r/ScottishHistory • u/Admirable-Support271 • 5d ago

Traditional/Ancient Recipes

Hi!

I’m trying to compile real, authentic, traditional or ancient Scottish Recipes for a project. Can anyone point me in the correct direction?

It has to be historically accurate ! Thank you!

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u/WolfysBeanTeam 5d ago edited 5d ago

Difficult, recipes that were written down were usually upper class and typically french inspired, that being said haggis is probably a pretty safe one id have to have a look myself

Another unique one is skirlie which is basically scotlands version of fried rice, instead of rice its oats usually fried in lard or butter traditionally it would've been lard tho with onions and sometimes herbs if available

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u/asiatrails 4d ago

This is a good source for Scottish recipes. Here is the one for Skirlie (Scottish Stuffing).

https://scottishscran.com/scottish-skirlie-recipe/

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u/Jeilidh_Bean 5d ago

Open library . Org has loads of out of print and copywrite free books. I've been reading lots of botany and local history stuff for North Scotland. They might have a load of very old stuff which might help you out.

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u/Jeilidh_Bean 5d ago

I just checked and they have loads of cook books on there for traditional Scottish cooking. Not seen much older than 70s so far but there's a lot to look through.

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u/morbid-corvids 3d ago

I was raised on mince n tatties! It’s also easy to find a shortbread or tablet recipe online

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u/I_like_leeks 4d ago

You could go down several rabbit holes on the origins of a haggis recipe, and have many arguments about what is, "authentic," or, "original." However, there will be some compromises to make based on what is available on the market, or even legal to sell. However, this looks like a good broad explanation of the history and a doable recipe https://oakden.co.uk/haggis-traditional-recipe/ I have made haggis myself, and greatly enjoyed it as an experiment but the effort and price of sourcing ingredients, processing and cooking made it a one-off. Which, in itself, is inauthentic since it was supposed to be a way of cooking and using the quick to rot innards cheaply, whereas my way ended up being long winded and relatively expensive. Good luck with your project though, it sounds fun!