According to The Scotsman of 20th August, 1901, the sieved powder from crushed malt could be kneaded into tiny bannocks, baked on a griddle. |
Stirring the batter for bannocks counterclockwise was popularly thought to bring bad luck. |
Although most commonly made of oats, bannocks of barley, ground dried peas, and a combination of grains are sometimes encountered. |
They went to the Skilly Dame's house, and she gave them the Gael's welcome, with bannocks and crowdie, marag-dkubh and ale. |
We were flipping bannocks and oatcakes on girdles centuries before sun-dried-tomato ciabatta was invented. |
And then, with more tea and bannocks all round, they told him about the night the helicopter crashed. |