Hi Kenyon! I’ve not been able to find authentic Scottish oatcakes in any shop. I love the ones I make at home. I hope you enjoy them too!

Interestingly, I gave up rolled oats many, many years ago. We almost always use organic steel-cut oats. Even Trader Joe’s offers them now. However, we do look for organic, and since I have gluten-free friends, I try to find ones that are certified GF.

I have also been able to buy oat flour for baking, but it is just as fine as regular flour. I appreciate the person who mentioned Bob’s Red Mill having what are similar to medium ground as I have not tried those. I really like the steel-cut oats.

Now I just have to figure out what to use for my Scottish Oat Cakes when I try your recipe. But, I do have to mention that the oatcakes I bought at the festival list the following ingredients: flour [no idea what kind], butter, oats [who knows what kind], brown sugar, salt, & baking soda. So they are not traditional . . . but they do taste good. I’ll be interested to make the real ones as I have quite a number of Scottish ancestors.

Do you have a preference for one over the other?

Really interesting article. I was pondering with my friend over the origins of rolled oats, as we ate the Organic Jumbo Rilled Oats Porridge I made for is this morning. I have made porridge with oatmeal, too.

Hello in Ottawa!

Yes, coarse oatmeal has crossed the Atlantic in the form of steel cut oats! And yes, Bobs Red Mill do have medium oatmeal as ‘Scottish Oatmeal’. There are also a few independent mills throughout the US selling oatmeal, but it’s unusual for me to find an American who knows what a British/Scottish person means when I say the word oatmeal!

I have tried putting oat groats and coarse oatmeal through my mill, but it doesn’t produce the same thing as medium oatmeal. I end up with larger pieces intermingled with tiny flour-like pieces. It still tastes lovely but it’s not the same!

I understand that Quaker do an organic range.

But (and it’s a big but!) I would always recommend that we look for small suppliers that are looking after the soil, the environment and their employees. There are great mills doing sustainable and exciting things with grains all over the world. Yes, you’re right, let’s use them!