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.’’
‘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.’