[Sca-cooks] scottish foodstuffs

[Laura C. Minnick]

johnna holloway wrote:
>
> Wrong Johnson.. 'Lanie.

Ooh. Gotta get my Johnsons right. (Good thing James is off list right
now...;-)

> 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.

Spiff. Thanks. I knew I was close at least!

'Lainie