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   "Adam Whyte-Settlar"  wrote in message   
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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 !   
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   >>> > 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.   
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   >> 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.   
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   > 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?   
      
   Funny, most grouse come from Norhern England aka Brigantia, not Scotland.   
      
      
   > 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.   
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   > A W-S   
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   > 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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   >> J/   
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   >> SOTW: "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division   
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