Assoc for Scottish Literature7h ago

Florence Marian McNeill (1885–1973) was born #OTD, 26 March. A notable figure in Scotland’s 20th-century literary renaissance, she wrote on politics, food & folklore – including THE SILVER BOUGH, a 4-volume study of Scottish festivals & folk-belief

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https://www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to-z/florence-marian-mcneill

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Florence Marian McNeill — Scottish Women Writers on the Web

Florence Marian McNeill was a folklorist, culinary writer, and novelist who was also active in the women's suffrage and peace movements. She was a founding members of the Scottish National Party in 1934, and its first vice president. She is best known for The Scots Kitchen, which documents Scotlan

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“Florence Marian McNeill had curated and created a book that had become an iconic, cultural bequest at a personal family level”

Amanda Edmiston explores the legacy of F. Marian McNeill’s classic cookbook THE SCOTS KITCHEN

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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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In 2025, Birlinn published a new edition of F. Marian McNeill’s A SCOTS KITCHEN, edited & introduced by Catherine Brown & illustrated by Iain McIntosh

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https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-scots-kitchen-2/

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The Scots Kitchen | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online

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“This is a perfect, hearty, oat-y bread with a lovely ginger flavor. It’s delicious and moist when fresh, but still excellent toasted and buttered the next day”

The History in the Making website shares F. Marian McNeill’s recipe for Broonie, a traditional oatmeal gingerbread from Orkney

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https://history-in-the-making.com/2021/02/21/broonie/

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Broonie

Broonie is a traditional oatmeal gingerbread from the Orkney Islands in Scotland. This particular recipe comes from the folklorist F. Marian McNeill, who collected traditional recipes for her 1929 …

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Show threadBodhipaksa7h ago
@scotlit I'm looking forward to making that!