So grab a lump of coal and a bottle of whisky—probably best to ignore the black bun—and head to your neighbor’s house to ring in the New Year in Scottish style.

In Scotland, we have a very old tradition of making black bun for Hogmanay. I rarely see this baked at home nowadays, although it is made commercially. I have to admit I've only made it once ...

However, when Christmas was banned in Scotland for nearly 400 years, many of its traditions were transferred over to Hogmanay instead. This included the eating of black buns. Since then ...

Dear Eric: Just wondering if you could provide a recipe and some background information for Scottish black bun. I’d like to try making it in place of Christmas fruitcake this year. Roopa Dear ...

Black bun was a traditional Scottish dish. Picture: Philippe Giabbanelli Still popular in Scotland in the 1950s, nothing went to waste in a shrewd Scots kitchen, with the leftover brains and ...

Preheat the oven to 160ºC and spray a 20 cm cake tin with non-stick spray. Sift the dry ingredients together and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add enough iced water ...

WITH Shirley using her favourite dram in the bun, it gives me the perfect opportunity ... A great thing about the recent interest in Scottish malt is the number of bars that have a staggering ...

Scotland gave us “the bells” that chime ... a piece of shortbread and/or black bun, and a wee dram of whisky—which bring luck and prosperity for the coming year. When I was growing up ...

151; -- Burger King's black bun burger was a hit with Japanese consumers. How will American Burger King fans react? The black beef burger -- made with Kraft's A.1. Thick and Hearty Sauce ...

Burger King recently introduced its Halloween Whopper -- the restaurant's signature hamburger is sporting a black bun during October. But the sandwich packs a spooky surprise: Eating it can turn ...

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