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By Carolyn McDonald Graf Honeybees seem to have their origin in Afro-Eurasia and appear in the fossil records from 34 million years ago. Bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasian …
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By Carolyn McDonald Graf This is not the first time this recipe appeared in our newsletter, but I brought these meatballs to Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and many people asked …
By Carolyn McDonald Graf The word “bannock” probably comes from the Gaelic bunnuch or bannach which means morsel and may come from the Latin word for bread panicium. A bannoch …
By Carolyn McDonald Graf Cottage pie, as the name suggests, is a pie of humble origins. Using simple ingredients of vegetables and meat with potatoes as a topping, it is …
By Carolyn McDonald Graf One story goes that in 1526, a man from Yorkshire named William Strickland got two turkeys from an American Indian trader and sold them for tuppence …
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By Carolyn McDonald Graf Half a pound of tupenny (= two-penny) rice,Half a pound of treacle.That’s the way the money goes,Pop! goes the weasel. Treacle brings up memories of sweets …
By Carolyn Graf It’s said that raisins were discovered when humans stumbled into some grapes drying on a vine. History books record that raisins were sun-dried from grapes as long …
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By Carolyn McDonald Graf Scotland is an island nation made up of large and small bits of land surrounded by water. The western most of these are the Outer Hebrides. …
Cabbage is a very ancient food going back 4,000 years. There is evidence that Mongolian nomads learned to preserve cabbage in brine bringing a new method of preservation and flavor …
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Coinneach MacLeod is The Hebridean Baker. He began sharing his love of the Outer Hebrides and Scottish recipes on social media in 2020. This book, a result of the popularity …