[Sca-cooks] scottish foodstuffs

[johnna holloway]

Wrong Johnson.. 'Lanie.
Actually  that remark was something
that Boswell attributed to the great Dr. Johnson.
Johnson gives it in his dictionary as:
OATS. n.s. [a_en, Saxon.] A grain, which
in England is generally given to horses,
but in Scotland supports the people.
see: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/johnson/entries.html
for more on Johnson.

Actually if you want to read about oats,
take a look at The Scots and Their Oats
by G. W. Lockhart which is still in print
in the U.K. It's a small rather charming study.

Johnnae llyn Lewis Johnna Holloway

"Laura C. Minnick" wrote:snipped
> Hmm. Who was it (Ben Jonson?) that made the remark about oats, that in
> England they fed the horses, and in Scotland they supported the people?
>> 'Lainie
>