EP 8: "Scottish Baking" with Coinneach MacLeod aka the Hebridean Baker

11/14/23 • 22 min

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63 Percent Scottish: A Scotland Appreciation Podcast

Experiencing food is an important part of experiencing culture. Just think about it - how do you tell the culture of Detroit, New York and Chicago apart? The pizza (among other things). But seriously, food and food traditions can tell you a lot about the past and present of a culture, and Scotland is no different.
We've asked Coinneach MacLeod, famous the world over as the Hebridean Baker, to tell us a bit about Scottish baking. We cover:

How he got into baking
The cultural norms that guide the Scottish style of baking
Key Scottish bakes
Whether baking/food is the perfect ambassador for a culture

Have thoughts? Connect with 63 Percent Scottish on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or contact us at 63percentscottish.com.
Music by RomanSenykMusic from Pixabay.

How he got into baking
The cultural norms that guide the Scottish style of baking
Key Scottish bakes
Whether baking/food is the perfect ambassador for a culture

Have thoughts? Connect with 63 Percent Scottish on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or contact us at 63percentscottish.com.
Music by RomanSenykMusic from Pixabay.

Previous Episode

Five Fast Questions with Beth Reid

We asked Instagram historian Beth Reid five questions and challenged her to answer each in one minute or less. Here are the questions:

If you could meet one person from the Scottish Wars of Independence, who would it be?
What's your second favourite era of Scottish history?
If you had to recommend one place in Scotland for our listeners to visit, what would it be?
You have to recommend one book about Scottish history for our listeners to read - what is it?
Forgetting about history for a second, what's the most beautiful place you've ever visited in Scotland?

Have thoughts? Connect with 63 Percent Scottish on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or contact us at 63percentscottish.com.
Music by RomanSenykMusic from Pixabay.

Next Episode

Five Fast Questions with the Hebridean Baker: Part Two

We've already asked The Hebridean Baker - Coinneach MacLeod - five fast questions, so could we come up with five more? Of course! Here's what we cover:

You’ve traveled the world to promote your book. When you return from your globe-trotting what’s the first baked treat that you crave?
Your cookbooks include a huge number of recipes, but if you had to pick just one bake to represent the Isle of Lewis forever, what would it be?
You made a fantastic Christmas commercial with BBC Alba last year – we’ll post it on social media so everyone can see – where you help a young girl with some holiday baking. The big question: what did you make? It looks fantastic.
On a scale of 1-10, how important is whisky to baking?
Last time, I asked you to help the listeners learn how to say “Hello” in Gaelic. This time, can you tell us how to say “That tastes great” or the equivalent?

Have thoughts? Connect with 63 Percent Scottish on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or contact us at 63percentscottish.com.
Music by RomanSenykMusic from Pixabay.