[Namron] In need of Medieval Recipe(s) -- main course and dessert

[Grimmie]

HAGGIS
http://www.smart.net/~tak/haggis.html#one

Americanized Haggis
1 lb boneless lamb shoulder or breast, cut into pieces (or ground lamb)
        1/2 lb lamb liver, cut into pieces
        1/2 c  water
        1 small onion, coarsely chopped
        1 large egg
        3/4 ts salt
        3/4 ts pepper, black
        1/2 ts sugar
        1/4 ts ginger, ground
        1/8 ts cloves, ground
        1/8 ts nutmeg, ground
        1 c oats, rolled, old fashioned
        Stuff in a large sausage casing.
Heat oven to 350-F. Grease an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch loaf pan.
Serve with Scottish whisky and bagpipes.
Ode To A Haggis
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,                 cheerful
Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,                 Above
Painch, tripe, or thairm:                                 paunch/guts
Weel are ye wordy of a grace worthy
As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,                             buttocks
Your pin wad help to mend a mill                         skewer
In time o' need,
While thro' your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dight,                         wipe
An' cut you up wi' ready sleight,                         skill
Trenching your gushing entrails bright                     Digging
Like onie ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich!                                                 -steaming

Then, horn for horn, they strech an' strive:             spoon
Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve,                 bellies/soon
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,                     burst
'Bethanket!' hums.

Is there that owre his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,                                 sicken
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi' perfect sconner,                                             disgust
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view
On sic a dinner?


Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckless as a wither'd rash,                         weak/rush
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;                                                 fist/nut
Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,                             choice
He'll make it whissle;
An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned,                     trim
Like taps o' thrissle. tops/thistle

Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o'fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware                     watery
That jaups in luggies;                                 splashes/porringers
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer,
Gie her a Haggis!

To The Haggis

Grimmie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sjonna" <sjonna at cox.net>
To: <namron at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 3:49 PM
Subject: [Namron] In need of Medieval Recipe(s) -- main course and dessert


> Greetings ...
>
> Thought I would see if anyone in Namron has a couple of good tasting
> medieval recipes that I could borrow.  I'm looking for a meat pie (or
> another type of main course dish) and some type of dessert (not mince 
> meat).
> I am not stuck to a time period or country but am attending a Yule-type
> dinner with a basic medieval theme in honor of the outgoing King and Queen
> of the Norman Medieval Fair.  If you anyone has any thoughts, please let 
> me
> know.
>
> You can reach me off list at sjonna at cox.net or at
> spaulson at anglinpublicrelations.com.
>
> Best Regards for the New Year,
> Bianca Sereni
> mka Sjonna
>
>
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