Ah well, we might be out of the football World Cup but at least there are still some things that we Scots can’t be beaten at – like making porridge, right?

Wrong.

Porridge tastes shite anyway, so who cares?

At the World Porridge-Making Championship finals, held this month in Carrbridge, the two top prizes went to an English woman and a Zimbabwean.

Winner of the Golden Spurtle, awarded for the best traditional porridge, was Mrs Lynn Benge, a Yorkshire lass.

In the “Speciality” category, the winner was Zimbabwean mother Lara Smith, with her “Bucc n’ Dugle” creation, porridge made with chocolate and caramel.

And, as if to rub salt in the porridge wounds, the Scots didn’t even come close to winning.

The two runners-up places in each category were claimed by a Dutchman and a Spaniard respectively.

Anyone for a good old fry-up?

We’re still bloody good at them, apparently.