Hamlyns of Scotland brand of porridge oats is 50 years old this year. Their porridge oats and oatmeal are well known around these parts up in Aberdeen as one of the go to brands.
I don’t remember a time in my life when Hamlyns products weren’t on shop shelves, so for me, it’s one of those essential things that tends to get bought regularly.
Hamlyns have offered a gorgeous hamper for one of my readers, which included a Sophie Conran for Portmeirion white china breakfast set for two, a Hamlyns teddy and apron, a hand-turned wooden spurte and the whole range of Hamlyns traditional and instant porridges.
It’s a hamper that anyone would love to own. It’s worth around £200, and is an ideal way to get to know how versatile oats really are.
They’ve also just hooked themselves up on Twitter @hamlynsoats so they’d love to see more of you over there.
When it comes to oatmeal, I tend to be a straight up buy the oats girl, usually pinhead for making oatcakes, or medium for our porridge, although I know many people who prefer a rougher grade for their breakfast dish.
Oatmeal isn’t limited to porridge and oatcakes though. Up here in Scotland, we made puddings with it, often Cranachan, make skirlie to go with our mince and tatties, and even bake it into cakes. It’s really a much more versatile ingredient that most people tend to realise.
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I love haggis and a good shortbread!
shortbread
smoked salmon
Haggis 🙂
Haggis 🙂
stovies after being introduced to them by a scottish friend 🙂
love shortbread
Smoked Salmon
‘Haggis’ x
I’m not sure if it’s just Scottish, but I always think of shortbread as being Scottish and I love it.
Def shortbread yum yum!
Shortbread!
Aberdeen Angus steaks
shortbread yum
love caramel shortbread
Shortbread! My fave biscuit 🙂
definitely shortbread – so good! faye.
oatcakes
Scottish porridge oats =]
Shortbread with a bit of butter on
porrage – perfect breakfast
Haggis
Has to be scottish shortbread, love the stuff!
It has to be Haggis i love the stuff
Square sausage and oatcakes, not together obviously!!!
Smoked Salmon 😀
Scottish smoked salmon
Scottish shortbreads.
A lovely melt-in-the mouth buttery shortbread
I think I am addicted to shortbread
Porridge
Got to be Scottish pats
Aberdeen Angus Beef
Haggis Fritter with a whiskey sauce
tablet
Shortbread
Scottish Salmon
Smoked Salmon
I have a slight addiction to oatcakes – make sure I always have a packet at home!
Has to be shortbread! 🙂
scottish pancakes 🙂
Grampa’s homemade shortbread
Scottish raspberries, so much more tasty
Oat Cakes
Scottish salmon
Oatcakes. Thank you!
i’m partial to haggis- love it!
shortbread
I love haggis, neeps and tatties 🙂
Shortbread
Scotch porridge oats.
Got to be shortbread
Has to be Haggis, Neeps and tatties!
Scottish oats
Shortbread, love the stuff!
It has to be haggis 🙂
You can’t beat Scottish oats so versatile,and a good source of fibre and a slow burn carb,amazing.
It\’s not a food as such but \”Scottish\” snowballs! Not those horrible mallow and chocolate ones!! As in the ones with to halves of sponge, thin layer of jam and icing gluing them together, All covered in icing and then covered in desiccated coconut! It is absolutely lovely and its the one food I miss from living in Scotland the most! It used to be you could buy these from M
might sound boring, but I love porridge, especially with sliced banana
Scottish tablet, yum!
It has to be a Shortbread 🙂
I love Shortbread x
Cranachan
Clapshot – especially with (vegetarian) haggis.
Definitely salmon
favorite has to be Scottish Salmon
You can’t beat a bit of Scottish homemade tablet!
Definitely shortbread, my kids love it too
I love Scottish smoke salmon 🙂
It has to be shortbread
Strawberry Cranachan x
I like proper Highland toffee and homemade fudges.
both mine and hubbys fav is shortbread.
I moved to Scotland a few years ago and I have to admit that after reluctantly trying Haggis, I now reallyenjoy it. Yummy each time I have it
Cranachan- for a treat- although I have never made it- Just had it when out for a meal
I love haggis and square sausage.x
Shortbread
Porridge is my fave 🙂
I find it hard to pick one favourite to be honest there is so much Scottish food to love, but one dish I look forward to is Stovies because it’s easy to make tasty and very filling, I love porrige and enjoy that for breakfast as well as using oats as ingredients in many of my recipes.If we’re out and about we like to try & get a decent bridie & for a real treat I like to make a batch of tablet
shortbread
its got to be porridge as it is a way of art,
you can put many toppings on it,
But the best for me,
It’s got to be,
Adding salt on top of it
shortbread x
it has to be porridge for me
shortbread
Shortbread
Lorne sausages
Haggis
haggis
Border tablet – craving some now!
I like square sausages
Being a Scot I love all Scottish food (apart from haggis) but my favourite has defo got to be black pudding, I love the stuff
porridge! or flapjacks (not sure if scottish but uses oats!! 🙂 ) x
I love haggis, neeps and tatties
I love oats, I have porridge most mornings
GIVE ME THEM ALL
I love black pudding.
Arbroath smokies or a fish supper 🙂
Shortcake. Love it!
Square sausage omnomnom x
the scottish people and shortbread
LOVELY SHORTBREAD
scoth broth thankyou
love porridge but the English way, so have to say shortbread
Shortbread
Well, I eat porridge every day, so it has to be that
Shortbread biscuits!
scotch broth
Haggis, neeps and tatties – one of my fave Scottish meals!
cranachan!
Shortbread
i love porridge oats and shortbread the wife loves haggis for breakfast
Yum yum.. Scottish shortbread is the best.. The oatcakes are not bad either
You can’t beat haggis
I love square sausage and black pudding with tattie scones 🙂
I love scotch broth 🙂 really warms me up and tastes so yummy
scots porridge oats of course 🙂
Aberdeen Angus Steak
Love scottish shortbread
Scottish smoked salmon is the best!
Its a cliché but its definitely haggiS!
I really love their shortbread, it’s the best in the world.
I love Haggis! Not just on it’s own but we’ve also had pork and haggis sausages this week which were amazing!
Salmon
Scottish Shortbread
salmon, and shortbread,- but not together
I love shortbread!
I love shortbread
Salmon!
Love shortbread 🙂
I always have Scottish porridge oats for breakfast, so i’ll have to say them
Haggis
porridge
I have a really sweet tooth so adore Scottish Tablet
Square sausages!
Porridge
Shortbread. Goes great with a cuppa
Deep fried marsbar
Shortbread
I had not had it since I was a small girl made by my Gran, but my Dad made some recently for his Touch O’ Tarten night at his golf club. Has to be Tablet
It would have to be vegetarian haggis for me.
haggis
Gotta be shortbread 🙂
Aberdeen angus beef
Square sausage & tattie scones
Haggis, bit I’m choosy as I’ve had many a bad ones but they are generally not Scottish
For me its those yummy shortbread fingers. They should carry a warning: Don’t fall into that “I’ll just have one more” trap 🙂
mmmmmmmmmmmm shortbread with out a doubt !!!
pan friend scallops or pan fried mackerel
buttery shortbread 😀
I absolutely adore Haggis
It has to be Haggis neeps and tatties
Love stovies with lot of pepper – perfect dish for winter 🙂
You can’t beat haggis neeps & tatties! And somehow it tastes even better on Burn’s night 😛
Aberdeen Rowie, yum!
Haggis
Lorne Sausage is my favourite.
Shortbread 🙂
shortbread
Shortbread and porridge oats.
Haggis
porridge oats
Shortbread 🙂
Haggis
A Scottish breakfast with square sausage and tattie scones!
Scottish smoked salmon
Oatcakes
Shortbread is my all time favourite 🙂
Shortbread
tattie scones. yum
Not sure what they are called but my MIL cooks some amazing pancakes (are they scotch pancakes) for breakfast
Definitely shortbread 🙂 With a great big mug of hot tea!
I love porridge, I have it for breakfast every day with cinnamon. (I have it for a quick tea sometimes too!)
Shortbread
Shortbread!
Porridge for breakfast!
Haggis! We went to Edinburgh a few years ago and had a fab time!
A full Scottish breakfast with black pudding or Kippers. Especially when you find a fantastic B&B and get to experience really delicious home-cooked Scottish fare x
Shortbread
SHORTBREAD
Cranachan is my favourite
Shortbread
Has to be shortbread as well.
SHORTBREAD – just love it and no-one makes it better
Short bread is my weakness good luck everyone xx
Oatcakes
Has to be shortbread
Square sausage xx
Shortbread for me!
Hmmm, does Whisky count as a food? 😉 I like haggis as well though, and porridge.
Shortbread
Haggis
It has to be shortbread and lots of it.
Loving the oats
Shortbread .yummy
porridge
I love potato scones and square sausage
Love Scottish Morning rolls and lorne sausage – My Grampa used to go to the local shop to buy them fresh when we were there on holiday
Porridge with salt but my husband loves haggis
Tatties and mince xx
i love shortbread!
Shortbread
My favourite is cranachan, nice and simple but delicious 🙂
edinburgh rock is my favourite
I like Stovies
tattie scones are my favourite.
I love stovies! I had them when I lived in Aberdeen for a few years!
Shortbread is my favourite
I must admit I do like haggis don’t get it much in England x
Scots Broth
Tablet!
I must have Scottish porridge oats
I have had haggis a few times and enjoyed it but it was covered in whisky and lit like a Christmas PhD, I am from the midlands
Clootie dumplings are the daddy of all dumplings!
I love haggis, neeps and tatties. My great gran was a scot and through her they have always been a family favourite.
Cock-a-leekie soup….I’m sure that is Scottish x
Haggis