Oregon wine and cheese have dazzled international judges, and now its oatmeal has too. A team from Bob's Red Mill of Milwaukie beat the Scots on their own turf and in their own cuisine on Sunday, ...

Extraordinary decision to put ‘porridge oats’ on a list of unhealthy foods leads to a mercifully swift U-turn by Scottish ministers Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can ...

PORRIDGE oats are being targeted as part of SNP ministers' planned ban on junk food discounts, official documents reveal. The staple Scottish foodstuff for thousands of years has fallen in the sights ...

CARRBRIDGE, Scotland, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Scotland has regained the coveted Golden Spurtle award signifying the world's best porridge, judges announced Monday. Neil Robertson, owner of the Tannochbrae ...

There once was a time, many years ago, when the sounds of bagpipes struck fear into the stomachs of Englishmen. But today mine was responding differently. Because, come sunset, I will have tasted the ...

Dr. Samuel Johnson's dictionary once summarily dismissed porridge, defining oats as a "grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." That was in the 1700s ...

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SNP politicians have been left red-faced after one of Scotland's proudest culinary products was added to a list of junk foods that will be subject to a promotions ban. There was uproar after porridge ...