The stir-about pot was hung on a swiveledarm over the open fire, and the housewife just dropped anything available intoit. Mainly potatoes and oats, and sometimes the odd onion. Meat was a rarity,though rabbits and so on were an occasional bonus. It all went in together. Pretty basic stuff.
For those of a sentimental inclination, thestirabout pot gets a mention in the splendid cheesy old Percy French song: “TheEmigrant’s letter” (sometimes known as Cutting the Corn in Creeslough) written some time about 1890, about sailing asan emigrant from Derry to Quebec. https://www.irish-folk-songs.com/emigrants-letter-lyrics-and-guitar-chords.html Guaranteed to bring a tear to the eye, BridieGallagher gives it her best here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8jeEEgI9mY Elwyn From: Len Swindley via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> To: "CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com" <CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com> Cc: Len Swindley <len_swind...@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 11:43 Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] The Food of Our Tyrone Forbears <!--#yiv3619849707 _filtered #yiv3619849707 {font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv3619849707 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv3619849707 #yiv3619849707 p.yiv3619849707MsoNormal, #yiv3619849707 li.yiv3619849707MsoNormal, #yiv3619849707 div.yiv3619849707MsoNormal {margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv3619849707 a:link, #yiv3619849707 span.yiv3619849707MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv3619849707 a:visited, #yiv3619849707 span.yiv3619849707MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:#954F72;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv3619849707 .yiv3619849707MsoChpDefault {} _filtered #yiv3619849707 {margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}#yiv3619849707 div.yiv3619849707WordSection1 {}-->Hello Listers, Following on from the items extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs covering the habits and food of our Tyrone forebears, some clarification will be useful as to stirabout and flummery having received several off list queries: STIRABOUT is a porridge made from oatmeal or cornmeal boiled in milk or water and stirred FLUMMERY is a soft jelly or porridge made with flour or meal Regards,Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail for Windows 10 _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList mailing list CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/ (_internal_name)s
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