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jmcquown[_2_]

On 12/21/2012 2:06 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, lid
> says...
>>
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In article >, lid
>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> "S Viemeister" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 12/21/2012 9:20 AM, Janet wrote:
>>>>>> In article >,
>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 12/21/2012 6:14 AM, notbob wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2012-12-21, Ophelia > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We like them mashed with butter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yep. A good intro is to cook and mash them WITH potatoes. Proveds
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> nice creaminess.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tatties & neeps
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> <purist intervention>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When serving haggis the tatties and neeps should be mashed
>>>>>> separately.
>>>>>>
>>>>> True.
>>>>
>>>> Did anyone suggest the tatties and neeps here would be otherwise?
>>>
>>> Jill did,in the post which you re-quoted above.
>>
>> Jill, who had a Scottish Grandmother was just talking about 'tatties and
>> neeps' which she knows very well are the Scottish way of describing them.
>> She said nothing about 'mashing them' together, because she knows VERY
>> well, the Scots don't do that!
>>
>> Jill?
>
> Sigh. You asked "did anyone suggest mashing tatties and neeps
> otherwise "(than separately).
>
> You have repeatedly reposted and requoted (from notbob, speaking of
> neeps)" "A good intro is to cook and mash them WITH potatoes" and Jills
> response "tatties and neeps!"
>
> See above.
>
> Janet
>
Some things just don't translate well in type. I didn't mean to suggest
they be mashed *together*.

Jill