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Cottar
Cuisine
Even
in the days before the Highland Clearances or that of stealing a
sheep,
punishable by death, came into being, Cottars throughout
the Highlands and
Islands were adept at making the most out of
what food came to hand.
Herring and oatmeal were standby
ingredients but so too were many other
items gleaned from the
countryside, one way or another.
Life for a Cottar was hard
right up to and including the second World War
years, as a lad I
experienced just that. Thus, before all is lost, I was persuaded
to
commit to record some of the dishes and happenings which occurred
during
that period and so too, relate some ‘old wives
tales’.
During that time there were no such things as
digital scales or kilos, the
housewife then went about her baking
and cooking mostly by feel and experience.
Hence you will not
encounter precise measurements in the attached ‘brief ‘
of
my records, should you wish to access them.
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