Assoc for Scottish LiteratureOct 16

Today, 16 October is World Food Day, & THE BOTTLE IMP invites you to an all-you-can-eat literary feast of Scottish literature – from medieval health food to vegetarianism in contemporary fiction, via gender, folklore, oysters, cocktails & more!

May contain nuts.

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2024/11/cooking-the-books/

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For starters, Dr Lindsay Middleton gives us a taste of “Gender, Gastronomy and Intertextual Play in THE COOK & HOUSEWIFE’S MANUAL” …

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2024/11/gender-gastronomy-and-intertextual-play-in-the-cook-and-housewifes-manual/

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‘“Let us to the wark”, she cried’: Gender, Gastronomy and Intertextual Play in The Cook and Housewife’s Manual - The Bottle Imp

‘[“What a style o’ language!” whispered Mrs Dods; “but I maun look after the scouring o’ the kettles!.”]’. So comes the parenthetical exclamation of Margaret (Meg) Dods, a fictional character in Sir Walter Scott’s novel, Saint Ronan’s Well (1823). This sentence does not come from Scott’s novel, set in a spa town in the Scottish borders, but […]

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… then Roslyn Potter serves a historical hors d’oeuvre in “‘Better byde the cuiks, nor the mediciners’: food and poetry in medieval and early modern Scotland (c. 1400–1650)” …

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2024/11/better-byde-the-cuiks-nor-the-mediciners-food-and-poetry-in-medieval-and-early-modern-scotland-c-1400-1650/

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… Amanda Edmiston entices us into The Scots Kitchen to explore the legacy of Florence Marian McNeill’s classic cookbook in “Dreaming Bread and Flourishing Folklore” …

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2024/11/dreaming-bread-and-flourishing-folklore/

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Dreaming Bread and Flourishing Folklore - The Bottle Imp

‘I’ll do it,’ she said. ‘I’m very happy to have shortbread broken over my head… I can think of worse things.’ The shortbread – dreaming bread – round, encrusted with almonds, fresh out of the tin, baked the night before according to Florence Marian McNeill’s instructions in The Scots Kitchen (1929), shivered a little and started to […]

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… while Amy Wilcockson offers a palate cleanser of “Oysters and Aqua Vitae: Food and Drink in Robert Fergusson’s Poems”, washed down with a Tavern Rat cocktail brewed especially for the 250th anniversary of Fergusson’s death …
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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2024/11/oysters-and-aqua-vitae-food-and-drink-in-robert-fergussons-poems/

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… and prepping for those who hae meat but canna eat it, Gina Lyle ends the issue with a fruitful exploration of “Vegetarianism in Contemporary Scottish Fiction”!

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2024/10/vegetarianism-in-contemporary-scottish-fiction/

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