[Sca-cooks] Irish Recipes

[johnna holloway]

Druighad at aol.com wrote:
> OFC: I am looking for 5-6th century Celtic(Irish-Celt)recipes but am having a
> great deal of difficulty as the written word didn't get to Eriu until those
> darn priests got there.Hmph. Can anyone give me any ideas where to look
> except the Book Of Kells? Finnebhir
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Two sources to check out are:
Cowan, Cathal and Regina Sexton. Ireland's Traditional Foods. Dublin:
The National Food Centre, 1997.
Mahon, Brid. Land of Milk and Honey. Dublin: Poolberg, 1991. (also
Mercier Press, Irish American Book Company edition, Boulder, CO, 1998).

Both have excellent bibliographies that will point you towards the
numerous papers that have been written on early Irish foods.
Johnnae llyn Lewis
Johnna Holloway