Bannock or Scone? It’s all Scots to Me. (2024)

FAQs

Is it a bannock or scone? ›

Bannock is essentially a giant scone. The texture is pretty much the same. Except before you bake it you assign some grooves to it and then you cut it all up to eat with your spreads of choice. Just like a scone, Bannock is rather versatile.

A bannock is a variety of flatbread or quick bread cooked from flour, typically round, which is common in Scotland and other areas in the British Isles. They are usually cut into sections before serving. Bannock. Traditional beremeal bannock, as made in Orkney, Scotland.

Made simply from oatmeal and flour, the first citing of a bannock or bannuc recipe in Scotland was in the 8th Century. It's amazing this tasty Scottish bread is still baked today!

In Scotland and Ulster, savoury varieties of scone include soda scones, also known as soda farls, sour dough scones known as soor dook scones made with sour milk, and potato scones, normally known as tattie scones, which resemble small, thin savoury pancakes made with potato flour.

Scones are dryer and crumbly. They need the thick, luscious clotted cream and jam to make a delicious sweet treat. American biscuits are more fluffy, from the extra butter, and the acidity of buttermilk. So, they are similar, but not the same.

Bannock (British and Irish food), a kind of bread, cooked on a stone or griddle served mainly in Scotland but consumed throughout the British Isles. Bannock (Indigenous American food), various types of bread, usually prepared by pan-frying also known as a native delicacy.

'Scran' is Scottish slang for food… so this is one you'll likely hear on your excursions.

a Scot or dialect word for potato.

or brie (briː ) noun. Scottish. broth, stock, or juice.

Aberdeenshire Bannocks

To us, in this part of Aberdeenshire, a Bannock is essentially a pancake, scotch pancake or what some might call a drop scone. Across Scotland, Bannocks are other types of flat cakes. This is not a typical desert and is more often eaten at fly time (morning or afternoon coffee break!)

Do Scots eat black pudding? ›

Black pudding is another traditional Scottish dish that is very similar to haggis as they are both made with the same ingredients: onions, pork fat, oatmeal and spices. Contrary to haggis, black pudding is made from pigs' blood, which holds all the ingredients together.

Classic bannock has a smoky, almost nutty flavour blended with a buttery taste, while dessert bannock can have flavours resembling a donut or shortbread.

The word "wee" is one of the most used Scottish words that I heard while growing up. It means "small" or "little" and is commonly used in the west of Scotland.

Shortbread or shortie is a traditional Scottish biscuit usually made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three to four parts plain wheat flour. Shortbread does not contain any leavening, such as baking powder or baking soda.

A Biscuit (U.S.) Is a Scone (U.K.)

The closest British equivalent to those buttery miracles is a scone, which ain't too bad either. Both baked goodies use flour, fat, liquid and a leavening agent.

Whereas across the pond in America, the popular baked good should be said as 'skown'. Last year, bosses at the Craft Bakers Association surveyed their members and 60 per cent responded that it should be pronounced to rhyme with 'phone'.

“It is more a matter of where you grew up. By and large, the pronunciation that rhymes with gone is more common, however.” “Our language continually reshapes itself,” she says.