If there’s one thing that’s my weakness, it’s good shortbread!
I’m not sure where my obsession with shortbread started, perhaps as a child? Being given that buttery biscuit for the first time, my mother looking proudly on as we ate the fruits of her homeland.
Being a Scot living in London, my mum didn’t often have access in the 80’s to what we children considered “Scottish Food”. Sure, local shops sold shortbread, but not the kind that our aunts and uncles would bring back from Edinburgh.
Bountiful car boot surprises
When aunts and uncles returned from Edinburgh, they came laden with a bounty. Square sausage! Circular bacon! Shortbread like no other! A rock sweet that was soft! Sponges wrapped in coconut icing! A fruit pudding that you could eat for breakfast! To a young child, very concerned with their sweet intake, their visits and gifts were heavenly.
Whether it was the romance of a foreign country, or simply that divine taste as the butter melted, and the biscuit crumbled in your mouth, I’m not sure. But what I was sure about, shortbread and I were going to be firm friends.
Coffee and a biscuit
I love nothing more than a hot coffee, and a firm shortbread biscuit – Ahhhh! So when I saw the Royal Wedding souvenir shortbread tin of HRH Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, I couldn’t resist.
The team have also been persuaded to take part in a wedding discussion that you can see on The People’s Friend Facebook page. Please join us for a quick cup of tea, or coffee, while we chat all things shortbread, and weddings, of course. Friday 18th May.
Have a browse around The People’s Friend merchandise in the DC Thomson shop.
Karlie Simmonds Karlie has worked in Digital Media for over 10 years, she is passionate about health and wellbeing and lives in Edinburgh with her partner, children, and Pug, Poppy.
