What are neeps? Well they are actually turnip. And seeing as tomorrow is Robert Burn's Day in Scotland and we'll all be loooking forward to eating haggis, I thought I would tell you how to make perfect mashed neeps which goes with haggis and mashed tatties. First have a read about the Bard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns.
How do you make mashed turnip? Well first you peel your yellow turnip, cut it into cubes and boil in salted water for about 15-20 minutes, drain the water and then you mash them with butter in the pot, with a potato masher.
Grind some black pepper over your mashed turnip and they are ready to eat. Delicious.
I am now going to leave you a link for another of Scotland's unofficial anthems which was written by Robert Burns,
Scot's wha hae which you can listen to while you are preparing your Burn's Night Dinner...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXh4b_jikqU
And even better A man's a man for a' that with Paolo Nuttini
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOBcFt5tevY
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