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Post by Nonfatman on Nov 15, 2009 13:41:56 GMT -5
It's a small Tull world indeed. Can you remember where you stayed? Hi, CJ.....I don't remember the name of it but it was like an old castle or maybe more like a manor that has a castle-like turret. I do have photos of it, which I will eventually post here when I get around to buying a scanner. In front there was a lot of green ivy growing up the walls, and there was a nice, big grassy lawn in the back. Do you know the place? Could it have been the Broadford Hotel? The only thing I recall about the inside was the dining room, which had old wallpaper, with a floral or maybe paisley pattern. Kind of creepy because the room had a lot of candleabra (candleabrums?) and spooky portraits and stuffed animal heads hanging from the wall, and was kind of darkly lit. But I remember that the hosts were very gracious to our group. Got to get those photos up here! Jeff |
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Post by Cup of Wondering on Nov 28, 2009 19:32:09 GMT -5
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Post by Nonfatman on Nov 29, 2009 23:11:37 GMT -5
Thanks for that link, Jan! Great guided tour of Ian's birthplace and childhood haunts from Lukas Was, who many of us here remember from the official Tull board several years ago. Somebody contacted him, I believe, and asked him to join us, but I don't think he has signed up yet. We will have to redouble our efforts. At least we know where to reach him now, since his email address appears at the end of his article! I was always curious about what Ian's childhood was like, where he lived, what his parents did, when he first started singing and playing music, etc. I wish we know more about when he first started learning about music, whether he took lessons, etc. I don't think he ever really talks about his youth all that much. Jeff |
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Post by Lordiffyboatrace on Dec 3, 2009 21:07:53 GMT -5
Im Scottish and I have been to Skye. Twice as it happens. I live near glasgow so its a fair drive away. I have never been on a Tull finding mission there tho to find Dun RIngill. I went up for a job interview (which i never got)!
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Post by Tullite on Dec 9, 2009 12:03:28 GMT -5
i went to skye with my wife it was just as they were building that monstosity of a bridge across to skye !! which in my personal opinion has spoilt the whole area , been back since it got finished and on principal we still got the ferry across , dident see the salmon farm but saw most of the other stuff we stayed in portree in the middle of skye you can get the ferry either from the port of mallaig or from kyle of lochalsh it was around £5.00 at the time and was told it was same price to cross on the bridge its a few years back so cost maybe more now but will go back one day its a great area to explore and the people are so friendly.
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Post by Cousin Jack on Dec 14, 2009 11:32:54 GMT -5
Im Scottish and I have been to Skye. Twice as it happens. I live near glasgow so its a fair drive away. I have never been on a Tull finding mission there tho to find Dun RIngill. I went up for a job interview (which i never got)! small world lordiffyboatrace maybe I got your job  seriously I have a few friends up there who have friends who worked with Ian on the estate and speak very highly of his attitude to them. |
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Post by Nonfatman on Jan 11, 2010 13:58:27 GMT -5
It's a small Tull world indeed. Can you remember where you stayed? I was going through my Tull collection, which includes momentos from our trip, and I found out the name of the place where we stayed in Skye. It's called The Viewfield House and it is in Portree, which apparently is Skye's biggest town. See links below: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portreewww.skye.uk.com/viewfield/I will be posting photos from our trip in the near future. Jeff |
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Post by Cousin Jack on Jan 20, 2010 14:33:59 GMT -5
It's a small Tull world indeed. Can you remember where you stayed? I was going through my Tull collection, which includes momentos from our trip, and I found out the name of the place where we stayed in Skye. It's called The Viewfield House and it is in Portree, which apparently is Skye's biggest town. See links below: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portreewww.skye.uk.com/viewfield/I will be posting photos from our trip in the near future. Jeff can't wait ! maybe we met up in a previous life ;D |
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Post by Warchild on May 2, 2010 11:49:24 GMT -5
Visited Skye around 92 I believe. Went all round the island, stayed in Portree, and saw the Loch Slapin and spoke to the manager, Andrew, who was, at first not interested in doing an interview for LITP or even speaking at all, but when we did not press the issue, he came after us and invited us in for a nice chat. Saw the Kilmarie house, walked by the water, looked for standing stones etc. I believe we were back in New York within a day or two and Tull was playing the Lonestar Roadhouse. I spoke briefly with Ian and I said something like, "I just came from your house. You weren't home." Ian noted that he did'nt think it was such a wise choice of vacation spot because the weather is usually awful.
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Post by Nonfatman on May 2, 2010 14:56:25 GMT -5
Visited Skye around 92 I believe. Went all round the island, stayed in Portree, and saw the Loch Slapin and spoke to the manager, Andrew, who was, at first not interested in doing an interview for LITP or even speaking at all, but when we did not press the issue, he came after us and invited us in for a nice chat. Saw the Kilmarie house, walked by the water, looked for standing stones etc. I believe we were back in New York within a day or two and Tull was playing the Lonestar Roadhouse. I spoke briefly with Ian and I said something like, "I just came from your house. You weren't home." Ian noted that he did'nt think it was such a wise choice of vacation spot because the weather is usually awful. Hey, Dennis, good to see you here! The thing that amazed me about our trip is the fact that the Kilmarie house is accessible by a public road, a very narrow one, but there is nothing to stop one from walking right past it, if you can find it, which isn't easy. We had a similar visit when we went on the UK trip with Jerry Adessa a year after you went. We stayed in the Viewfield House in Portree and visited Straithaird and took the road to Ian's house. Then we walked over a footbridge and went across some stones and down to Dun Ringill. I intend to post pictures from that trip here very soon. BTW, was the trip you went on with Jerry too? I seem to recall he organized an earlier one than the one we went on. Jeff |
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Post by TM on May 2, 2010 15:07:27 GMT -5
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Post by Max Quad on May 2, 2010 16:49:35 GMT -5
Holy s, I can't believe I missed this topic. Yes, I too have been to Skye, in 1991. Honestly, I had no clue of Ian owning anything on Skye!! I did visit the salmon factory in Inverness and took a boat ride on Loch Ness. I bought an awesome t-shirt at the factory and proceeded to wear it out. Back to Skye, I stayed at a youth hostel in the heart of the Black Cuillins. I'm guessing, I was a hop, skip and a jump to Ian's estate, but I had no idea he owned IT. I'll have to check out a map to pinpoint where I was. Would love to go back. I was in Scotland for two weeks and waited until my last day to eat some haggis. Loved it!!
Side note: I loved the Orkney Islands.
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Post by Max Quad on May 2, 2010 17:01:05 GMT -5
I stayed at the Glenbrittle youth hostel on Skye.
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Post by TM on May 2, 2010 18:53:25 GMT -5
Holy s, I can't believe I missed this topic. Yes, I too have been to Skye, in 1991. Honestly, I had no clue of Ian owning anything on Skye!! I did visit the salmon factory in Inverness and took a boat ride on Loch Ness. I bought an awesome t-shirt at the factory and proceeded to wear it out. Back to Skye, I stayed at a youth hostel in the heart of the Black Cuillins. I'm guessing, I was a hop, skip and a jump to Ian's estate, but I had no idea he owned IT. I'll have to check out a map to pinpoint where I was. Would love to go back. I was in Scotland for two weeks and waited until my last day to eat some haggis. Loved it!! Side note: I loved the Orkney Islands. Ummm...no thank you!  www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/haggis-recipe/index.html |
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Post by Nonfatman on May 2, 2010 21:00:47 GMT -5
Holy s, I can't believe I missed this topic. Yes, I too have been to Skye, in 1991. Honestly, I had no clue of Ian owning anything on Skye!! I did visit the salmon factory in Inverness and took a boat ride on Loch Ness. I bought an awesome t-shirt at the factory and proceeded to wear it out. Back to Skye, I stayed at a youth hostel in the heart of the Black Cuillins. I'm guessing, I was a hop, skip and a jump to Ian's estate, but I had no idea he owned IT. I'll have to check out a map to pinpoint where I was. Would love to go back. I was in Scotland for two weeks and waited until my last day to eat some haggis. Loved it!! Side note: I loved the Orkney Islands. Ummm...no thank you! www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/haggis-recipe/index.htmlWhy must the salt be kosher?  You mean to tell me that non-kosher salt would ruin an otherwise delicious dish?  Jeff |
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Post by rebecca on May 3, 2010 2:06:46 GMT -5
Jeff, these days kosher salt is considered THE cooking salt. They say it doesn't have that bitter edge you get with table salt. Upon the good advice of people such as Mr. Brown, I use kosher in my cooking and sea salt at the table. Personally, I can't tell much difference with the kosher, but the sea salt is very nice.
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Post by Nonfatman on May 3, 2010 12:19:08 GMT -5
Jeff, these days kosher salt is considered THE cooking salt. They say it doesn't have that bitter edge you get with table salt. Upon the good advice of people such as Mr. Brown, I use kosher in my cooking and sea salt at the table. Personally, I can't tell much difference with the kosher, but the sea salt is very nice. It would take a lot more than good salt to make haggis an appealing dish. That shit is nasty! Jeff |
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Post by Max Quad on May 3, 2010 18:43:36 GMT -5
I am ravenous for some haggis.....
Traditionally, a Haggis is made from the lung, liver, and heart of the sheep. These are mixed with oatmeal and a few spices and stuffed into the sheep's stomach. After being boiled, the Haggis is brought to the table with a great deal of ceremony. A piper ushers in the Haggis and all raise a glass of Scotch whiskey and "brrreath a prrayerr for the soul of Rrrobbie Burrrns!" It is then served with "neeps and nips," mashed turnips and nips of whiskey. I think you have to drink a lot of Scotch before you can truly enjoy this dish, but a party of Scots without a Haggis is simply not heard of.
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Post by TM on May 3, 2010 19:37:27 GMT -5
Why must the salt be kosher? You mean to tell me that non-kosher salt would ruin an otherwise delicious dish? Jeff Alton Brown is a big kosher salt fan. |
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Post by TM on May 3, 2010 19:39:20 GMT -5
I am ravenous for some haggis..... Traditionally, a Haggis is made from the lung, liver, and heart of the sheep. These are mixed with oatmeal and a few spices and stuffed into the sheep's stomach. After being boiled, the Haggis is brought to the table with a great deal of ceremony. A piper ushers in the Haggis and all raise a glass of Scotch whiskey and "brrreath a prrayerr for the soul of Rrrobbie Burrrns!" It is then served with "neeps and nips," mashed turnips and nips of whiskey. I think you have to drink a lot of Scotch before you can truly enjoy this dish, but a party of Scots without a Haggis is simply not heard of. The key (of course) must be a shit-load of scotch I'm sure! |
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Post by rebecca on May 3, 2010 21:01:30 GMT -5
Jeff, these days kosher salt is considered THE cooking salt. They say it doesn't have that bitter edge you get with table salt. Upon the good advice of people such as Mr. Brown, I use kosher in my cooking and sea salt at the table. Personally, I can't tell much difference with the kosher, but the sea salt is very nice. It would take a lot more than good salt to make haggis an appealing dish. That shit is nasty! Jeff Can't blame a guy for trying. |
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Post by rebecca on May 3, 2010 21:05:15 GMT -5
I am ravenous for some haggis..... Traditionally, a Haggis is made from the lung, liver, and heart of the sheep. These are mixed with oatmeal and a few spices and stuffed into the sheep's stomach. After being boiled, the Haggis is brought to the table with a great deal of ceremony. A piper ushers in the Haggis and all raise a glass of Scotch whiskey and "brrreath a prrayerr for the soul of Rrrobbie Burrrns!" It is then served with "neeps and nips," mashed turnips and nips of whiskey. I think you have to drink a lot of Scotch before you can truly enjoy this dish, but a party of Scots without a Haggis is simply not heard of. Although I enjoy organs, I'm afraid I'm not a fan of organ meat. Still, you make it sound like a worthy endeavor. Once a friend of mine went to the UK and came back with canned haggis as a present. As I recall, our own Quizz Kid recommended I put it out in a field somewhere and blow it up. I think that was mainly because it was canned, though. |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2010 8:15:28 GMT -5
I am ravenous for some haggis..... Traditionally, a Haggis is made from the lung, liver, and heart of the sheep. These are mixed with oatmeal and a few spices and stuffed into the sheep's stomach. After being boiled, the Haggis is brought to the table with a great deal of ceremony. A piper ushers in the Haggis and all raise a glass of Scotch whiskey and "brrreath a prrayerr for the soul of Rrrobbie Burrrns!" It is then served with "neeps and nips," mashed turnips and nips of whiskey. I think you have to drink a lot of Scotch before you can truly enjoy this dish, but a party of Scots without a Haggis is simply not heard of. Although I enjoy organs, I'm afraid I'm not a fan of organ meat. Still, you make it sound like a worthy endeavor. Once a friend of mine went to the UK and came back with canned haggis as a present. As I recall, our own Quizz Kid recommended I put it out in a field somewhere and blow it up. I think that was mainly because it was canned, though. Hi Rebecca, I don't wish to trash anyone's native dish, especially one which is native to these British Isles, but you are correct I did advise that's what you should do. I'm known to try and like some odd foods, but Haggis along with Tripe, Kidneys, Brain or Brawn would never be given plate space in my kitchen. Blowing it up in a field, well away from civilisation is the best way to deal with it in my view.......but then again as I said, I have been known to eat some rather odd food, so I'm probably not a good judge really. I can't work out how a country which gave us single malts also gave us haggis and the deep-fried Mars bar. |
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Post by rebecca on May 4, 2010 9:36:01 GMT -5
I think there are some things you just have to be raised on from babyhood to like, from before the "ick" factor just at the idea of certain things sets in. For Scots it's haggis. For Australians, vegemite (I've been told it tastes like rotten garbage!), my Jewish paramour loves gefilte fish, and for me I guess it would be vegetables cooked to a mush with a teaspoon of bacon grease mixed in. And White Castle hamburgers! People brought up eating bugs think they're delicious. So what are yours, Pat?
I've told him I want to try the gefilte fish, so far no go. But he is coming over in a couple of hours with cajun food, yum!
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Post by Warchild on Oct 16, 2010 5:42:10 GMT -5
My wife and I went to Skye around 90 or 91. Saw the estate, talked to Brian, Tull's old stage manager. Circled the island, stayed in Portree and generally kept our feet wet and covered with sheep shit. Saw Ian in New York within a day or two at the Lonestar Roadhouse. Told him of our excursion. He asked me how the weather was. I said awful. I enjoyed it anyway.
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