They eat a large quantity of oatcakes, oatmeal bannocks and other things, like haggis, for instance.
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They make their own bannocks and live on bannocks and porridge and milk—and not much more than that.
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The girdle is used for cooking scones, bannocks, pancakes and oatcakes.
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She tried twice more, each time with less dough, but could not make abannocksmall enough.
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Today, many would call the large round cake abannock, and call the triangles "scones".
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They preparedbannock, beans and bacon, mended clothes, raised children, cleaned, tended the garden, helped at harvest time and nursed everyone back to health.
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When a roundbannockis cut into wedges, the wedges are often called "scones".
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Today,bannockis most often deep-fried, pan-fried and oven-baked.
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Most modern bannocks are made with baking powder or baking soda as a leavening agent, giving them a light and airy texture.
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Celebrations often involved hearthfires, special foods (butter, milk, and bannocks, for example), divination or watching for omens, candles or a bonfire if the weather permitted.
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The grain is used to make "beremeal", used locally in bread, biscuits, and the traditional beremealbannock.
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The most authentic versions are unleavened, but from the early 19th century bannocks have been made using baking powder, or a combination of baking soda and buttermilk or clabbered milk.
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