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Irish Medieval Iron Age food - cooking pottage stew in a cauldron over a fire

Irish Medieval Food – Pottage

Posted on February 10, 2019September 25, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

“Pottage is not so much used in all Christendom as it is used in England” – Andrew Boorde, Dyetary (I542) Pottage in England, came from the Old French pottage, meaning simply ‘potted dish’. I’m not sure how extensively Mr. Boorde had travelled in Ireland, but here it was craibechan for a stew and anraith for…

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Worties - Irish Cabbage for Medieval Cooking

Irish Medieval Cooking – Worties

Posted on July 2, 2018September 25, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

‘Worties’ was the common name in Ireland, from the English ‘wortes’, which were vegetable greens and members of the onion family, such as cabbage leaves, spinach, beet greens, leeks, wild garlic leaves and so on, as well as some of the leafy herbs used for seasonings, like borage, parsley, and sage. When cooked together with…

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Fresh Baked Irish Soda Bread

How to Bake Your Own Irish Soda Bread

Posted on February 3, 2018February 13, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

Flour. Baking Soda. Buttermilk. There you go, that’s your Irish soda bread recipe. Ok, so there MIGHT be a bit more to it than that, but seriously like, nothing a few practice runs won’t sort out. (Gluten Free flour works grand too, btw, just swap in a quality self raising kind for regular flour) Here’s…

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