Aberdeen, Scotland - Page 3

grazzers · 02-19-2005, 03:36 PM

It is now 9.30pm and it's still snowing, but i think i'll put any more snow photos in the snow thread. I'll try to get some photos of the centre of town, since this is the Aberdeen thread, maybe if school is cancelled on Monday (fingers crossed).

grazzers · 03-01-2005, 04:02 AM

Well, we had snow all week and its snowing again now, but school has been on the whole time. Just thought since this is the Aberdeen, Scotland thread i might add a taster of Scottish life. On Friday I went to a Fundraising Ceilidh (traditional Scottish dance) set up the people who went to Mexico last summer (including me) to raise money for the Orphanage we helped out at. Ceilidhs are basically traditional dances that everybody knows or was forced to learn at school, like me. There was lots of dancing and getting drunk and a raffle (which my mum won the top prize, woo!). There were also stovies. How do you describe stovies... theyre basically meat and potatoes put in a big pan and cooked, to wierd, mushy results. A fun evening was had by all.

This is the sort of thing that happens a lot in Scotland, because us Scots do love a party

. More stuff on Scottish life to come...

xoxoxoBruce · 03-01-2005, 09:52 AM

Thank You.

Mad_Hatter · 03-11-2005, 03:22 PM

Sounds like a nice place.

grazzers · 03-13-2005, 05:50 AM

Indeed it is. Here's a bit of an update, it's still been snowing recently, but thats about to change as its forecast to be 15*C by midweek, which is pretty good for Aberdeen in March. I still have to try and get some more photos of the centre of Aberdeen but I'm incredibly busy at the moment being in my final year of school with final exams less than 2 months away. Easter Hols soon , i'll post again then.

Trilby · 03-13-2005, 07:37 AM

I need more info on the stovies. What kind of meat and potatoes? And just fry them together in one skillet? Hamburger or what?? Details, man, details!

grazzers · 03-13-2005, 08:43 AM

i searched on google for recipes, the first link is www.stovies.com with some lovely pics of the mass of warmed wierdness that people here called stovies. The Ceilidh was the first time i've had stovies in a long time, and to be honest, i wasnt that impressed, but its good drinking food, went well with my pint. The stovies also come with oatcakes, which you can see on that site. Just basically oaty biscuit things, maybe we only really have them here, but quite nice.

Sotvies are common for Ceilidhs and Weddings, things like that, about as common as Haggis, which i prefer. I can give plenty more details of Scottish life, just ask here!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-13-2005, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grazzers

Sotvies are common for Ceilidhs and Weddings, things like that, about as common as Haggis, which i prefer. I can give plenty more details of Scottish life, just ask here!

Worse than Haggis!

Stovies must be really bad.

Trilby · 03-13-2005, 04:43 PM

Thanks for the link! Kinda reminds me of home-made roast beef hash...OK--question about Scottish life: Tell me about the Fry shops (true about deep-frying Mars bars?) and is Sean Connery really worshipped as a diety?

grazzers · 03-14-2005, 10:18 AM

Oh yes, the deep fried mars bars really are true, started at the Bervie Chipper in Inverbervie, not too far down the coast from here. Never tried one i have to say, but i could see if i could just to review it for you guys. You can get quite a lot of deep fried food here from "Fish & Chip Shops," even though they probably should just be called Fry Shops seeing as everything there is fried. Fish, chicken, sausage, haggis, black pudding, and i've even heard of deep fried pizza

. All these are probably the reason that Scottish kids are generally more unhealthy than the average american, if you can believe that

. All these usually come as a "supper", with lots of extra fatty chips, and a bottle of Irn Bru to wash it down. Irn Bru is the only thing to truly rival Coca Cola in Scotland, and i think is the most popular soft drink here. Its a wierd, fruity, incredibly sweet and unhealthy drink that is only popular here and in Russia i think, but is banned in America because of some additives or something. Something thats too unhealthy for America

. Anyway, feel free to ask more!

glatt · 03-14-2005, 10:23 AM

Greasy fish and chips eaten out of oil soaked newspaper. I had that in Britain once. Yuck.

grazzers · 03-14-2005, 02:25 PM

Fish and chips isnt that bad, if you go to a decent chip shop and take it home to eat on a plate instead of from a newspaper. Sadly, there are a lot of bad chips shops out there, and so a lot of people are put off. I get mine from a chip shop a couple of miles away. I always have Chicken Pie and chips, and its great, although has to be limited to once a month or so, or else i would probably put on weight pretty fast.

Trilby · 03-14-2005, 02:51 PM

What about drinking ale with everything? Do you do that? I will admit (sheepishly) to reading Rosamund Pilcher (too old for you, I am sure) but she's always going on and on about drinking Scotch and soda and beer, etc. etc. until I can't stand it anymore and have to have a drink. If you read her stuff you will believe that people are tossing back Scotch at breakfast! (Admittedly, an idea not entirely without merit) oh--and I can't think that your diet is worse than ours in terms of fat/fried food. Did you see the nine dollar Cheesesteak Image of the Day? Philadelphia rivals anyone with claims to fame where greasy, cheesy, fried and yummy food is concerned.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-15-2005, 07:51 AM

Contains: Carbonated Water, Sugar, Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Caffeine, Ferric Ammonium Citrate, FD & C Yellow No. 5, FD & C Red No. 40 and FD & C Yellow No. 6.

grazzers · 03-15-2005, 09:52 AM

As you can see from the Irn Bru ingredients list, there is absolutely no nutritional value to this drink at all, and sugar is the 2nd largest constituent after water

. Personally i hate the stuff, but many children, teenagers and even some adults here are absolutley addicted to it. Wierd people.

As for Scottish drinking habits, i dont really drink still being 17 and all, maybe a pint sometimes with a meal, thats about it. Most people here drink about the same as anyone else in the world, and i dont really know any Scotch drinkers. The real drinkers are young folk on a Friday or Saturday night. Then people drink like theres no tomorrow. Binge drinking is a big problem here, people go out to intentionally get completely drunk. There is no logic behind it, they just go out and drink ALOT. Beer, vodka, whatever is relatively cheap and gets you drunk fast. Union Street, Aberdeens main street, is mad at 11ish on a Saturday night, drunk blokes shouting or throwing up etc. Strange thing is there is no evidence left by the following morning. Maybe its like this in every city, i dunno.

Anyway, enough of spoiling the image of Scotland as a peaceful, mountainous country with happy, welcoming, red-headed folk that most of the world seems to have of us. Keep the questions coming!

03-01-2005, 04:02 AM	#32
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	Ceilidh Well, we had snow all week and its snowing again now, but school has been on the whole time. Just thought since this is the Aberdeen, Scotland thread i might add a taster of Scottish life. On Friday I went to a Fundraising Ceilidh (traditional Scottish dance) set up the people who went to Mexico last summer (including me) to raise money for the Orphanage we helped out at. Ceilidhs are basically traditional dances that everybody knows or was forced to learn at school, like me. There was lots of dancing and getting drunk and a raffle (which my mum won the top prize, woo!). There were also stovies. How do you describe stovies... theyre basically meat and potatoes put in a big pan and cooked, to wierd, mushy results. A fun evening was had by all. This is the sort of thing that happens a lot in Scotland, because us Scots do love a party . More stuff on Scottish life to come...

03-01-2005, 09:52 AM	#33
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thank You. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-13-2005, 05:50 AM	#35
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	Indeed it is. Here's a bit of an update, it's still been snowing recently, but thats about to change as its forecast to be 15*C by midweek, which is pretty good for Aberdeen in March. I still have to try and get some more photos of the centre of Aberdeen but I'm incredibly busy at the moment being in my final year of school with final exams less than 2 months away. Easter Hols soon , i'll post again then. __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

03-13-2005, 07:37 AM	#36
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I need more info on the stovies. What kind of meat and potatoes? And just fry them together in one skillet? Hamburger or what?? Details, man, details! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-13-2005, 08:43 AM	#37
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	i searched on google for recipes, the first link is www.stovies.com with some lovely pics of the mass of warmed wierdness that people here called stovies. The Ceilidh was the first time i've had stovies in a long time, and to be honest, i wasnt that impressed, but its good drinking food, went well with my pint. The stovies also come with oatcakes, which you can see on that site. Just basically oaty biscuit things, maybe we only really have them here, but quite nice. Sotvies are common for Ceilidhs and Weddings, things like that, about as common as Haggis, which i prefer. I can give plenty more details of Scottish life, just ask here! __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

02-19-2005, 03:36 PM	#31
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	It is now 9.30pm and it's still snowing, but i think i'll put any more snow photos in the snow thread. I'll try to get some photos of the centre of town, since this is the Aberdeen thread, maybe if school is cancelled on Monday (fingers crossed).

03-11-2005, 03:22 PM	#34
Mad_Hatter Complex Simpleton Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 18	Sounds like a nice place.

03-13-2005, 04:43 PM	#39
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Thanks for the link! Kinda reminds me of home-made roast beef hash...OK--question about Scottish life: Tell me about the Fry shops (true about deep-frying Mars bars?) and is Sean Connery really worshipped as a diety? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-14-2005, 10:18 AM	#40
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	Oh yes, the deep fried mars bars really are true, started at the Bervie Chipper in Inverbervie, not too far down the coast from here. Never tried one i have to say, but i could see if i could just to review it for you guys. You can get quite a lot of deep fried food here from "Fish & Chip Shops," even though they probably should just be called Fry Shops seeing as everything there is fried. Fish, chicken, sausage, haggis, black pudding, and i've even heard of deep fried pizza . All these are probably the reason that Scottish kids are generally more unhealthy than the average american, if you can believe that . All these usually come as a "supper", with lots of extra fatty chips, and a bottle of Irn Bru to wash it down. Irn Bru is the only thing to truly rival Coca Cola in Scotland, and i think is the most popular soft drink here. Its a wierd, fruity, incredibly sweet and unhealthy drink that is only popular here and in Russia i think, but is banned in America because of some additives or something. Something thats too unhealthy for America . Anyway, feel free to ask more! __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

03-14-2005, 10:23 AM	#41
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Greasy fish and chips eaten out of oil soaked newspaper. I had that in Britain once. Yuck.

03-14-2005, 02:25 PM	#42
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	Fish and chips isnt that bad, if you go to a decent chip shop and take it home to eat on a plate instead of from a newspaper. Sadly, there are a lot of bad chips shops out there, and so a lot of people are put off. I get mine from a chip shop a couple of miles away. I always have Chicken Pie and chips, and its great, although has to be limited to once a month or so, or else i would probably put on weight pretty fast. __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

03-14-2005, 02:51 PM	#43
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	What about drinking ale with everything? Do you do that? I will admit (sheepishly) to reading Rosamund Pilcher (too old for you, I am sure) but she's always going on and on about drinking Scotch and soda and beer, etc. etc. until I can't stand it anymore and have to have a drink. If you read her stuff you will believe that people are tossing back Scotch at breakfast! (Admittedly, an idea not entirely without merit) oh--and I can't think that your diet is worse than ours in terms of fat/fried food. Did you see the nine dollar Cheesesteak Image of the Day? Philadelphia rivals anyone with claims to fame where greasy, cheesy, fried and yummy food is concerned. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-15-2005, 07:51 AM	#44
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Contains: Carbonated Water, Sugar, Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Caffeine, Ferric Ammonium Citrate, FD & C Yellow No. 5, FD & C Red No. 40 and FD & C Yellow No. 6. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-15-2005, 09:52 AM	#45
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	As you can see from the Irn Bru ingredients list, there is absolutely no nutritional value to this drink at all, and sugar is the 2nd largest constituent after water . Personally i hate the stuff, but many children, teenagers and even some adults here are absolutley addicted to it. Wierd people. As for Scottish drinking habits, i dont really drink still being 17 and all, maybe a pint sometimes with a meal, thats about it. Most people here drink about the same as anyone else in the world, and i dont really know any Scotch drinkers. The real drinkers are young folk on a Friday or Saturday night. Then people drink like theres no tomorrow. Binge drinking is a big problem here, people go out to intentionally get completely drunk. There is no logic behind it, they just go out and drink ALOT. Beer, vodka, whatever is relatively cheap and gets you drunk fast. Union Street, Aberdeens main street, is mad at 11ish on a Saturday night, drunk blokes shouting or throwing up etc. Strange thing is there is no evidence left by the following morning. Maybe its like this in every city, i dunno. Anyway, enough of spoiling the image of Scotland as a peaceful, mountainous country with happy, welcoming, red-headed folk that most of the world seems to have of us. Keep the questions coming! __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

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