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This is a traditional Scottish recipe and you will need to decide how you'd like to adjust it to modern ingredients and methods.
You will need:
- 3 cup fulls of flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 oz. butter
- 3 tablespoonfuls syrup
- 1 tablespoonful dried egg
- 1 teaspoonful of ground ginger
-...
This recipe is from Mrs. Bruce of Aberdeen.
Filling:
- 1 pound of hamburger meat (mince)
- 1 pack of streaky bacon
- 2 to 4 cubes of chicken stock (adjust to taste)
- 2 medium to large carrots sticks, shredded
- 1 large onion, diced up
- 1 large bell pepper, diced up
- 1 teaspoon...
Once upon a time there was a young man named Farquhar MacNeill. He had just gone to a new situation, and the very first night after he went to it his mistress asked him if he would go over the hill to the house of a neighbour and borrow...
There was once a King whose wife died, leaving him with an only daughter, whom he dearly loved. The little Princess's name was Velvet-Cheek, and she was so good, and bonnie, and kind-hearted that all her father's subjects loved her. But as the King was generally engaged in transacting...
Of all the young gallants in Scotland in the thirteenth century, there was none more gracious and debonair than Thomas Learmont, Laird of the Castle of Ercildoune, in Berwickshire.
He loved books, poetry, and music, which were uncommon tastes in those days; and, above all, he loved to study nature,...
This is a Scottish traditional recipe that has not been modified from its original version. You will need to substitute for modern ingredients as required.
You will need:
- 1 cup of oatmeal
- 1 teaspoonful of melted fat
- pinch of baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoonful of salt
- hot water
1. Mix dry ingredients...
This is a Scottish traditional recipe. You will need to modify with modern ingredients as required.
1. Procure a large stomach bag of a sheep, as well as its liver, lights and heart. The bag must be well washed, first in cold water, then plunged in boiling water and scraped.
2....
A poem about the importance of cooking well, circa 1940 (possibly older) found in an old collection of Scottish recipies. Obviously, times have changed since then.
Ladies who wish to keep their spouses
Content and happy in their houses
Must learn that food to be a blessing
Must not be ruined in the...
