http://www.planetveganscotland.net/ blogs and tweets from vegans across scotland ... Veggie Guide to Glasgow Cruelty Free Guide to Edinburgh <p>If you’re looking for a Scottish dish to make for Burns night other than <a href="http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/411428_Macsweens_Vegetarian_Haggis_454g.html">haggis</a>*, these are very good – nothing like the English item of the same name and containing the somewhat surprising ingredient of potato (undetectable, is lovely fondant) – the recipe is still up on Cat’s <a href="http://catsveganpyjamas.blogspot.com/2005/12/macaroon-bars.html">old blog</a> with pics of them properly covered in coconut, of which we are out of this time…</p> <p><a href="http://blog.veganfamily.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DSCF45381.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1646" title="chocolate macaroons" src="http://blog.veganfamily.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DSCF45381.jpg" height="421" alt="chocolate macaroons" width="562" /></a></p> <p>other Scottish recipes on site include <a href="http://www.veganfamily.co.uk/cranachan.htm">cranachan</a> (traditional pud at Burns suppers), <a href="http://www.veganfamily.co.uk/balmoral.htm">Balmoral pie</a>, <a href="http://www.veganfamily.co.uk/skirlie.htm">skirlie</a>, <a href="http://www.veganfamily.co.uk/bradie.htm">bradies</a> and <a href="http://www.veganfamily.co.uk/mince.htm">mince with dumplings</a> and here’s a previous <a href="http://blog.veganfamily.co.uk/2008/01/25/burns-night/">Burns night posting from 2008</a> complete with haggis, poetry and music.</p> <p>*note: do not serve the macaroons with neeps and tatties <img class="wp-smiley" src="http://blog.veganfamily.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" /> </p>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:36:41 GMThttp://www.planetveganscotland.net/post/43055350/Scottish-macaroonsurn:www-soup-io:1:43055350regularblogsfoodvegan productscakefestivesweet <p>Have finally got the blog how I want it – a terrible tale of databases, installations of wordpress and corrupted (by me) css files ensued but I’ve now uploaded the archives (see drop down on sidebar) and cleaned up dead links too <img class="wp-smiley" src="http://blog.veganfamily.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> </p> <p>Reading a book lent by my mum. She found it while scouring her shelves during the snow time (unable to get to a library) and thought it might actually be mine… can’t imagine why <img class="wp-smiley" src="http://blog.veganfamily.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> </p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="deschooling society" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2764/4296907451_99d612e98f_m.jpg" height="180" alt="deschooling society" width="240" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0714508799/lucysveganhous0d">Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society</a> is full of wonderful radical thoughts on education, reminds me a lot of <a href="http://www.holtgws.com/">Holt</a> and <a href="http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/">Gatto</a>. The previous owner has hardly left a page untouched, with highlighting and notes everywhere, which somehow makes reading it more interesting, an extra dimension, what someone else finds of import. I think he went a bit too far in sometimes underlining whole pages of text, but there we are <img class="wp-smiley" src="http://blog.veganfamily.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> </p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="text of Illich" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4296905979_9591903c09.jpg" height="375" alt="text of Illich" width="500" /></p> <p>Enjoying Scotch Broth, not the most photogenic of soups but it tastes good:</p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="Scotch Broth" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2801/4297653442_74f354f413.jpg" height="375" alt="Scotch Broth" width="500" /></p>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:46:34 GMThttp://www.planetveganscotland.net/post/42947794/blog-Illich-and-brothurn:www-soup-io:1:42947794regularblogsbooksfoodhome educational bitslinksreviewsbig badeducationreadingsoup