Thank you Alison for making the bannocks. I live in Victoria, British Columbia. I remember watching my granny making bannocks and scones when I was a little girl. She made them like you, but also would sometimes would cook them in a little pan in the oven scored in triangles. She was from Edinburgh and grandad was from Lerwick, but they emigrated to Victoria. The First Nations people here in North America make bannock a lot, but they often fry it in oil in a frying pan. I was a teacher and taught my students to make bannock. They loved it. They were surprised to hear that bannock originated in Scotland. My family love camping, too.
I always thought it was interesting how the Native Americans (and the First Nations of Canada) used a similar recipe for their fry bread. I don't claim to know where fry bread came from originally, but it wouldn't surprise me to hear it was learned from early Scottish immigrants. Many also do a version more like a bannock on a dry skillet and call it pan bread or push bread depending on what area you are in.
Oh my goodness to see someone else make bannock is amazing. I grew up on this stuff we even took it to school in our lunch box My granny came from the fairground in Scotland. We were raised in rural Oxfordshire so a bannock was unheard of and to serve it with cheese and jam! Wow In the south of England cheese and jam is considered disgusting 🤮 which is hilarious because we love it 😍 thank you for sharing the video I’m making bannock next week ❤❤ it’s been too long since I’ve had one x
The recipe is very similar to southern American biscuits, with a few differences: We use shortening/vegetable fat instead of butter, we work the dough as little as possible, and biscuits are baked in the oven. I wish I had some of your rhubarb jam. I've never had it with cloves.
I really enjoyed this Alison. All your films are so beautiful, thanks for making them. I was brought up near Dingwall but we went to Orkney and Eday every year as my Dad had friends there, he went to help with the harvest and the peats, I remember the wee stooks ( both of hay and peats!) As a child I thought the bere bannocks were just fantastic eating. My mother always had girdle scones and pancakes on the go, also good of course, but nothing on a bannock! I still make those myself, great for unexpected visitors - eat them straight of the girdle. I live in staffs now and have also been making Staffs oatcakes, another wonderful thing, do you make them for your husband? Well, I've just ordered a bag of bere, you have inspired me! But tonight I'll try your recipe with the SR flour, I've never made them that way.
Thanks for your lovely message. So interesting to hear of your memories of Dingwall and Eday and beremeal bannocks. My Granny made them too. Bere was a hardy crop so was commonly grown in Orkney and Shetland. I only discovered Staffordshire oatcakes a few years ago and now I do make them for my husband on occasions, they're very filling and very delicious:)
@@AlisonRendall You are welcome! I made your recipe the other night( I was eating them half an hour after I finished watching your video!) and they worked out great. I kept imagining I was sitting out at the peats whilst eating them, if only! I always wonder why staffs oatcakes, or something like them weren't made in Scotland.
