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Subject: [Leica] Gout?-- Haggis - kidneys
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:15:30 +0100
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Nothing, I suppose :-)

Apparently, a lot of people just do not like kidneys - no one ever asked 
me though.

My father used to tell of a S+K pie he ate in the States, there was no 
kidney in it. He asked why, and was told " We don't put it in because 
people don't like it.". Then why S+K?, asked my father, the answer, 
"Well it's a traditional recipe, isn't it."

I love them, grilled, fried and devilled. They used to be a part of a 
true "full-english", along with Kedgeree, Finnan Haddock and kippers 
(and no sign of baked beans or hash browns). In Spain, or at least in 
Spanish restaurants here in Germany, I always have kidneys braised in 
Sherry as a starter.

Cheers
Douglas

BTW: The ale or Guinness is supposed to tenderise the meat, I reckon 
braising the meat for a long time in a medium oven does the job just as 
well, even with the cheapest cuts - I'd rather drink the ale while I'm 
waiting for it to get tender. :-)




Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Douglas,
> What is the point in replacing kidneys with ale or Guiness? Except
> that when you imbibe the latter, it is filtered through the former,
> what else is there in common?
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> 
> wrote:
>   
>> One of my favourites too - though I only know of one pub in Yorkshire that
>> still makes it with a baked suet pastry crust like my granny used to make.
>> Th typical mountains of flaky pastry served on top of pies these days are
>> ridiculous.
>>
>> Sadly, the true S+K (aka Snake & Pygmy) has almost disappeared, and has 
>> now
>> been almost completely replaced by steak and ale or steak and Guiness 
>> pies.
>>
>> There's a really excellent S+A pie with a very good shortcrust pastry at 
>> the
>> Hart Inn in Sandsend on the north Yorkshire coast.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/138940-2/20080907-_MG_8906.jpg
>>
>> The Rose Inn on the bridge at Pickering does a good one with ruff-puff
>> pastry
>>
>> here are two that got away
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/179151-1/_MG_0254.jpg
>>
>> and there's a very good traditional, home-baked S+A at the Station Hotel 
>> in
>> Grosmont (with homemade shortcrust pastry and fresh veggies - not frozen).
>> The S+G pies at the Three Fiddles in Guisborough are well worth trying 
>> too.
>>
>> Jerry,
>>
>> 80/- is a quite strong McEwans Scottish ale (4.5% abv) , sadly now only
>> available as a keg ale and in bottles, the cask (barrel) ale was
>> discontinued in January 2007.
>>
>> The 80/- refers to the duty based on strength that was levied on each
>> barrel.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>> Frank Dernie wrote:
>>     
>>> Steak and kidney pie wow, my favourite food!
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>> On 27 Oct, 2009, at 02:45, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> DOUGLAS
>>>> For the uninformed among you, haggis is a sausage-like melange of
>>>> ingredients (don't ask), cooked
>>>> inside a dead sheep's stomach.  Quite good really!
>>>>
>>>> The only thing I could not take when I lived and worked in the UK was
>>>> "snake and kiddley" pie  It
>>>> always smelled like the old Paris street pissoirs.
>>>>
>>>> Umm, Douglas, what is 80/--?  I recall no ale with that name.
>>>>
>>>> Jerry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Douglas Sharp wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Turnip in Scotch??
>>>>>
>>>>> It's nice with haggis, though.
>>>>>
>>>>> We had a really nice haggis, neep and tattie pie on our recent vacation
>>>>> in the north of England.
>>>>> Washed down with a pint of 80/- - wonderful!
>>>>>
>>>>> The only thing that should ever be put in Scotch is water - and that
>>>>> only from drinking outside in the rain. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>
>>>>> H. Ball Arche wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Haven't you ever heard of an Orkney Libre?
>>>>>> Scotch and Coke with a twist of neep.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>>>> From: Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net>
>>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Sun, October 25, 2009 7:15:33 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Gout?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good Lord.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
>>>>>>> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jeffery 
>>>>>>> Smith
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:37 PM
>>>>>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Gout?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It would definitely merit a test. Do they make a single cherry 
>>>>>>> Scotch?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>             
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In reply to: Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] Gout?)
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