You are what you eat, Part 3: Oats in Scotland

Oats (© Rockin’Rita)

The final part of a three-part co-production looking at aspects of national cuisine and the customs associated with serving and receiving food in Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands.

Part Three: The significance of a humble cereal crop in Scotland: oats. Despite their rather bland taste, their history and meaning to the Scots is rich.

Presenter: Dorian Wood, Radio Scotland

Broadcast: February 13, 1998