Tablet
TypeConfectionery
Place of originScotland
Main ingredientsButter, sugar, condensed milk

Tablet (taiblet in Scots[1][2][3]) is a medium-hard, sugary confection from Scotland. Tablet is usually made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter, which is boiled to a soft-ball stage and allowed to crystallise. It is often flavoured with vanilla and sometimes has nut pieces in it.[2][4]

Tablet differs from fudge in that it has a brittle, grainy texture, where fudge is much softer. Well-made tablet is a medium-hard confection, not as soft as fudge, but not as hard as hard candy.

Commercially available tablet often uses fondant instead of the milk products. This produces a slightly less granular texture compared to the traditional home-made tablet, and is supposedly easier to prepare on a commercial scale.

History

According to The Scots Kitchen by F. Marian McNeill, tablet is noted in The Household Book of Lady Grisell Baillie in the early 18th century.[5] The traditional recipe uses just sugar and cream. More modern recipes substitute condensed milk and butter for the cream, as cream has a tendency to burn when boiled.

Names

Tablet is sometimes referred to as Swiss Milk tablet (Swiss Milk being a term used by some for condensed milk)[6][7][8] or butter tablet.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rennie, Susan (ed.). "Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL)". Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  2. 1 2 Bell, John Joy (1903). Wee Macgreegor. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9780559576188.
  3. ↑ "Full text of "The household book of Lady Grisell Baillie, 1692-1733"". Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Scottish Tablet Company". Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  5. ↑ McNeill, F. Marian (1963). The Scots Kitchen (second ed.). London and Edinburgh: Morrison and Gibb Limited. p. 244.
  6. ↑ S.W.R.I. (1977). S.W.R.I. Jubilee Cookery Book. Edinburgh: Scottish Women's Rural Institutes; Reprint of 8th Edition (1968), p180
  7. ↑ "Swiss Milk Tablet 1935". Bygone Dundee. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Tablet | VisitScotland Food and Drink". Eatscotland.visitscotland.com. Retrieved 5 June 2013.


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