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Recently I went to my favorite British specialty store in Lancaster, PA - well, the ONLY British specialty store in Lancaster, PA - to pick up a box of Scottish oatmeal. I've been there many times, but this trip was different. On the rack of assorted football scarfs I saw the FFC shield! I'd given up hope of ever seeing a Fulham scarf, but there it was between Sheffield Wednesday(?!) and Wolverhampton Wanderers. It was an official scarf, but the packaging was a little worn after having probably traveled to surplus stores and outlets on three continents in the British Commonwealth. Fate had brought me too it, so I got myself an early Christmas gift.

Then as I left the store and headed home what do I see walking up the sidewalk toward me but a man wearing a Chelsea scarf! Had this store been some kind of Tardis that dropped me off in Southwest London? I decided to act appropriately, so I punched him in the teeth and shouted "F@&% Chelsea!!" Well that last bit isn't true, but I did give him a hard stare as if I'd just seen him throw a bag of kittens into the river. It was so intense that I'm sure he's suffering from vague feelings of self-loathing and hears cries of drowning kittens in his dreams.

 

Thanks for sharing MM, great story. Amazing you found an official scarf without having to use a website. Out of curiosity, is there a difference between Scottish oatmeal and American (i.e. Quaker oats)?

 

Lol to all! Great anecdote!
Since Scots is Calvinist {all relationship between Presby in US and old country long gone} and being Calvinist requires special effort I would first think it's 'Steel Cut' oats, rather than our Rolled version.
If you like your porridge cooked for an hour with a chewy, nutty texture.. 'Steel Cut Oats' is for you. I hate it

But no, since I like to be factual, Scots is 'coarse ground'. In essence, same as first pass through mill wheel for any grain.

Many years ago, Bob visited Scotland and learned the art of stone milling at the historic, water-powered Preston Mill. Today, Bob's Red Mill Scottish Oatmeal is produced in the same old fashioned way and contains all the health giving nutrients of the best quality oats from which it was ground--the germ, the oil and the fiber.​

Ah, yes.. only thing that could be better is if it were predigested by Unicorns.

'Rolled' means passed through rollers and flattened.

All three methods should be 100% kitten-free but I cant say for sure about the Steel Cut

 

Here's the story about Scottish Oatmeal.

My parents went to Scotland years ago and brought back Pinhead Oatmeal of Alford. It is called pinhead because it has the shape of a pencil point, it is not flat like typical Quaker Oats. It does take quite a while to cook, but when done it has the consistency of rice pudding and my wife loves it.

On our most recent visit to the British specialty store they did not have the pinhead oatmeal we were looking, so instead we bought this:


While the packaging is awesome, these turned out to be rolled oats and not pinhead unfortunately. However, we still liked the end result. Quaker Oats tend to keep their shape and texture more when cooked. These rolled oats fatten and dissolve a little so that it be comes a big goopy bowl of porage. Delicious with brown sugar and hearty enough to make you feel like climbing a grassy knoll to chuck a stone put into a local loch.

 

Must be a bunch of English at the base of the cliff.

 

This was hilarious - thanks for the laughs, all.

 

Phffft! Scots' in kilts rock lobbing and eating porridge?!!! Yeah right..

will never overcome this brain-worm: