The Saltire
Currently there are some 30 shires in Scotland deriving from the ancient ‘clan’ or ‘family’ divisions throughout its long history. Because of this borders and territories were somewhat more fluid than those in England during a similar period.
The Royal Standard
Bearing this in mind it is not always easy to pin certain dishes or foods to one particular area or region. Nevertheless I shall attempt to link up specific items to specific regions as they come along.
The Highlands
Scotland c. 1654
Scotland, 1808
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll
Ayrshire
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Bute
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Cromartyshire
Dumfriesshire
Dunbartonshire
Fife
Inverness-shire
Kincardineshire
Kinross-shire
Kirkcudbrightshire
Lanarkshire
Lothian (East, West, Mid)
Morayshire
Nairnshire
Scotland c.1930
Peebles-shire
Perthshire
Renfrewshire
Ross-shire
Roxburghshire
Selkirkshire
Stirlingshire
Sutherland
Wigtownshire
Granny Robertson's Cookbook 