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Oatcakes Go With Everything
Scottish oatcakes are simple, sort of like a crisp bread or cracker made from oatmeal. But there are numerous subtle variations, and numerous different ideas about how best to serve them.
How Tea Took Over the World
One of the biggest figures in the global spread of tea as a beverage available to all was Sir Thomas Lipton, born in Glasgow in 1848, 11 years into the reign of Victoria. Lipton was a grocer who embraced the philosophy of cutting out the middleman, gaining success by supplying high quality goods at the lowest available prices.
Who Was Robert Burns?
Burns was well loved by some of the giants of American literature and thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln were all admirers of Burns, as were Robert Frost, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, Mark Twain and John Steinbeck.
What Is A Burns Supper?
A Burns Night supper is a special holiday, a festive secular occasion that serves to commemorate Robert Burns and his genius, but by extension the event turns into a chance to commemorate the struggles, rugged perseverance and humble dignity that people from Scotland have always demonstrated and to take stock in the unique gifts that Scotland and its people have brought to the rest of the world.
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