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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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