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.
Hi Elwyn
that was really nice thank you so much
Ron McCoy
On 2018-10-31 1:12 PM, Elwyn Soutter via CoTyroneList wrote:
The stir-about pot was hung on a swiveled arm over the open fire, and the
housewife just dropped anything available into it. Mainly potatoes and oats,
and sometimes the odd
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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
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