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.
A Year in the Wild established in 2005 and is one of the country's newest national parks. The final episode of the series, "Cairngorms", premiered on 10 August 2012. The Cairngorms National Park covers the Cairngorms mountain range in Scotland, and is Britain's largest national park, with an area of 4,528 km2. All three episodes describe the wildlife of each park, the ecosystem, and the people who live near, work, or frequent the parks. The premiere of the first episode attracted 484,000 viewers. Sam Wollaston of "The Guardian" called the first episode "absolutely lovely, the place, the film, everything", but questioned the logic of premiering