Interesting about the peat fires, the Irish still use this fuel type,
particularly in the west of the country. It was quite fascinating to
see the peat bogs by the roadside and evidence of the cuts made to dig
it up into square log shapes. In the pubs, peat was being burnt in
quite a few places we stopped. It was not really cold weather, but
they put out a fair amount of heat.
The oat cakes we ate, made by Walkers and Baxters of Scotland are
delicious but I would love to try to make them. They are dry flat thin
discs rather than pancake or scone style.
I'll check out Ophelia's link.
Cheers
Bronwyn