Turns out it was pumpkin pie batter! Ha ha. Guess when that was from. Frozen, unlabelled, and forgotten...
So, I will be making a pumpkin pie tonight. Along with those bean burgers.
In other news...
from the Oban Times, 2 February 2012
Oban High School aims to build fence to combat rising problems with strangers and dog dirt
Strangers walking through the premises, and pupils and staff clearing school grounds of dog mess before lessons can start, are becoming the norm at Oban High School.
Councillors hold talks on stopping the spread of Japanese knotweed
Stopping the spread of Japanese knotweed in Fort William will be the focus of discussions at Lochaber councillors' business meeting on February 13...
The invasive nine-foot shrub is capable of breaking through concrete and tar and can re-grow from a tiny sliver of rootstock, which can reach two metres down.
(Notice the mixing of Imperial and metric measurements in one sentence. Typically British -- where all systems of measurement apply simultaneously.)
from the Oban Times, 9 February 2012
Pair left in a hurry without paying for their curry
Two Caol people accused of trying to leave a Fort William restaurant without paying for their meal are due to stand trial at Fort William Sheriff Court on March 29.
Clan Donald members make annual pilgrimage to Glencoe
Clan Donald members will make their annual pilgrimage to Glencoe on Monday to mark the 320th anniversary of the infamous massacre of February 13, 1692.
Talk on 1752 Appin murder
The 1752 Appin murder of Argyll Factor Colin Campbell is the theme of a talk at the Free Church Hall in Oban tomorrow (Friday). The talk (in English) by Robin Banks is put on by the Comunn Gàidhealach and starts at 7:30 pm.
(Notice how stuff that happened 300 years ago still makes the newspapers.)
As per your last item-- I was visiting the town I had lived in in SW Scotland a few years later and there was an article in the paper about this young man beheading his father with an axe. It took many reads before I finally believed that this had happened the previous week (in 1997) rather than 200 years prior.
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