the oscars of the oat world, the golden spurtles, have just been handed out. of swedes, calle myrsell and per ca rlsson, but there hasn't been a local winner since 2014. so is the country losing its taste for its own national breakfast? we sent rajan to edinburgh to find out. people come to edinburgh largely for the history largely, the drama of the castle, or the grandeur of holyrood house, but we've come here for the food. haggis, porridge, deep—fried mars bar... all absolutely delicious in their own right, of course, but in recent years it is how you eat your porridge that has taken on an importance all of its own. purists will always tell you that the only properly scottish way to eat porridge is with a little salt and water. the trouble is, it's just not that nice, is it? and these days if you ask most scots they'll tell you they like jazzing it up a bit. what do you have in it? fruit and milk, and that's all. i quite like dark sugar on it. i like it with treacle and milk. ido! honestly! you make an island... but it has to be the traditional porridge, non