Mick F wrote:Of course we can still be nice to each other! Same as any country.
However, I don't like porridge, and I don't like whiskey. Not fond of haggis though we used to eat it now and again when the girls were little when we lived up there.
What else do they produce that I may like?
Could I tempt you with a Tunnock's Tea cake or Caramel Wafer?
You might not like Whiskey but have you tried a good malt Whisky
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Mick F wrote:Of course we can still be nice to each other! Same as any country.
However, I don't like porridge, and I don't like whiskey. Not fond of haggis though we used to eat it now and again when the girls were little when we lived up there.
What else do they produce that I may like?
Could I tempt you with a Tunnock's Tea cake or Caramel Wafer?
You might not like Whiskey but have you tried a good malt Whisky
Tunnock's I can do without. Gray Dunn Caramel Wafers I've not touched in many a long decade. Good malt whiskey is ok I suppose, but again, not had any in many a long decade.
Come on guys, what does Scotland produce that I actually want and need?
Mick F wrote:Of course we can still be nice to each other! Same as any country.
However, I don't like porridge, and I don't like whiskey. Not fond of haggis though we used to eat it now and again when the girls were little when we lived up there.
What else do they produce that I may like?
Could I tempt you with a Tunnock's Tea cake or Caramel Wafer?
You might not like Whiskey but have you tried a good malt Whisky
Tunnock's I can do without. Gray Dunn Caramel Wafers I've not touched in many a long decade. Good malt whiskey is ok I suppose, but again, not had any in many a long decade.
Come on guys, what does Scotland produce that I actually want and need?
OK Potatoes then...do you eat or grow potatoes? All seed grown in Edinburgh and all high health seed pots come from Scotland and a few from Northumberland and Cumbria.
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Paulatic wrote:OK Potatoes then...do you eat or grow potatoes? All seed grown in Edinburgh and all high health seed pots come from Scotland and a few from Northumberland and Cumbria.
Cornish Wilja Grown at Dupath about four miles from here.
Paulatic wrote:OK Potatoes then...do you eat or grow potatoes? All seed grown in Edinburgh and all high health seed pots come from Scotland and a few from Northumberland and Cumbria.
Cornish Wilja Grown at Dupath about four miles from here.
Assuming that is just a Wilja ( EU was good for something then ) grown in Cornwall then when your growers get problems, disease or reduced yields, they will need to get certified seed. That’s Scotland then! Unless of course Brexit drop or reduce plant health standards.
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We recommend buying your seed potatoes from certified suppliers because those sold in supermarkets for consumption can be a source of disease and pest. We would avoid buying them from online general retailers such as as Amazon or E-bay unless you know exactly who is supplying the seed potatoes.
In 1970 I learnt certified potatoes come from Scotland and a few in Northumberland and Cumbria. In those days it was also illegal to take potatoes from England into Scotland. Whilst that last fact is probably no longer policed I believe the first fact to still be true.
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Tunnocks is very unhealthy even when compared to similar biscuits. Saturated fats in a wrapper! Nice though.
How about a tartan beret with fake ginger hair? The first services we used to stop in on our way up to the highlands always had plenty of them. Surely if they're being sold there must be loads imported by people leaving Scotland.
Good single malt is nice but there's increasingly nice malts and other spirits from other parts of the world too. I think I could live without whiskey. Not least because I live near Cumbria. It seems there's a lot of breweries, distillers, etc in Cumbria to keep me busy sampling them for years. With being spoilt like that who needs Scottish malt whiskey?
You do get Scottish grown raspberries, Loganberries and other soft fruits though. They're nice but not unique.
We recommend buying your seed potatoes from certified suppliers because those sold in supermarkets for consumption can be a source of disease and pest. We would avoid buying them from online general retailers such as as Amazon or E-bay unless you know exactly who is supplying the seed potatoes.
In 1970 I learnt certified potatoes come from Scotland and a few in Northumberland and Cumbria. In those days it was also illegal to take potatoes from England into Scotland. Whilst that last fact is probably no longer policed I believe the first fact to still be true.
So certified seed potatoes can come from England then? Who needs Scotland then?
Mick F wrote:The Scots came from Ireland. It was Pictland before the Scots took over.
The Scots came from Northern Ireland .. the original Ulster which included Donegal ... hence the affinity between the two peoples, many assume it is a sectarian connection .. It's not ... we are the same people ..
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We recommend buying your seed potatoes from certified suppliers because those sold in supermarkets for consumption can be a source of disease and pest. We would avoid buying them from online general retailers such as as Amazon or E-bay unless you know exactly who is supplying the seed potatoes.
In 1970 I learnt certified potatoes come from Scotland and a few in Northumberland and Cumbria. In those days it was also illegal to take potatoes from England into Scotland. Whilst that last fact is probably no longer policed I believe the first fact to still be true.
So certified seed potatoes can come from England then? Who needs Scotland then?
Of course there are and if you believe those few farms in England can fulfil your needs for certified seed then it’s all honky dory.
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Mick F wrote:The Scots came from Ireland. It was Pictland before the Scots took over.
The Scots came from Northern Ireland .. the original Ulster which included Donegal ... hence the affinity between the two peoples, many assume it is a sectarian connection .. It's not ... we are the same people ..
Researching my family history on my mother’s side they arrived in Glasgow with an Irish surname. A couple of generations later they left Glasgow for Teesside with a Scottish surname.
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