noun

• A Scottish dish of boiled chicken served with spinach and poached eggs.

  ‘The day demanded a wide variety of special foods: shortbread, haggis (Burns's ‘great chieftain o’ the puddin’ race ’); ‘howtowdies wi’ drappit egge’; ‘thairums, pies, and porter’; and ‘parritch and milk.’’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Fancy some cabbie claw or potted hough followed by a nice bit of Finnan haddie or howtowdie, served with skirlie and rumbledethumps?’
  • ‘The menu includes Howtowdie, clapshot and peas or Mince, Neeps and Tatties.’
  • ‘There's Hotch Potch (hochepot); Howtowdie (Hutaudeau) and Petticoat Tails (petites gatelles).’