Scottish Cuisine

noun a kitchen tool used for stirring or serving food, typically a long, slender wooden stick with a flat end

• The chef used a spurtle to stir the porridge in the traditional Scottish way.
• I couldn't find a spoon so I used a spurtle to mix the ingredients.
• Hey, can you pass me that spurtle over there? I need to mix this batter.
• The spurtle of knowledge stirred within her, awakening new ideas and insights.

noun a type of Scottish soup made with smoked haddock, potatoes, and onions

• Cullen skink is a traditional Scottish soup made with smoked haddock, potatoes, and onions.
• I tried making cullen skink for the first time last night, and it turned out pretty tasty!
• I could really go for a bowl of cullen skink right now, it's so comforting on a cold day.
• The cullen skink of memories warmed her heart as she thought back on her childhood in Scotland.

noun a Scottish dialect word for turnip

• The farmer harvested a large neep from his field.
• I bought some neeps to make a soup for dinner.
• Let's grab some neeps and have a barbecue tonight.
• His words were as bitter as a neep.