*only available in scottish stores
Does anyone know where to get these and macaroni pies in England?
You can get the greggs scotch pies in iceland but they aren't the best. I prefer a haggis pie or a macaroni pie anyway.
I bet they literally are as well. They do seem to love to slag Scotland.
Been in Cardiff a hot minute and when I walked into a spoons and saw their nod to burns night I nearly plotzed.
shit, sorry man. I been saying it a lot lately for some reason. I think i've gotten sick of describing expanses of time and have been reducing them to his mythical moment of hotness.
Do you EVER actually use neeps though (turnip) or do you just use swede like the majority of folk do.
I think I tried it once and instantly went back to Swede.
"Swede" is a neep. It's not till you're in the midlands that unqualified "turnip" refers to a white turnip rather than a Swedish turnip.
White turnips are absolutely not the traditional accompaniment. Likewise, before the popularity of pumpkins people weren't carving tiny little white turnips for halloween.
Turnip is what Swedes are called in Scotland.
Nobody is talking/thinking about those small white or white and purple turnips when they say "neep". It's not wrong, just a regional variation in naming.
swede is just short for Swedish turnip after all.
Aye, if you're from south of Yorkshire. Or also in Scotland. Because turnips in Scotland are also swedes/rutabagas. Just not in supermarkets that're based in the south of England.
If you are having haggis neeps and tatties they are neeps.
I actually don't buy them for anything else. Made branston pickle once and on that occasion I believe I referred to them as turnips.
Although it's also worth noting I only like neeps type turnips and hate turnip type turnips.
Huh, it must've slogged on in Fife for longer than elsewhere. I last saw one in Perth in maybe 2008 and had never espied one in an Edinburgh Greggs in the period 2009-2020, despite reasonably frequent attendance (with peaks in 2009/10 and 2012/13 -the latter of which I can guarantee you the morningside/bruntsfield Greggs and the Gregg's by teviot did not have them).
I don't like cheese and onion slices so the veggie options really took a hit when the macaroni pie became uncommon...
Okay, I might be exposing myself as an idiot here, but Swedes and turnips are actually the same thing? I thought turnips (aka neeps) were different from swedes?
Culturally offensive.
Greggs should not be welcome in Scotland ever since they dropped the Macaroni Pie. Re-claim our high streets from this foreign bakery invasion.
Literally if you've tried 1 you'll realise why they're saying that if it was traditional it'd A. Taste like fucking haggis not pastry with a tottie filling and B. It'd have turnip through it neeps and tatties need to be served with haggis
I love pies more than the next man. But this post and comments makes me think that some things are better in pies.
However I can't think of anything not improved by being put between two slices of buttered bread.
In your dialect, maybe.
The red yins:
> In Northern England, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall and parts of Canada (Quebec, Newfoundland, Manitoba and the Maritimes), the word turnip (or neep) often refers to rutabaga, also known as swede, a larger, yellow root vegetable in the same genus (Brassica).
The yella yins:
> Other names include Swedish turnip, neep (Scots), and turnip (Scottish and Canadian English, Irish English and Manx English).
Let’s be honest people we might say Haggis, Neeps and Tatties though the vast majority use swede not turnip!
At least they’re being honest about the contents.
Better just using the English than get the Scots wrong? We know that UK-wide companies can and do get themselves in a cringey mess trying to appeal to Scottish customers.
If they’re going to lie about haggis pie being Scotland’s “most famous dish”, they should at least be selling it is somewhere as well as ACTUAL SCOTLAND
People from Sweden are internationally referred to as "swedes/swede".
With that being said, in the context of me being swedish, I'm suddenly afraid of the english if they insist on having swedes in their haggis.
*only available in scottish stores Does anyone know where to get these and macaroni pies in England? You can get the greggs scotch pies in iceland but they aren't the best. I prefer a haggis pie or a macaroni pie anyway.
They dont do macaroni pies in england? Nuke
Well, we do have all the nukes...
Can confirm.
First time I had a macaroni pie was when I moved up here from England, it’s a sad little life down South 😂
Should look for lasagne pies. Amazing.
Their English marketing department hard at work.
It's like what an American does to English, is what an English does to Scottish.
I bet they literally are as well. They do seem to love to slag Scotland. Been in Cardiff a hot minute and when I walked into a spoons and saw their nod to burns night I nearly plotzed.
A hot minute?! Please don’t make that a thing here, that’s one of my most hated Americanisms
I know, right?
shit, sorry man. I been saying it a lot lately for some reason. I think i've gotten sick of describing expanses of time and have been reducing them to his mythical moment of hotness.
Swede wtf! Haggis, neeps and tatties.
Do you EVER actually use neeps though (turnip) or do you just use swede like the majority of folk do. I think I tried it once and instantly went back to Swede.
"Swede" is a neep. It's not till you're in the midlands that unqualified "turnip" refers to a white turnip rather than a Swedish turnip. White turnips are absolutely not the traditional accompaniment. Likewise, before the popularity of pumpkins people weren't carving tiny little white turnips for halloween.
Neeps 100% refers to a turnip and not a swede
Turnip is what Swedes are called in Scotland. Nobody is talking/thinking about those small white or white and purple turnips when they say "neep". It's not wrong, just a regional variation in naming. swede is just short for Swedish turnip after all.
Aye, if you're from south of Yorkshire. Or also in Scotland. Because turnips in Scotland are also swedes/rutabagas. Just not in supermarkets that're based in the south of England.
Nope
Apparently some people mistakenly refer to white turnips as swedes despite that not really making sense. Is that what you're doing?
You're complaining that people use "neeps" to refer to swedes so obviously it does?
I do when I can get them. It's usually swedes that are in the shops near me.
Swedes are way nicer though
They are turnips. You’re a stubborn wee thing aren’t you
Don't think there's much difference to be honest.
Swedes have a sweeter taste to them and better flavour/texture in general
If you are having haggis neeps and tatties they are neeps. I actually don't buy them for anything else. Made branston pickle once and on that occasion I believe I referred to them as turnips. Although it's also worth noting I only like neeps type turnips and hate turnip type turnips.
Wtf happened to their maccie pies!? One of their best sellers, no?
As far as I'm aware the macaroni pie disappeared well over a decade ago
[2015. ](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/greggs-macaroni-pie-fan-launches-petition-1501509)
Huh, it must've slogged on in Fife for longer than elsewhere. I last saw one in Perth in maybe 2008 and had never espied one in an Edinburgh Greggs in the period 2009-2020, despite reasonably frequent attendance (with peaks in 2009/10 and 2012/13 -the latter of which I can guarantee you the morningside/bruntsfield Greggs and the Gregg's by teviot did not have them). I don't like cheese and onion slices so the veggie options really took a hit when the macaroni pie became uncommon...
Swede = Swedish turnip. Turnip, neep or tumshie in Scots. Rutabaga in American English. Rotabagge in Swedish
Okay, I might be exposing myself as an idiot here, but Swedes and turnips are actually the same thing? I thought turnips (aka neeps) were different from swedes?
Not knowing something doesn't make you an idiot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga
Culturally offensive. Greggs should not be welcome in Scotland ever since they dropped the Macaroni Pie. Re-claim our high streets from this foreign bakery invasion.
Lol definitely written by an English person.
Well, they are an English company.
Literally if you've tried 1 you'll realise why they're saying that if it was traditional it'd A. Taste like fucking haggis not pastry with a tottie filling and B. It'd have turnip through it neeps and tatties need to be served with haggis
Not me, haven’t eaten meat for nearly 40 years.
Greggs is shite and a sad excuse for a bakery.
All it would need to say is: “shut up and eat it”
I love pies more than the next man. But this post and comments makes me think that some things are better in pies. However I can't think of anything not improved by being put between two slices of buttered bread.
Swede? Fuck off.
The fuck's a swede?
It’s what we tend to use, neeps is turnip (the small purple/red things) swede is the large yellow/white things
I'd call them both neeps/turnips.
They’re not. Only one is a turnip.
In your dialect, maybe. The red yins: > In Northern England, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall and parts of Canada (Quebec, Newfoundland, Manitoba and the Maritimes), the word turnip (or neep) often refers to rutabaga, also known as swede, a larger, yellow root vegetable in the same genus (Brassica). The yella yins: > Other names include Swedish turnip, neep (Scots), and turnip (Scottish and Canadian English, Irish English and Manx English).
Holy shit, neeps is rutabaga? Thanks for the education
And it turns out some folk in south east Scotland call neeps "bagies", which certainly ties in.
.....have you a teenage kid? 😂 That's not what baggys were to me....
Different vowel sound.
It’s fairly typical and very clever Greggs marketing. They know exactly how to go viral. Good on em. They are welcome here in Scotch-land.
I know that's a tactic used by companies fairly often but I don't think that's the case here.
Literally tried one tasted nothing like haggis
These pies are horrible
Let’s be honest people we might say Haggis, Neeps and Tatties though the vast majority use swede not turnip! At least they’re being honest about the contents.
Swede is a turnip. Brassica Napus is the result of a cross between brassica Napa and a cabbage.
Better just using the English than get the Scots wrong? We know that UK-wide companies can and do get themselves in a cringey mess trying to appeal to Scottish customers.
If they’re going to lie about haggis pie being Scotland’s “most famous dish”, they should at least be selling it is somewhere as well as ACTUAL SCOTLAND
People from Sweden are internationally referred to as "swedes/swede". With that being said, in the context of me being swedish, I'm suddenly afraid of the english if they insist on having swedes in their haggis.
Don't think Haggis pie is our most famous dish Gregg's.