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Peggy
 
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Kate Dicey wrote:

> Opinicus wrote:
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>>"Peggy" > wrote in message
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>>>What's cullen skink?

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>>http://www.rampantscotland.com/recip...ipe_cullen.htm

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> The potato doesn't have to be mashed: in some areas, you drop them in in
> lumps and let bits disintegrate in the soup, so it thickens it and you
> get the lumps too. My granny used to just squeeze them a bit as she
> dropped them in, so the lumps were all different sizes and shapes!
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> In some areas, diced or grated neeps are also added. It's like most
> other peasant recipes: a basic idea with slight regional variations.
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> A hotel I worked in on the Fife coast did a very local variation I
> havent seen elswhere, made with fresh partons. After completion, it was
> pureed.
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Kate -
I managed to figure out "neeps," but what are partons?
Peg