Marie McKinsey
- Oct 11, 2014
- 3 min
Grinding Corn
When Dougal MacKenzie told Claire in The Wedding episode of Outlander that he was tickled by the thought of grinding her corn, the remark pr
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Marie McKinsey
- Oct 5, 2014
- 8 min
Barley the Beverage Grain: beer, wine and whisky
Two of the goals of the ancient alchemists were: 1) to turn common metals into gold, and 2) to create an "elixir of life, that would confer
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Marie McKinsey
- Sep 5, 2014
- 4 min
Heathers & Heaths
Next to the thistle, heather is probably the plant most associated with Scotland. Much of the color in the moorland landscape is from the fl
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