Jedburgh - Jethart Snails

Jethart Snails

A local speciality, this is a brown mint-flavoured boiled sweet. The recipe is believed to have been brought to the town by French prisoners of the Napoleonic War. The Cafe which sells the product is called the 'Brown Sugar Coffee Shop'.

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