SC - haggis

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  I called the photographer who is working on the book and she looked up the 
haggis recipe I remembered.  The first date on it was 1594.  She looked 
through the section that the recipe was from and yes there were several 
others some just oats suet and leeks, some with organ meats and veggies, But 
the one  spoke of has a note that seems to be atranslation of a note from 
the 1594 addition, This appeared on a 1878 recopy. it said in effect that 
this haggis had been served to a member of the English royal family on a 
visit to his Scots hunting lodge, and that it was a sore wast of good 
provider, as the person of royal birth had consumed enough to feed the 
household for a week. I went down to her studio this morning to see this for 
myself. There was also an added note that I copied and had my mother-in-law 
see if she could translate,that said that this haggis was not a proper 
haggis as it was designed to show the guest the wealth of the family and 
proper haggis( I think this refers to the haggis made with oats, leftover 
meat,leeks and broth. was a "goode fillen" for a honest hard working 
Scotsman

  Lady Katherine McGuire


>From: Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
>To: SCA-Cooks maillist <SCA-Cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>
>Subject: SC - haggis
>Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 02:47:10 -0500
>
>Lady Katherine McGuire said:
> >
> >   There is a recipe for Haggis in my family cook book.  If I remember 
>right
> > it is made with oats, bits of pre cooked mutton,leeks, currents, cream, 
>or
> > good stock, with what ever dried fruit here was, and a bit of honey. 
>This
> > was cooked slightly to soften the oats, then stuffed in the "bag" and 
>cooked
> > for an unbelievable length of time, 6 hours I think.
>
>Thank you. Your cookbook does cover a wide spread of years. Is there any
>indication of when this particular recipe dates from? Interesting. Fruit
>and cream and mutton and oats. It seems to incorporate a wide variety of
>what I was beginning think of as different types of haggis.
>
>--
>Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
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