Hi, We are Searching For Scran!
Searching for Scran is a blog focused on Scottish and Malawian food. The blog was started by husband (from Scotland) and wife (from Malawi). We wanted to create a space on the internet to celebrate food from these two special places in the world.
Scran is another word for food, which was used in the regions of Scotland where we grew up. The idea is that this blog is searching for scran. This blog is dedicated to searching and finding to share with our readers ingredients, recipes and ways of producing ingredients from Scotland and Malawi.
From a Scottish perspective, we found that it is relatively challenging to find traditional Scottish recipes, as they have been drowned out by other meals from surrounding countries. From the Malawian persepctive, we found it challenging to find out what the english words are for some of the very indegenous ingredients that we really wanted to source and cook with whilst living here in the UK.
Our Vision
Our vision is to increase people’s knowledge about Scottish and Malawian food so they too can enjoy some of the delicious scran. The blog will focus on the following aspects:
Ingredients: Showcase ingredients that are distictly Malawian or Scottish
Recipes: Share recipes so that other people can enjoy traditional and contemporary ways of preparing meals with Scottish or Malawian ingredients.
Produce: Showcase how the ingredients are produced and how others can do the same (in Scotland and England) in their allotments or gardens.