Spurtle smooth taper. The custom is that a spurtle should be used to stir in a clockwise direction with the right hand. Early spurtles were flat, wooden or metal instruments, with long handles and flat blades. The spatula-like utensils, known as 'Couthie Spurtles,' can be used for flipping oatcakes or making pancakes - but not for making porridge. The World Porridge Making Championship awards a "Golden Spurtle" as its main prize. Spurtle The spurtle (or "spurtel", "spurtil", "spirtle" or "spartle") is a wooden Scottish kitchen tool, dating from the fifteenth century, that is used to stir porridge, soups, stews and broths.
Geology of the Cairngorms National Park 750 and 500 million years ago. The Dalradian is divided into four groups which stretch across the Grampian Highlands from Argyll in the southwest to northeast Scotland. All four groups and their various constituent subgroups and formations are seen within the National Park. The broad stratigraphy of the Dalradian is (oldest at bottom of list, youngest at top): The Grampian Group is the oldest division of the Dalradian and is recognized from Islay to Nairn and is also seen on the Atlantic coast of Ireland. It is itself divided into three parts; the Glenshirra, Corrieyairack and Glen Spean subgroups. The