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Maw Broon's Cookbook: The Broon's Cookbook - for Every Day and Special Days
by Maw Broon

Synopsis
Launched in 1936 in the "Sunday Post" in Scotland, The Broons are undoubtedly Scotland's first family - the Nation's favourites - with a readership covering all generations. The Broons 'annual' sells over 100,000 copies. This is a facsimile of Maw Broon's very own cookbook, which we borrowed from the sideboard at No. 10 Glebe Street - first made for her by her mother-in-law when 'Maw' married 'Paw', and added-to over the years with recipes for every day and special days, from friends and neighbours and others that simply caught Maw's eye in "The Sunday Post", or cut-out of the backof a flour bag. These are the very recipes that became the favourite dishes of the whole extended family - Maw and Paw, Granpaw, Daphne, Horace, Joe, Maggie, Hen, the Twins and 'the bairn'.The strip itself is still hugely popular, with the "Sunday Post" having a circulation of over 1,000,000 copies every week, and there are some examples of the strip from years gone by that Maw must have clipped into her Cookbook- perhaps as reminders of special days. We've just left the 'bits and pieces' that you find tucked into a cookbook, exactly as we found them - stains and all. "Maw Broon's Cookbook" is published at a time when nostalgia items are extremely popular, and although obviously firm favourites in Scotland, there will be interest nationwide, with support and endorsement from celebrity names - Gordon Ramsay, Lorraine Kelly, Ewan McGregor to name a few. The BBC's Robbie Shepherd and Tom Morton will lend a hand too! There will be promotion in DC Thomson's portfolio of newspapers and magazines - including "The Sunday Post", "The Courier", "The Scots Magazine", and "The People's Friend".

Pure dwams fae being afore the fire oan ma grannies hearth waiting fir the tea (November 2007)
Reviewer: Crisdean "Crisdean" - Edinburgh, Scotland

Pure Barrie like! Being brought up reading the The Broons or oor Willie in front of yer grandparents' fire at the weekends - is surely on of the distinghing things that makes you Scottish. This is pure barrie/braw - a real nostalgia trip, for the same reason that buying Oor Willie or Broons annual each Christmas is a must -that if ye hasnae had yon upbringing ye'd no understan. If you really think you understand Scots mentatility or are wanting too - but at the same time want to delve into Scottish working class tradtional cookig - look no further! None of yer cliched tousristy Haggis and Neeps on a year - pure normal food that we had and now crave back to those days. There is nothing like a guid bowl o Stoovies tae melt a Scots heirt!!

Tae be recommended tae all Scots, all exiled Scots and all those of Scots anscesetry or want to understan working class lowland Scots (the majority of Scots!). Te'll get a warmer smile from the most stern faced Scot if ye ask them about how tae make a good pot o's Stovies and some guid Table like yer ma made, than if ye asked them aboot Haggis (tae which ye'd just get a exasperated or bored response.

The health police up in arms about the ingdredients - but that alone shows that it is none of the p.c health brigade Guid!

If ye cannae understan why this warms maist Scots hairt's - ye'll never unerstan whit it is take be Scots!

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