Anything Scottish, just for fun!

Grampa Don said:
I can only think of one thing that I once heard: If it isn't Scottish it's crrrap!
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we are actually raised to believe that in Scotland.. and we believe it completely ... just like Americans believe it of America... it's not until we leave the country we realise it's not altogether true... :sneaky::ROFLMAO:
 

Capt Lightning said:
This song dates to the mid to late-19th century by a former Galashiels weaver, Robert Coltart. Coltart made aniseed -flavoured sweets in Melrose and sold them around the markets of the Border towns.

Ally bally ally bally bee
sittin on your mammy's knee
greetin for a wee bawbee
tae buy some Coluter's candy.

There are numerous versions of the lyrics ...

Mammy gie me ma thrifty doon
Here's auld Coulter comin' roon
Wi' a basket on his croon
Selling Coulter's Candy.

Poor wee Jeannie's lookin' affa thin,
A rickle o' banes covered ower wi' skin,
Noo she's gettin' a double chin
Wi' sookin' Coulter's Candy.
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my brother had that song sung to him from the time he was born.. because his name is Allan
 
Trila said:
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Has anyone else noticed that Scotland has absolutely the best looking men? Or maybe they just hide the plain looking ones! šŸ˜

Regardless, I have never heard of Dougray Scott, but I plan to look him up! šŸ’•
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I can't disagree with this. I always say the men in Scotland actually look like men, unlike so many Englishmen.. lol
 

bobcat said:
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even better is Teviotadale pie with a thick suet crust.... deeelicious


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in Scotland there's food we can't seem to get anywhere else..like Hot water crust Rhubarb Pies....

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..and the famous savoury Hot water crust Mutton pies often called Scotch pies... which are filled with minced lamb, sometimes lamb and onions ... they have a deep crust so very often people add other things onto the pie within the crust, like peas, or mashed potatoe or baked beans.. I remember when I was a teen one bakery sold hot pies to hungry workers at lunchtime, complete with Mac& cheese on the top...

The manufacturers took advantage of that and today you can buy a Scotch pie which has no meat..only Mac & cheese filling


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Mutton pie with beans and Black pudding...

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When we go to see 'A play, a pie and a pint', we have a 'Scotch pie' and they're generally very good. One day they ran out of the meat pie, so against our better judgement, we tried a macaroni pie. It was disgusting.
The Scottish diet has a reputation, possibly deserved, for being very unhealthy. This is a pity, because there is top class food produced locally. At least I didn't suffer the Macaroni pie. Mother's Glasgow upbringing totally forbade anything that sounded foreign or had any flavour.

An aside.. during the war, father spoke of delivering parts of wrecked aircraft to Italian internment camps, where the instruments and other parts were salvaged. He said that the inmates had small gardens round their huts and they grew garlic and other herbs. He added cynically that they ate better than he did. I haven't been able to confirm this.
 
bobcat said:
Well, I guess if the suet wasn't too heavy or strong tasting, sure, I'd give it a try. Maybe it's an acquired taste. IDK
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I'm not normally a suet fan...I don't put it into dumplings in meat dishes as the recipes all call for because it makes them too heavy... but I really like in the teviotdale pie... altho' tbh, it's very rich...
 
Capt Lightning said:
When we go to see 'A play, a pie and a pint', we have a 'Scotch pie' and they're generally very good. One day they ran out of the meat pie, so against our better judgement, we tried a macaroni pie. It was disgusting.
The Scottish diet has a reputation, possibly deserved, for being very unhealthy. This is a pity, because there is top class food produced locally. At least I didn't suffer the Macaroni pie. Mother's Glasgow upbringing totally forbade anything that sounded foreign or had any flavour.

An aside.. during the war, father spoke of delivering parts of wrecked aircraft to Italian internment camps, where the instruments and other parts were salvaged. He said that the inmates had small gardens round their huts and they grew garlic and other herbs. He added cynically that they ate better than he did. I haven't been able to confirm this.
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German and Italian POW's were held in Canada, far from the European fighting areas. About 40,000 of them in total. Under the Geneva Conventions, officers were not required to do physical work, but the other ranks had to work 5 days of the week. In return for doing various types of labor, the POW's received three meals a day, that were equal to what the Canadian guards were eating. Plus the POW's received monthly shipments from the International Red Cross Society, which contained, amongst other things, vegetable seeds for planting.

So yes, in the Canadian POW camps the prisoners did grow some of their own food supply. Many of them worked on local farms near the camps, although the hard core nazis were held at isolated "forest camps " in northern Ontario and Quebec, that were built next to the trans Canada railway line, far from any village or town. The prospect of an 80 or 100 mile walk to get to a place with people in it, was an effective security feature.

Only one German POW who was sent to Canada, ever managed to escape, and make his way back to Germany. A 1950's film starring Hardy Kruger, The one that got away, is still to be found on You Tube video. Partly shot in the UK, with lots of outside scenes shot in Quebec locations. JIMB>
 
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