[Sca-cooks] Native foods of Scotland (was Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 20, Issue 45)

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

amanda sears wrote:

>I have a question for you all. I am looking for someplace where I can find a list or research native foods of Scotland, mainly fruits and vegetables. Does anyone know of such a resource online? I do not have any money to buy a book at present and I just moved and do not know where the library is let alone have a library card. Thank you for any information you can offer up!
>
>Meadhbh
>
Many of the cultivated fruits and vegetables in Britain were introduced 
by the Romans.  So, although medieval Scots were eating cabbage and 
carrots, these are not *native* plants.
http://www.ukagriculture.com/countryside/history_of_countryside/countryside_history.html

The links below have lists of native British/Scottish plants
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/environment/snts-67.asp
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/fff/ChekLisS.htm

History of cheesemaking in Scotland:
http://www.ebs.hw.ac.uk/SDA/cheese1.html

The British Agricultural Historical Society has back issues of its 
journal online.  I do not know if it would include the information you seek.
http://www.bahs.org.uk/

Hope this gives you a start.

-- 
Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
Robin Carroll-Mann *** rcmann4 at earthlink.net