It’s National Shortbread Day!

Enjoy Scotland’s favorite treat on national Shortbread Day – observed each year on January 6th.  What a wonderful excuse to enjoy a couple of shortbread cookies. Good shortbread is buttery, crunchy, melt in your mouth delicious.  It goes perfectly with a nice hot cup of tea, a glass of cold milk or, if you really…

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Tea at Glamis Castle

The Scottish people are so very hospitable.  To my delight, we were were offered tea and wonderful shortbread cookies everywhere we went. It was no different when we visited Glamis Castle.  The very first thing on our tour was tea and cookies. The deceptively plain cookies melt in your mouth.  The shortbread is so sturdy…

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