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   "Westprog"  wrote in message   
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   > "Adam Whyte-Settlar"  wrote in message   
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   >> "Westprog"  wrote in message   
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   >> > "allan connochie"  wrote in message   
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   >> >> > On a pro rate population basis, I'll wager that more   
   >> >> > Spaniards, Italians, Portuguese, Greeks and Poles   
   >> >> > have attempted to learn to speak a second language   
   >> >> > compared to the English !   
   >> >   
   >> > Why say English here? Why not say British? I noticed the same thing a   
   >> > while   
   >> > back when there was criticism of "English" cooking, as if Welsh,   
   > Scottish   
   >> > or   
   >> > Irish cooking was significantly different.   
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   >> I don't anything about Welsh or Irish cooking but Scottish cooking *is*   
   >> 'significantly different'.   
   >> How could it not be given the different history, geography, flora, fauna   
   > and   
   >> climates of the two countries.   
   >   
   > IMO there's a regional difference as between the North and South of   
   > England.   
   > There's no sudden change in flora, fauna and climate at the border. I   
   > believe it's possible to get porridge in England now.   
      
   Probably imported though - guess from where.   
   When was the last time you had fresh venison in juniper sauce for example.   
   Fresh salmon straight out of a river?   
   Trout in oatmeal.   
   Scotch broth?   
   Scotch collop?   
   Arbroath smokies?   
   Raspberry and whisky cheesecake?   
   Roast Grouse?   
   Scallops?   
   Deep fried Mars Bar?   
   The list is endless.   
      
   And by the way - thre might not be a 'sudden change at the border' but by   
   the time you get as far north as Perth (still another 250 miles to go not   
   even counting the Northern Islands ) you might as well be on another planet   
   as regards the flora and fauna and climate.   
      
   A W-S   
      
      
      
      
   Certainly I don't   
   > think that the faults and virtues of the cooking in both countries are   
   > much   
   > different, though the Scottish diet is slightly worse.   
   >   
   > There's a difference in the cuisine of France, Spain and Italy that _does_   
   > change at the border. (Though from outside the internal differences are   
   > less   
   > visible).   
   >   
   >> > Could there be an agenda here?   
   >   
   >> You tell us.   
   >   
   >> http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_index.htm   
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