tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384281917880164228.post2830649706096771961..comments2021-05-08T15:43:43.857+01:00Comments on DALMORE - Tales of a Lewis Village: Stornoway Bread - "The Best". Ask the Cows.Donald John Maclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11656350420417784282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384281917880164228.post-20632841502221946212009-09-21T16:42:00.572+01:002009-09-21T16:42:00.572+01:00Jonnie Og's lovely little bakery was across fr...Jonnie Og's lovely little bakery was across from the footbridge to the Castle Grounds, I went there often as a child. <br />One legendary baker on the N Sea rigs was a Johnnie Og alumnus who baked the best and biggest doughnuts ever known on either side of the Atlantic.<br />The Stag bakery was so called because it was built on Stag Road.<br />I used to live round the corner from the site - between a derelict house and the C of S manse - where it was built.<br />In fact I worked in the bakery for a while (night shift)(hopeless employee) after leaving school and was startled to see the retired Nicolson janitor, previously a figure of some standing merged with ridicule, coming in to a part time job wrapping sliced bread.<br />The reason our beloved plain loaf isnt nearly as nice today is because they no longer use good Canadian spring wheat but soft European rubbish. Oh well...Ian Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387586366231362654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384281917880164228.post-79818528650913798022009-02-12T20:19:00.000+00:002009-02-12T20:19:00.000+00:00Yes, you can't beat a stag loaf! My Grandad was in...Yes, you can't beat a stag loaf! My Grandad was indeed William "Og" Mackenzie and he started Stag Bakery with a local business partner. My Grandad's father (also William Og) was also a baker and his father in turn was also a Stornoway baker going by the name of Johnny Og (Oak). The Stag name comes from the Stag's head on the old MacKenzie clan crest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com