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By *bost OP   Couple
6 days ago

glasgow

Seeing as Summer is done, it’s time to start cooking good old fashioned food for dark, wet and cold nights.

So what’s your recipe then?

Ours is steak links, beef chunks, onions, potatoes carrot and turnip. Cooked low and slow until it all breaks up. Plenty of pepper in it to give it a bit of a nip. When its ready and eaten with crusty bread and butter or even oatcakes it fair clings to your ribs.

Winter ain’t so bad.

Also soup weather, but that for a different post.

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By *ccpaul285Man
6 days ago

falkirk

Links in stovies ???

There was me thinking it had to be square all the way!!! But I agree with the steak sausages, but simple guy for simple stovies! Potatoes, square sausage, onions pepper and an oxo cube for me!!!! And my mammy recently showed me how to make it all in, believe it or not, a microwave which cuts the cook time down no end!

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By *imMcSilverMan
6 days ago

Lothians, Borders and Fife

Lorne (decent stuff), tatties and onion. Plenty white pepper. That's it.

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By *eemanMan
6 days ago

Dundee

Stovies is corn beef potatos and onion

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By *abidosieMan
6 days ago

Falkirk


"Stovies is corn beef potatos and onion"

That sounds like corn beef hash to me. Fried egg on top please.

For stovies, I'm happy to use Lorne or link, just whatever I have. Steak seasoning is good but plenty of pepper does the trick too. Happy to add some haggis or black pudding as well.

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By *ing HornMan
6 days ago

kinghorn

Common knowledge worldwide that the recipe for stovies originated in Kirkcaldy Ice rink back in 1938 and they still serve the same recipe of totties, corned beef and onions to this day.

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By *r Do and Mrs DreamCouple
6 days ago

edinburgh

I grew up with my dad (from Perth) making stovies as the ice rink recipe as above.

But my mum (Fae glesguh) insisting stovies was basically stew but with sausages instead of chunks of beef.

So - I suspect the stew people are eastside and the corned beef people are westside.

As a boy, I asked my mum several times what the difference between her stovies and sausage stew was and never got a good answer.

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By *eek38Man
6 days ago

leven

stovies up north sunday left overs with onions and tatties then the gravy used to mix it all together

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By *ambo503Man
5 days ago

Tillicoultry

That sounds like a good recipe, if you don't mind, im having it 😁😜 thanks 🙏😘

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By *unsexual MemelordWoman
5 days ago

Midlothian

It's hard to go wrong with stovies, recipe-wise at least. Unfortunately real onions make me sick, so I need to use flavouring/powder. Got me hankering now, bring on all the hearty winter foods. 😄

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By *ochy 5-0Man
5 days ago

Aberdeenshire

Might be wrong, but I think Stovies originated from Aberdeenshire, Banff Buchan etc, never made with Lorne, links or corned beef, but a lot of Tatties, Onions and beef.

Slow cooked until the beef breaks up, onions added later, mixed and added to the tatties. Consistency generally very thick.

Made from left overs, so I guess it can be whatever you want it to be.

When I went to uni and met west coasters and folk from Edinburgh / borders for the first time, they’d never heard of stovies, think that’s changed now, you can buy Stovies from Aldi’s.

Many bars served them at 9 o’clock for free, sobered people up to drink more.

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By *lectrictouchMan
5 days ago

inverarary

This sounds awful what ever a stovie is

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By *enni WhiteTV/TS
5 days ago

Glasgow

Made stories yesterday ( to have today)

Slice sausage, potatoes, carrots, turnips

All cut into cubes, in pot, cover with water. Salt. Boil. Simmer. Delicious

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By *aygee246TV/TS
5 days ago

S Lanarkshire

Tatties, beef mince, onion, carrot and turnip. Salt and pepper.

Never had it with sausage but will try it.

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By *ameChange100Man
5 days ago

Edinburgh

Stovies was traditionally made with any left over roast meat, but I grew up with corned beef as the meat. Whatever recipe you use it should have 3 tons of beetroot alongside

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By *ochy 5-0Man
4 days ago

Aberdeenshire


"Stovies was traditionally made with any left over roast meat, but I grew up with corned beef as the meat. Whatever recipe you use it should have 3 tons of beetroot alongside "

Aye, always with sliced beetroot and bannoch

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By *rhairybearMan
4 days ago

Hamilton

The stories i was brought up on was mince tatties and onions then mix your bistro in not thick still runny enough to dip a slice of bread into

Oh and im in the west

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By *bost OP   Couple
4 days ago

glasgow

Genuinely think that if you ask 100 people what their stovies recipe was that you’d get 100 different answers. Proper food for when it is minging out there.

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By *itkat_and_cutCouple
4 days ago

Edinburgh

Never made stovies with Lorne before - didn't even know it was a thing? What's the best lorne to use?

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By *ewFIFEGuyMan
4 days ago

marakesh

Lorna in stovies god no … corn beef in stovies fuck no …. That’s corn beef hash ffs

Tatties, fat sausages but boil them in along with onions and a must is pumpy pees, don’t forget your pepper

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By *uesbhoy69Man
4 days ago

Airdrie

I add some Worchester sauce when i make stovies ..mince carrots onion and turnip

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By *ameChange100Man
4 days ago

Edinburgh


"Never made stovies with Lorne before - didn't even know it was a thing? What's the best lorne to use?"

Neither have I but my local butcher does the best lorne so I’m gonna start there!

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By *ts.meMan
3 days ago

whitburn

i really enjoy stovies but mines never turn out

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