Joe McNamee: Good broth is the magic gold elixir we all need

Joe McNamee: "Broth, including lamb and barley, is a revered dish in Scotland and my Granny’s version would raise the dead although nobody ever called it Scotch Broth — that usage is just to weed out the Sassenachs."

Recently struck down with the dreaded lurgy, when I could finally eat again, I craved only one dish, hot chicken broth. I have always loved broth, the word alone giving me succour. 

My Glasgow Granny used to tell me when we’d visit that I was her ‘wee broth of a boy’ even though, a sickly wain, I was more akin to watery gruel.