Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
neep . - noun
mashed swede (turnip inScotland ), especially when served withtatties (potatoes) andhaggis .
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Examples
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This is very good, though there is also something wonderful about just plain neeps, or clapshot, with a bit of butter melting on top, a few scallions chopped over all.
Toast: Lindy 2006
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This is very good, though there is also something wonderful about just plain neeps, or clapshot, with a bit of butter melting on top, a few scallions chopped over all.
Roots to Beg For: Clapshot Goes to Town Lindy 2006
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If I were, I'm afraid that Monte Pythonesque carryings on would be irresistable, and I'd be too hysterical to eat) neeps is great stuff.
Toast: Lindy 2006
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If I were, I'm afraid that Monte Pythonesque carryings on would be irresistable, and I'd be too hysterical to eat) neeps is great stuff.
Roots to Beg For: Clapshot Goes to Town Lindy 2006
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In the form of "neeps" (mashed with butter), rutabaga is a traditional companion of the often derided haggis.
Roots to Beg For: Clapshot Goes to Town Lindy 2006
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In the form of "neeps" (mashed with butter), rutabaga is a traditional companion of the often derided haggis.
Toast: Lindy 2006
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In Scotland it is mashed and served as 'neeps' with haggis.
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He writes that in Scotland, mashed 'neeps' are offered with strongly-flavoured sausages such as venison; while in Ireland, they are fried in bacon fat and served with a few rashers.
Archive 2006-09-01 2006
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He writes that in Scotland, mashed 'neeps' are offered with strongly-flavoured sausages such as venison; while in Ireland, they are fried in bacon fat and served with a few rashers.
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However, just to confuse matters, the Scots call swedes "neeps", and the Cornish also insist that they are filling their pasties with turnips, when in fact they are swedes.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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