Hogmanay and Hamely Kitchen with Paula McIntyre

<p>Today Neil talks with Paula McIntyre about Hogmanay and her BBC TV show, the excellent Hamely Kitchen. Paula is an Ulster-Scots chef who lives on the north coast of Northern Ireland and she specialises in combining those two cuisines, reviving traditional recipes and shouting about good producers. </p><p>Paula has a Hamely Kitchen Hogmanay special out on 30th December, 7.30pm on BBC1 Northern Ireland. </p><p><br></p><p>Paula and Neil talked about Hogmanay traditions, like first footings and gifting shortbread, cockie-leekie soup, clootie dumplings and boiled/steamed puddings in general, TV show Two Fat Ladies and dulse – and much more.</p><p><br></p><p>Hamely Kitchen’s BBC webpage: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zmyh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zmyh</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Find Paula on social media: Twitter @paula_mcintyre; Instagram @paulacooks</p><p><br></p><p><u>Things mentioned in today’s episode:</u></p><p><br></p><p>Kilchoman distillery: <a href="https://www.kilchomandistillery.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.kilchomandistillery.com/</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Ursa Minor bakery: <a href="https://www.ursaminorbakehouse.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ursaminorbakehouse.com/</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Abernethy Butter: <a href="https://abernethybutter.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://abernethybutter.com/</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Two Fat Ladies BBC TV programme on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9yUU0fTAk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9yUU0fTAk</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Neil’s blog post on the classic Scottish Hogmanay treat the black bun: <a href="https://britishfoodhistory.com/2022/12/27/black-bun-scotch-bun-part-1-history/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://britishfoodhistory.com/2022/12/27/black-bun-scotch-bun-part-1-history/</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Neil’s book <em>A Dark History of Sugar</em> is a