[Sca-cooks] Iceland & Scotland - what to get?

[Jane Sitton]

I haven't heard that the ban on meat products from the UK has been lifted,
so I'd find out before I had my parents spend money on stuff they might have
to leave behind.  Do you suppose the airport would have the phone number for
the customs dept.?  I surfed the web a bit, but couldn't find anything
useful.  Is the customs dept. part of the Treasury?  The USDA?  I dunno...
(showing my lack of egumikashun, as I went to publick skoolz)

Madelina the ignorant

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark.S Harris [mailto:mark.s.harris at motorola.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 2:07 PM
To: SCA-Cooks maillist
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Iceland & Scotland - what to get?


M. Gwyneth asked:
> My parents will be traveling to Iceland (Klefavik, Reykjavik) and Scotland
> (Glasgow, Iona, Edinburgh) on vacation for the next 2 weeks. What would be
> interesting food/drink-related items to bring back for me that could fit
in a
> suitcase?

Over the last few years, Nanna has regaled us with some wonderful
stories about the various foods of Iceland. Some of these may not be
commercially available or available at this time of year, however
you might look through this file in the FOOD-BY-REGION section of
the Florilegium and see if any of these items appeal to you. The
Icelandic shark and some of the whey cheese come to mind:
fd-Iceland-msg    (56K) 11/29/00    Food of medieval Iceland. Recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-BY-REGION/fd-Iceland-msg.html

For Scotland, this file:
fd-Scotland-msg   (39K)  9/21/00    Medieval food of Scotland. recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-BY-REGION/fd-Scotland-msg.html

There is always haggis, but the opinions on the canned variety have
not been good. However, perhaps it could be bought fresh and kept
ok until you got it. I have no idea if there are any food import
restrictions from those two countries.

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net