The true taste of Scotland...from Leicster ..?

[scotjimland]

Love my porage for breakfast ... and usually buy Scott's Porage Oats ..
on the box it proudly proclaims..

Old Fashioned, Thick Scottish-Milled Oats
The True Taste of Scotland..

always thought that they were a Scottish company .. but on reading the box today, they are in fact are an English company named A & R Scott .. hence 'Scott's' Porage Oats..

And here's me thinking they were Scottish.. never mind.. as we say.. they are braw oats..

but not made in Scotland..

 

[mariner]

The oats are milled in Scotland and some are even grown there.

 

[Bailey58]

They're the only oats we buy, can's stand the fine stuff that cooks up as mush.

Edit: I'm slow this morning but just had a thought, I was looking into this a year or two ago when I couldn't find the thick milled Scott's. I seem to remember Scott's and Quaker are the same firm.

 

[scotjimland]

can's stand the fine stuff that cooks up as mush

so true.. I once bought 'cheap' own brand crap and ending up feeding the hens with it

buy cheap.. get cheap

 

[klaatu]

Yes, Quaker and Scott's are both owned by PepsiCo.

We like our porridge made from Jumbo Oats, and with maple syrup on it, which is possibly heresy, but it's delicious all the same.

Steve

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[scotjimland]

Yes, Quaker and Scott's are both owned by PepsiCo.

We like our porridge made from Jumbo Oats, and with maple syrup on it, which is possibly heresy, but it's delicious all the same.

Steve

indeed.. Scott's Porage was founded by A&R Scott in 1880, and to this day our Oat's are still milled in Cupar, Scotland.Broken Link Removed

also interesting
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A & R Scott, two brothers, started making Scott's Midlothian Oat Flour in 1880, in the Kingston Dock area of Glasgow. Little appears to be known of the brothers, the business being run from an early date by partners Robert Lauder, who looked after the technical aspects, and William Allen, who controlled the finances.


my confidence has been restored..

 

[Bailey58]

Robert Lauder, is he the guy who sang You Tak the High Oats and I'll Tak the Low Oats?

 

[scotjimland]

@Bailey58 do you mean Harry Lauder ?

 

[GJH]

Jill buys Lidl's oats and says they are just as good

 

[scotjimland]

Jill buys Lidl's oats and says they are just as good

tell Jill she is talking oot her erse

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[GJH]

Robert Lauder, is he the guy who sang You Tak the High Oats and I'll Tak the Low Oats?

@Bailey58 do you mean Harry Lauder ?

William Allen, who controlled the finances.

I hope he wasn't responsible for "money laudering"

 

[GJH]

tell Jill she is talking oot her erse

And Aldi's rough Scottish oatcakes are better than Nairn's - so there

 

[scotjimland]

And Aldi's rough Scottish oatcakes are better than Nairn's - so there

you mean they are cheaper..

 

[GJH]

you mean they are cheaper..

That too

 

[ROB1CHELSEA1]

Another Scott's porridge eater here I like to sprinkle a teaspoon of Chia seeds on top while cooking

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[scotjimland]

I like mine served with a handful of raisins and some milk .. or any other dried fruit .. prunes , sultanas, etc

 

[big bertha]

I have mine with blueberries and a squirt of honey, quite like sliced banana as well. If it's made with salt I enjoy but it's just not the way I make at home.

 

[Bailey58]

@Bailey58 do you mean Harry Lauder ?

Alright his brother then.

 

[Bailey58]

The older grandson loves porridge/porage but his brother hates it and calls it goop.

 

[Forestboy]

Had Lidl Scottish Porridge Oats for breakfast covered in local honey Mmmm

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[Wildbill]

My uncle worked at the mill in cooper for the hole of his working life and could not stand Portege
bill

 

[Nethernut]

Always use Hamlyns - milled just up the road from us at Boyndie near Banff, their head office is also there. They support our local community so we try to support them. Oh and their oats are superb!!!

 

[buttons]

you mean they are cheaper..

For a Scotsman you are a great judge of character.