X Marks the Scot - An on-line community of kilt wearers.

   X Marks Partners - (Go to the Partners Dedicated Forums )
USA Kilts website Celtic Croft website Celtic Corner website Houston Kiltmakers

User Tag List

Page 4 of 4 FirstFirst ... 234
Results 31 to 36 of 36
  1. #31
    Join Date
    10th March 11
    Location
    Washington State, USA
    Posts
    206
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    Shepher's Pie

    I made us a nice Shepherd's Pie for dinner. I used a big chunk of leftover roast lamb. Steve pulled it like barbecue, and I layered it between shredded potatoes and onions, then put a bechamel sauce over it and baked it.

    I'm spending the day trying to make sense of how to make myself a skirt of Buchanan tartan. Why did my ancestors have to be so difficult as to make an unbalanced (asymmetrical) tartan?
    Ruadh gu brath!

  2. The Following 2 Users say 'Aye' to room2ndfloor For This Useful Post:


  3. #32
    Join Date
    6th July 07
    Location
    The Highlands,Scotland.
    Posts
    15,775
    Mentioned
    18 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Mrs Jock and I have just returned home after a very good days shooting. It was pure happenstance that the day fell on St Andrews Day, where we were shooting,they shoot on Mondays throughout the season. Anyway we were in the company of some fifty Scots , made up of Guns(shooters), loaders, game keepers, beaters, drivers, dog handlers, catering staff and two charming Americans who were shooting too.

    Neither Mrs Jock, nor I, heard a mention of St Andrew throughout the day until we were climbing into our car to return home after a superb late lunch. When the Americans asked if I was "Jock Scot, the kilt expert".

    "Oh no not again! This is getting silly!" Thought I. "Yes", I replied somewhat embarrassed.

    "Where are all the kilts and what about Saint Andrew's Day? Do Scotland not celebrate it? We almost wore our kilts out shooting today to mark the day, we are glad we didn't now!" They asked in somewhat of a confused state.

    All I could sensibly say, "Maybe elsewhere in Scotland, I don't know, but certainly not round here!"

    I suspect that many non Scots are surprised that The Day is just a normal day for many Scots in their homeland, with no special food ---certainly not haggis----no fuss, no nothing.
    Last edited by Jock Scot; 30th November 15 at 05:31 PM.
    " Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.

  4. The Following 3 Users say 'Aye' to Jock Scot For This Useful Post:


  5. #33
    Join Date
    10th December 06
    Location
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Posts
    14,351
    Mentioned
    9 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Didn't do anything to mark the day, however as I work at a church now I wore the kilt to work yesterday.

  6. #34
    Join Date
    25th October 15
    Location
    Bayfield, Colorado
    Posts
    344
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    Mrs Jock and I have just returned home after a very good days shooting. It was pure happenstance that the day fell on St Andrews Day, where we were shooting,they shoot on Mondays throughout the season. Anyway we were in the company of some fifty Scots , made up of Guns(shooters), loaders, game keepers, beaters, drivers, dog handlers, catering staff and two charming Americans who were shooting too.
    Wow. That's a lot of er, effort put into hunting. Over here you just toss the shotgun, shells and dog(s) if you have one in the pickup and go stomp around in the bushes, trees or sagebrush depending on what you're hunting.
    Slàinte mhath!

    Freep is not a slave to fashion.
    Aut pax, aut bellum.

  7. #35
    Join Date
    6th July 07
    Location
    The Highlands,Scotland.
    Posts
    15,775
    Mentioned
    18 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by freep View Post
    Wow. That's a lot of er, effort put into hunting. Over here you just toss the shotgun, shells and dog(s) if you have one in the pickup and go stomp around in the bushes, trees or sagebrush depending on what you're hunting.
    We would call what you are describing as "rough shooting" and that is very popular here too. What we were partaking in yesterday was "driven shooting". Hunting over here is usually, but not always, done on the back of a horse with a pack of hounds .I can feel the mods angst rising, so perhaps we should now change the subject?
    " Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.

  8. #36
    Join Date
    25th October 15
    Location
    Bayfield, Colorado
    Posts
    344
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Ok, but I've no idea why any angst should rise. . .
    Slàinte mhath!

    Freep is not a slave to fashion.
    Aut pax, aut bellum.

Page 4 of 4 FirstFirst ... 234

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

» Log in

User Name:

Password:

Not a member yet?
Register Now!
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.0