"Bullet Loaf"?
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"Bullet Loaf"?
I recently received an email from a distant family friend with the following content:
"I was brought up in Scotland and i distinctly remember my mother buying what was called Bullet Loaf. It was a dense, light brown loaf, possibly with some oat flour in it. Baked in a used shell casing - hence the name & shape, round with one end flat and the other slightly rounded. I have searched all over for a recipe, or even an acknowledgement that this ever existed, so I'd be grateful for confirmation from ANYONE that I didn't dream it, and if anyone has a recipe I would be eternally grateful!"
I have never heard of this and have consulted my Scottish partner who is also drawing a blank - does anyone know what this is, or where one might find a recipe for such a delicacy? ( I tried a basic Google and only found a few pretty offensive things!)
"I was brought up in Scotland and i distinctly remember my mother buying what was called Bullet Loaf. It was a dense, light brown loaf, possibly with some oat flour in it. Baked in a used shell casing - hence the name & shape, round with one end flat and the other slightly rounded. I have searched all over for a recipe, or even an acknowledgement that this ever existed, so I'd be grateful for confirmation from ANYONE that I didn't dream it, and if anyone has a recipe I would be eternally grateful!"
I have never heard of this and have consulted my Scottish partner who is also drawing a blank - does anyone know what this is, or where one might find a recipe for such a delicacy? ( I tried a basic Google and only found a few pretty offensive things!)
Last edited by ghunter; Jun 20th 2015 at 4:00 am.
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Re: "Bullet Loaf"?
I recently received an email from a distant family friend with the following content:
"I was brought up in Scotland and i distinctly remember my mother buying what was called Bullet Loaf. It was a dense, light brown loaf, possibly with some oat flour in it. Baked in a used shell casing - hence the name & shape, round with one end flat and the other slightly rounded. I have searched all over for a recipe, or even an acknowledgement that this ever existed, so I'd be grateful for confirmation from ANYONE that I didn't dream it, and if anyone has a recipe I would be eternally grateful!"
I have never heard of this and have consulted my Scottish partner who is also drawing a blank - does anyone know what this is, or where one might find a recipe for such a delicacy? ( I tried a basic Google and only found a few pretty offensive things!)
"I was brought up in Scotland and i distinctly remember my mother buying what was called Bullet Loaf. It was a dense, light brown loaf, possibly with some oat flour in it. Baked in a used shell casing - hence the name & shape, round with one end flat and the other slightly rounded. I have searched all over for a recipe, or even an acknowledgement that this ever existed, so I'd be grateful for confirmation from ANYONE that I didn't dream it, and if anyone has a recipe I would be eternally grateful!"
I have never heard of this and have consulted my Scottish partner who is also drawing a blank - does anyone know what this is, or where one might find a recipe for such a delicacy? ( I tried a basic Google and only found a few pretty offensive things!)
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Re: "Bullet Loaf"?
Was this during the WWII or shortly after?
During those years, there was a loaf called "National Loaf"
The Home Front Housewife: Recipe 5: The National Loaf
Perhaps the local bakery just baked it in a used artillery shell?
During those years, there was a loaf called "National Loaf"
The Home Front Housewife: Recipe 5: The National Loaf
Perhaps the local bakery just baked it in a used artillery shell?
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Re: "Bullet Loaf"?
"Bullet Loaf"? I never heard of it !
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Re: "Bullet Loaf"?
think the map is way out..a bridie is a meat filled pastry, it has a rowie covering most o the borders sw Scotland ...a rowie is from Aberdeen a savoury bread...for the Scottish borders south Scotland ..morning roll./roll
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Re: "Bullet Loaf"?
If you went into a bakers and asked for a 'morning roll' in Aberdeen (or any part of NE Scotland) they would look at you like you'd grown an extra head lol
And a Buttery/Rowie doesn't resemble a bap in any way shape or form.