Lughnassadh recepies?

[Aconite]

Does anyone have any good Lamma's recepies? Somethign good but easy, (ie, doens't take a month - 6 to make?) I don't have to work tomorrow until lunchtime ish so I was thinking i'd get up int he morning early and make something in honor of the harvest... But.. I don't know what to make. I don't want to make corn meal bread, i can't make a pie, we don't have a corn field for me to go jaunt around in and get some fresh baby corn...


So i was thinking something else like.. cookies, or muffins.. or buiscuts.. or cakes, or.. something. I can't make a big huge feast becuase I have to work, but i was hoping someone here might have some good ideas becuae most of the webistes i've been to are seemingly pointless...


Thanks you guys! And Hey.. maybe you'll all get some ideas from eachother through this!;)

[Merrilyn]

Here are some more trad recipes I have found, but really, you can make anything including grains and maybe some pre-harvest fruits work for this sabbat. happy cooking!


Traditional Colcannon - 6 servings:

1 medium cabbage, quartered and core removed
2 lb potatoes, scrubbed and sliced with skins left on
2 medium leeks, thoroughly washed and sliced
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoons each mace, salt, pepper
2 garlic cloves
8 tablespoons unsalted butter

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and boil the cabbage until tender, about 12-15 minutes. Drain off the water and chop the cabbage. Set aside.
Bring another pot of water to a boil and boil the potatoes until tender. Drain off the water and set aside.
Put the leeks in a saucepan, cover with the milk, bring close to boiling and then turn down to a simmer until tender. Set aside.
Add the mace, salt and pepper, and garlic to the pot with the potatoes and mash well with a hand masher. Now add the leeks and their milk and mix in with the potatos, taking care not to break down the leeks too much. Add a little more milk if necessary to make it smooth. Now mash in the cabbage and lastly the butter. The texture that you want to achieve is smooth-buttery-potato with interesting pieces of leek and cabbage well distributed in it.
Transfer the whole mixture to an ovenproof dish, make a pattern on the surface and place under the broiler to brown.

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Perfect Corn Bread

1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup yellow corn meal
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/4 cup shortening
Sift flour with sugar, baking powder, and salt; stir in cornmeal. Add eggs, milk, and shortening. Beat with rotary or electric beater till just smooth. (Do not overbeat.) Pour into greased 9x9x2 inch pan. Bake at 425 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.

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Pitcaithly Bannock

8 oz flour,
4 oz butter,
2 oz caster sugar,
1 oz chopped almonds,
1 oz mixed candied peel

Set oven to 325F/Gas 3. Grease a baking sheet. Sift the flour into a bowl. Add the sugar and butter and rub in to form a dough. Add the almonds and mix in the peel, making sure they are evenly distributed. Form into a thick round on a lightly floured surface and prick all over with a fork. Place on the sheet and bake for about 45-60 minutes. Allow to cool and serve sliced thinly and buttered.

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LAMMAS OATMEAL-APPLE BREAD

This quick bread is wonderful for "tea gatherings"!

1 C Wheat Flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons Salt
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 C Brown Sugar
1 C Butter
1/2 C Nuts (if you are not a nut person these are optional)
3 Medium Apples (chopped)
1 C Raisins
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ginger
1 1/2 C Rolled Oats
1 Egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla or orange extract

Mix above ingredients together, then place in a greased 9 inch cake pan.
Bake at 350 dgrees for 30 minutes, until it begins to move away from the sides of the pan.

This bread may be shaped for ritual as well, and the fruits and nuts may be changed for different seasons.

[LadyWillow]

I've found a few more for you.


Hungarian Potato Paprikash

Ingredients:

4lbs potatoes peeled and sliced thin
2 green peppers seeded and sliced
2 onions finely chopped
1 clove garlic crushed
1/4tsp caraway seeds
4 chopped tomatoes
2 cups water
1tsp paprika
4 oz oil
salt
Directions:

In a heavy-bottomed casserole, heat the oil and fry the onions and garlic. Add the caraway seeds, paprika, and water. Add the potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes. Simmer for thirty minutes.


Brigid's Blackberry Pie
Recipe by Edain McCoy

(Makes one nine-inch pie)
4 cups fresh blackberries (thawed frozen is okay)
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
Unbaked pie crust
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a deep pie dish with the pie crust, or purchase a
commercially-made one. Set aside. Mix all other ingredients together in a large
mixing bowl. If it appears too "wet", mix in a little more flour (about 2 tablespoons).
Turn the fruit into the pie shell and dot with butter or margarine. You can bake the pie
as is, or cover it with another pie crust. If you do this, pinch down the ends to hold it to
the other crust. Then score the top several times with a sharp knife. Bake for 1 hour,
or until the top crust is a golden brown. (Note: A sugar-free version can be made
by substituting appropriate amounts of artificial sweetener.)


I've tried looking for cookie type recipes and what not but I've come up empty handed. I've found more meal type things than anything.

EDIT: Wow, I'm a dork. Totally remembered you said you couldn't make a pie and I totally posted a recipe for one anyway, haha. Oh well. Maybe someone can benefit from it.

[cheddarsox]

Pancakes of any kind are a great way to start the day.

Just a thought. Even though you don't have a month or six to make something, remember that anything you do make is the result of much energy and effort of someone, and the elements. Keep that in mind as you create and enjoy it. It is fine to enjoy the fruits of others labors, just as they enjoy our in the "energy go round" of our society/economy, and it is good to pause and be aware of that from time to time.

Today is a great day to focus on all that goes into the things we use and enjoy, and to put our best efforts and blessings into the work of our hands that will go out for others to enjoy.

I just finished a nice tomato and cheese sandwich on whole grain bread!

[Aconite]

Thanks you guys! My mom's int he kitchen making muffins at the moment, so I think tonight i'll bake something when i get home from work.

These are all great recipes! And Cheddarsox... Thankyou for that. You're absolutly right. And I'm ashamed to say I so often forget to stop and think about that.

Happy Lughnassadh everyone!!!

[Seren_]

Crowdie was a traditional Lughnasadh dish in Scotland and it's really easy to make. Originally it was just a runnyish sort of cheese, but it's evolved into a dessert without any cheese at all.

It can be served at Samhain as well, with charms mixed in if you're serving to a group of people, so each person can get one. Traditional charms are: A ring denotes marriage; a coin signifies wealth; a button denotes bachelorhood, whereas the spindle signifies spinsterhood; a wishbone indicates the finder will receive their hearts desire; the horseshoe for good luck.

Cream Crowdie (Cranachan)

1lb fresh raspberries
1/2 pint double/heavy cream
1 tbsp heather honey (or any sweet runny honey)
2 tsbp oatmeal
1 tbsp whisky (optional)
Shortbread fingers or gingerbread

Toast the oatmeal in a hot pan. Whip the cream until it's nice and thick, mix in the honey, half the oatmeal and all of the whisky. Serve it over the fresh raspberries with the rest of the oatmeal sprinkled on top, along with the shortbread or gingerbread. Ideally you should leave it for a few hours to let the flavours infuse, but to my tastebuds it doesn't make any difference.

A little dark chocolate sauce would go well with it, and if you don't like honey, try a tablespoon or two of brown sugar instead.

[Brigid Rowan]

Ok, these are totally easy, and my kids and husband LOVE them.

Super Fast Pumpkin Cookies

1 box (18 oz) Spice Cake mix
1 can (15-16 oz) canned pumpkin
1 jar cream cheese icing

Mix the first two ingrediants together, mashing with a fork, it will make a stiff dough. Place cookie sized spoonfuls on a pam-sprayed cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes. Let cool then top with cream cheese icing and a few raisens or chocolate chips, if you want. Makes 14-18 cookies.

[Merrilyn]

Great recipes, everyone! :cheers:

[Lunacie]

Ok, these are totally easy, and my kids and husband LOVE them.

Super Fast Pumpkin Cookies

1 box (18 oz) Spice Cake mix
1 can (15-16 oz) canned pumpkin
1 jar cream cheese icing

Mix the first two ingrediants together, mashing with a fork, it will make a stiff dough. Place cookie sized spoonfuls on a pam-sprayed cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes. Let cool then top with cream cheese icing and a few raisens or chocolate chips, if you want. Makes 14-18 cookies.

Those are sooo good. I made them for the Cakes in one of the harvest rituals last year. Don't remember now what we had for Ale.