Scots Tablet is a medium-hard, sugary confection from Scotland. It is made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter, boiled to a soft-ball stage and allowed to crystallize. It is often flavoured with vanilla, and sometimes has nut pieces in it. Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... A sugar is a form of carbohydrate; the most commonly used sugar is a white crystalline solid, sucrose; used to alter the flavor and properties (mouthfeel, preservation, texture) of beverages and food. ... Condensed milk is milk from which water has been removed and to which sugar has been added, yielding a very thick, sweet product that can last on the shelf for years. ... Balls of butter on a plate Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh cream. ... Candy is a term for a type of confectionery prepared by dissolving sugar in water or milk and boiling it until it starts to caramelize. ... Vanilla is a flavouring, in its pure form known as vanillin, derived from orchids in the genus Vanilla. ...

Tablet (or taiblet in Scots) has a long history. According to The Scots Kitchen by F. Marian McNeill, tablet is first noted in The Household Book of Lady Grisell Baillie in the early 18th century. The traditional recipe uses just sugar and cream. More modern recipes substitute condensed milk and butter for the cream, as it has a tendency to burn when boiled. Scots (or Lallans, meaning Lowlands), often Lowland Scots to distinguish it from the Gaelic of the Highlands, is used in Scotland, as well as parts of Northern Ireland and border areas of the Republic of Ireland, where it is known in official circles as Ulster Scots or Ullans but by... This article is about cream, the food item. ...

Commercially available tablet often use fondant instead of the milk products. This produces a slightly less granular texture to the traditional home-made tablet, and is supposedly much easier to prepare on a commercial scale. Fondant is a confection used as a filling or coating for cakes, pastries, and candies or sweets. ...

Tablet differs from fudge in that it has a brittle, grainy texture, where fudge is much softer. Tablet is almost identical to Québécois sucre à la crème, except the latter is often made with maple syrup. It's also reportedly similar to South American tableta de leche. Another close relative can be found in the Netherlands that goes by the name of borstplaat and is eaten during the time that Sinterklaas is celebrated. A slice of Russian fudge Fudge is a type of confectionery, usually extremely rich and often flavored with chocolate. ... In Canadian English, a Québécois (IPA: As an adjective, the word refers to Quebecs francophone culture or population. ... A sugarshack where sap is boiled down to maple syrup. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Saint Nicholas, also known as Nikolaus in Germany and Sinterklaas (a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas) in the Netherlands and Flanders, is the common name for the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Anatolia, (now in modern Turkey) and had a reputation for secret gift...

Scots Tablet is perhaps occasionally known as Swiss Milk Tablet, since some people call condensed milk "Swiss Milk".

One commercial manufacturer, Glickman's of Glasgow, is famous for its menthol flavoured 'cough tablet'. Unlike normal tablet, this is an extremely acquired taste. Menthol is a covalent organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. ...

External Links

• Scots Tablet Recipe (http://purl.oclc.org/NET/scruss/scots_tablet)
• Glickman's Confectionery (http://www.glickmans.co.uk/)