The British Food History Podcast · Neil Buttery

From the Vaults: Hogmanay & Hamely Kitchen with Paula McIntyre

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It had to be a tall dark-haired man, and they had to go outside and come in with a piece of coal so your house would be warm in the new year.
Dr. Neil Buttrey interviews Ulster Scots chef Paula McIntyre about Hogmanay food traditions and her BBC show Hamely Kitchen. They discuss first-footing superstitions, cock-a-leeky soup, Islay whisky, duck glazed with maltose and whisky, soda farls, and the cultural connections between Scotland and Northern Ireland through the plantation of Ulster.

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Hogmaney food traditions, cock-a-leekie soup, and a relaxed chat about what belongs in the pot.

This episode stays close to Hogmaney food traditions and follows Paula McIntyre, an Ulster Scots chef from the north coast of Northern Ireland, as she talks through cock-a-leekie soup.

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Press play for a proper Hogmanay chat with Paula McIntyre, food traditions, and a pot of cock-a-leekie.

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