It probably began back in the days when Scotland had its royalty just as England did.
And presumably, from time to time Scottish royalty met up with English royalty in London for various talks etc. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that the
Scots – heroic both in fiction and the real world – wouldn’t have claimed the
right to a little bit of home by naming the place where they stayed, Scotland
Yard.
After all, these are the people that more than four
hundred years after they first came into existence, still comfortably wear
their tartan kilts.
These are the people who also make no apology for the
food they eat. England can have its kippers for breakfast. France can have its croissant. Other
countries might have their bacon and egg. But the Scotsman
eats his oats and flourishes.
And
why not? According to one
article
‘Oats are a slow-release carbohydrate, keeping you
feeling fuller between meals as they stabilize blood sugar levels. Oats are
also part of a heart-healthy diet—research shows they are useful for lowering
cholesterol. So you can always be assured no matter which oats you choose you
will be having a hearty, healthy breakfast which will see you through the
morning and keep you full until lunchtime.’
It was Johnson – that all-knowing Englishman – who defined oats in his dictionary, ‘eaten by
people in Scotland, but fit only for horses in England’.
Scotsman's reply to this is, ‘That's why England
has such good horses, and Scotland has such fine men!
In researching for my book, ‘Cool Food for Hot Lovers’, I
found that there’s evidence
that the term ‘sow your wild oats’ has roots in health science, and that oats
may be among the most potent and least expensive edible libido enhancers.
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