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A Little Scottish Cookbook

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I just recently caterered my husband's 30th birthday party with a Scottish theme. I found "A Little Scottish Cookbook" to have well laid out traditional recipes that were easy to prepare. However, after buying a few other cookbooks on the subject at the time, it's pretty standard. If you're looking for the standard bill of fare in Scottish recipes this is it.

OK, let's be honest with each other, when you see this tiny little cookbook you know that you are not getting a lot. In the introduction, the author states that it is a collection, "of some of my own favorite dishes which, in my view, are typical of the cuisine of Scotland."

This little book contains a number of simple recipes that are easy to prepare, and give you a feeling for the cuisine of Scotland. The thirty recipes each have a colorful picture, an introduction, a list of ingredients, and then the instructions for making it. Some of the recipes are very simple indeed, such as the stovies, butterscotch and shortbread. Personally, I liked the Scots mince and clootie dumpling.

It's not a bad book, just a very small one. If you want a big book with lots of interesting recipes, then look elsewhere. But, if you want a quick and simple little book of simple Scottish recipes, then this is the book for you.