finnan haddie

English

Alternative forms

• finnie haddie

Etymology

Perhaps from the hamlet of Findon, Aberdeenshire, or the village of Findhorn at the mouth of the River Findhorn in Moray.

Noun

finnan haddie (countable and uncountable, plural finnan haddies)

1. Cold-smoked haddock, representative of a regional method of smoking with green wood and peat in north-east Scotland.