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A Scottish Halloween Recipe from 1785

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Sowens are a traditional Scottish fermented oat dish that has great versatility and links us to our heritage and and folk customs now somewhat forgotten, let’s revive it for Halloween

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A Scottish Halloween Recipe from 1785

In the eighteenth century, these would have been eaten with sugar and wine, cider, beer or milk; on Halloween, they would have been eaten with butter and honey is also a period appropriate option.


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