Oddly enough, this dish did not originate in Scotland, but as it is told, the word ‘scotch’ was really ‘scorched’ from the Algerian recipe, Narcissus Meatballs, where the pork coated egg was cooked over an open flame, hence becoming scorched. It is easy to see how the word evolved from ‘scorch’ to scotch’.
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