Does anyone know what Cullen Skink is?

Question

If so where does it come from?

Answer 1

This is pretty gnarly stuff if you're not used to the Scots' sense of humor about their food. But if you want to try it, here's a recipe.

Taken verbatim from the website below:

Traditional Scottish Recipes

Cullen Skink

The name of this rich, tasty soup comes from the fishing village of Cullen, in Morayshire. "Skink" is a soup made originally from a shin of beef. But in this case, the main ingredient is smoked haddock.

Ingredients:

A large smoked haddock (weighing around 2 lb)
1 medium onion, finely chopped.
1½ pints (900ml) milk
2 tablespoons butter
8 oz mashed potato
Salt and pepper
1 bay leaf
Chopped parsley
Water
Triangles of toast (as an accompaniment)

Method
Cover the smoked haddock with water, in a shallow pan, skin side down. Bring to the boil and simmer for 4/5 minutes, turning once.

Take the haddock from the pan and remove the skin and bones. Break up the fish into flakes, return to the stock and add the chopped onion, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Simmer for another 15 minutes.

Strain, remove the bay leaf but retain the stock and fish. Add the milk to the fish stock and bring back to the boil. Add enough mashed potato to create the consistency you prefer (don't be afraid to make it rich and thick!). Add the fish and reheat. Check for seasoning.

Just before serving, add the butter in small pieces so that it runs through the soup. Serve with chopped parsley on top, accompanied by triangles of toast.

Answer 2

Fish soup. Scotland (Cullen is the name of a Scottish village).

Answer 3

Fish soup / stew with smoked white fish - lovely stuff. Origins in Scotland and/or North East of England. Good idea for lunch that !

Answer 4

It's a Scottish fish dish approximately half way between a soup and a stew,it's lovely very hearty and warming mmmmmmmm!!

Answer 5

Yes it is fish soup, Scottish and best avoided.

Answer 6

Is it some kind of lizard?

Answer 7

soup???