cock-a-leekie

this used to be my email password. once, i had to speak with an it person for help logging in, and she thought i was being pornographic. i assure you, i was not.

1 cock or boiling fowl
2 qt. beef stock made from shin or marrow bones
2 bunches leeks (approximately 2 lb.), washed and chopped
salt and pepper
prunes (optional)

Place fowl in saucepan, cover with stock, and add chopped leeks, salt and pepper. Bring to the boil and simmer, covered, for 4 hours. Skim fat from surface. Half an hour before soup is ready, add a handful of prunes and continue simmering. When soup is ready, remove the cock or fowl and cut in pieces. Put meat in a tureen and pour the soup over. Serves 6-8.

Aberdeen Sausage

A fitting start, and if you know me, you know why.

This recipe comes from Aberdeen, the Granite City.

1 lb. sausage-meat
1 lb. minced steak
4 oz. minced bacon
8 oz. fresh white breadcrumbs
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper
1 egg, beaten
breadcrumbs for coating

Mix together all ingredients, except the last two. Bine with beaten egg. Make into a roll. Boil in a floured cloth for 1 1/2 hours. Roll in breadcrumbs, toasted in the oven. Serve cold with salad. Serves 6.

Burns

Some hae meat that canna eat,
and some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.