"AlleyGator" > wrote in message
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> "Charles Gifford" > wrote:
>
>>Many, many whatevers. It is a wonderful area for speculation and
>>understanding. One of the least understood, much less accepted, is
>>the
>>influence of the Irish (and to a lesser extent Scottish) influence on
>>the
>>general European diet through the spread of Irish Holy men.
>>
>>> My
>>> favorite movie of all time is Brigadoon. I gues I'm just an old
>>> fantasy-driven softee. Lord, that's scary.
>>
>>Brigadoon is not to be slighted! It is magical, loving, sweet, life
>>changing, and idylic. I think it represents the best of mankind. If
>>you are
>>a softee by this criterion, I am liquid.
>>
>>Charlie
>>> --
>>> The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
>>> At least now I have an excuse.
>>
>>
> OK Charlie, you're obviously from the region so I have to ask. One
> common thread throughout the trilogy of novels I read was first, of
> course, the smell of a peat fire. Secondly, was the constant plate of
> oatcakes. I searched and found about a hundred recipes for them, some
> the soft pancake-style which these didn't seem to refer to and a bunch
> of the "scone" style oatcakes. Not having any oat flour avaiable, I
> pulsed some plain old "rolled oats" style american oatmeal in the
> blender and used that. I put sugar in mine, but it just didn't seem
> authentic. Do ya have a typical oatcake recipe that a stodgy old
> Scottish man of about 90 years old would be cookin?

http://www.scottish-and-irish-recipe...k/oatcakes.htm

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