What are common mistakes when making Scottish and British Isles technique?

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Overcooking smoked fish in soup — it should be poached gently and added back in flakes at the end. Kneading soda bread — it's not yeast bread, minimal handling is the technique. Overcooking haggis — it needs gentle simmering, not vigorous boiling. Treating British cooking as unsophisticated — it's a tradition built on making the best of challenging ingredients in a challenging climate. Boiling vegetables to death — modern British cooking has corrected this historical sin.