Cullen skink Cullen skink Cullen skink is a thick Scottish soup made of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions. An authentic Cullen skink will use finnan haddie, but it may be prepared with any other undyed smoked haddock. This soup is a local speciality, from the town of Cullen in Moray, on the north-east coast of Scotland. The soup is often served as a starter at formal Scottish dinners. Cullen skink is widely served as an everyday dish across the northeast of Scotland. Local recipes for Cullen skink have several slight variations, such as the use of milk instead of water or the
Steckrübeneintopf called "Tokokers" (= "Zugekochtes"). If the meat is smoked, the dish is also called "Rökert" (= "Geräuchertes" or "smoked"). In Schleswig-Holstein the stew is made with pre-cooked sausage ("Kochwurst") and "Kassler" and is known as "Rübenmalheur". For the variant known as "Lübecker National", pork (blade, belly) is preferred. This recipe can also contain onions. In Hamburg the corresponding dish is called "Hamburger National". In Land Hadeln the potatoes are generally replaced by white flour dumplings ("Klüten"), which is why it goes under the name of "Speck und Klüten" ("bacon and dumplings"). Up to the middle of the 20th century as