tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post4844728182904368901..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Simple cock-a-leekie for Burns Night (start it today for tomorrow).Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-21908890891979663642008-01-25T13:48:00.000+01:002008-01-25T13:48:00.000+01:00I could eat this...I could eat this...Fire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-10221697560372596462008-01-25T06:44:00.000+01:002008-01-25T06:44:00.000+01:00Och, you'll be hunting the wild haggis around the ...Och, you'll be hunting the wild haggis around the moutain and down the glen then...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-2953106768928945212008-01-25T00:15:00.000+01:002008-01-25T00:15:00.000+01:00You'll get no scoffing from me - prunes add someth...You'll get no scoffing from me - prunes add something else, something rich. We are heading off looking for haggis shortly...Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-47610091710706700862008-01-24T22:23:00.000+01:002008-01-24T22:23:00.000+01:00Hmm, I knew the there would be those who would tak...Hmm, I knew the there would be those who would take issue the stock cubes. As I said, it is the simple version. Other recipes call for beef shin etc to give more substance to the broth, and we do have some fine rich beef stock in the freezer, made by Tom with marrow bones and such like, which might have served, but it is such a precious commodity I didn't want to dilute it and use it up in broth. Simply omitting the cubes it would to my (possibly jaded) palette, have been uninteresting.<BR/><BR/>The prunes are quite traditional, though hard-liners have, in the past, been agin'em. You only need one or two per person, but the touch of sweetness, and the colour, just gives a really good lift to the whole.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-39776744656101787382008-01-24T19:14:00.000+01:002008-01-24T19:14:00.000+01:00i know i'm gonna love it!!and yes, i'll add the pr...i know i'm gonna love it!!<BR/>and yes, i'll add the prunes.<BR/>But, i'm curious as to why those are added...i guess for the sweetness?<BR/>And the cubes are for intensifying the broth?vicki johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564450760405974595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-7041492767399709902008-01-24T18:57:00.000+01:002008-01-24T18:57:00.000+01:00mmmmmmmmmmmmRosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211663940952195703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-12288835128903286582008-01-24T18:21:00.000+01:002008-01-24T18:21:00.000+01:00One of my favourites. I can smell it cooking. Are ...One of my favourites. I can smell it cooking. Are the stock cubes neccessary?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.com