Definitions

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  • noun A traditional Scottish dish of stewed potatoes and onions with cold meat.

Etymologies

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From a blend of stoved ("stewed") + tatties ("potatoes").

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Examples

  • Certainly Asda struggled to beat it yesterday when I went to explore the new supermarket in Leith with an express aim of picking up some Lamb Mince for some stovies.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Jeff 2009

  • So my veggie stovies in the pressure cooker is a process of frying the sausages and burgers then cutting into pieces, chopping potatoes into cubes and chopping some onion.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jes 2008

  • So my veggie stovies in the pressure cooker is a process of frying the sausages and burgers then cutting into pieces, chopping potatoes into cubes and chopping some onion.

    Nae-pressure cooking Jes 2008

  • Earlier, they'd been serving soup and stovies, and the aroma lingered.

    Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

  • There were all the traditional favourites like black pudding with scrambled eggs, mutton stovies, and haggis.

    Deadline for Murder McDermid, Val 1997

  • But there were also vegetarian dishes, and new variations on old themes, like spiced chicken stovies — a mixture of potatoes, onions, and chicken pieces.

    Deadline for Murder McDermid, Val 1997

  • You will struggle to get a plate of mince and tatties, stovies or even the relatively healthy cock-a-leekie soup south of Hadrian's Wall.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

  • * Healthy T: Fresh steamed mussels, venison burgers, trays of sushi, heaps of tasty stovies with helpings of veg in a small section of the site, which is set-up like a tribute to

    Virtual Festivals 2010

  • The Scotsman Recipes: Roast beef stovies, Italian-style potato salad - 12 hrs ago

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • The Scotsman Recipes: Roast beef stovies, Italian-style potato salad - 12 hrs ago

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

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  • Scottish dish created from left over meat and potatoes - the only definitive recipe is the one that your mother created.

    May 5, 2009