crowdie

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Instead I'd suggest starting slowly with oatcakes and crowdie cheese to line your stomach against excessive celebration or commiseration later on.

From The Guardian

Crowdie, a cream cheese thought to have been introduced by the Vikings, is harder to get outside Scotland; you can substitute Quark at a pinch, but whichever you use it's even nicer whizzed up into a quick pate with some smoked fish, a squeeze of lemon and some black pepper.

From The Guardian

Scotch Crowdie.—Boil one pound of oatmeal one hour in four quarts of any kind of pot-liquor, stirring often enough to prevent burning; season with one tablespoonful of salt, a level saltspoonful of pepper, one ounce of butter, and serve with plenty of bread.

From Project Gutenberg

The pot-au-feu of France and Switzerland, the olla podrida of Spain, the borsch of Poland, the tschi of Russia, the macaroni of Italy, the crowdie of Scotland, all are practical examples of this fact.

From Project Gutenberg

But saw ye ne’er some pingein’ bairn As weak as a pitaty-par’n’— Less �sed wi’ guidin’ horse-shoe aim Than steerin’ crowdie— Packed aff his lane, by moss an’ cairn, To ca’ the howdie.

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