see it. Happy travels, maybe see you on the road somewhere. Safe travels.
When i worked in a butchers many years ago we never sold mutton over the counter but we sold a awful lot to very good restaurants that must tell you something
I live in England and my dad used to live in Scotland then Cornwall lol so I’ve actually tried all the food on your videos- including deep fried mars bars n haggis, and my Nan made the best Yorkshire puddings ever! Glad u enjoyed!
This video portrays a very misleading intepretation of Scottish cuisine. The Scots actually survive on a diet of nettle soup, broth, boiled turnips, porridge, shortbread and water fleas.
Porridge should have been their first try, I did apreciate them trying the haggis being American of Scottish decent I want to try it but sort of want my first try to be proper-not sure if it is made right here.
Haggis is a kind of sausage. or very old steamed meat pudding. Recipes of course vary, but generally its minced "pluck," onion, and oats with spices, a splash of whiskey, sometimes egg to bind it, all stuffed into a casing (traditionally a sheep's stomach) and cooked like a pudding. (steamed for a few hours). It can be utterly delicious! (PS....leftovers? ... try it sliced, battered and deep fried..slathered with sauce....heaven!)