Scottish Soul Food

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Mince Pie


A Scottish basic, known in Dundee (or Din-day) as a pey.

Ach, awa ye daft Jambo! ;c)

Dundee is only "Din-day" to people from someplace else, presumably Embro. To Dundonians of any heritage, it will always be "Dunnn-deeeeee".

And it will always be a "peh" to rhyme with...erm, something that rhymes with "peh". Think of it as the first bit of "permanent" but drawn out a bit more and the vowel flattened as much as possible..."pehhhhh".

It is this glorious word that prompts the only sentence of which I'm aware to feature no spoken consonants.

In response to "Whar's meh peh?", the unrepentant Dundonian epicure can answer "Eh ehh' ih' aa'!'' (trans: "I ate it all!")

You forgot to mention the "bridie" which, from the much lamented "Wallace's Land O' Cakes" came in plain ("meat" only) or onion ("meat" and onion) versions in an excellent savoury shortcrust pastry.

You could purchase both by asking for "Twa bridies; a plehn ane an' an ingin' ane anaa'" (Two bridies; a plain one and an onion one also")

Sadly, since the demise of Wallace's, pehs just urnae the same and bridies tend to be the flaky "elephant's lug" variety produced by Flemings of Forfar.

rb