Hi- Several cooknooks I have list Clapshot- neeps & tatties- as an Orkney dish. I've looked in the OED for an etymology of "clapshot" but not there and I can't find any reference to it in other cookbooks. Any ideas 1/ why it's considered Orcadian (as opposed to say Northern Scotland-it's listed in some cookbooks as a "Scottish" dish- but the Orkney recipes -I checked 3- all call for a pinch of nutmeg or mace) 2/ where does the word come from ? Thanks Thompson in Prince Edward Island, Canada, full of clapshot

Try this site: http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/cooking/archive27.htm LJardine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dutch Thompson" <dutchink@isn.net> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: [<orcadia>] Clapshot > Hi- > Several cooknooks I have list Clapshot- neeps & tatties- as an Orkney > dish. > I've looked in the OED for an etymology of "clapshot" but not there and I > can't find any reference to it in other cookbooks. > Any ideas 1/ why it's considered Orcadian (as opposed to say Northern > Scotland-it's listed in some cookbooks as a "Scottish" dish- but the > Orkney recipes -I checked 3- all call for a pinch of nutmeg or mace) > 2/ where does the word come from ? > > Thanks > Thompson in Prince Edward Island, Canada, full of clapshot > > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >