Outlander Kitchen

Jocasta’s Got the Munchies & The Winner!

“Will ye have keek in my saddlebags, lass?” she asked, stretching a little to ease herself on the bed.  “There’s a bittie parcel in there of an herb ye might find of interest.”

I found it immediately — by smell.

“Where on earth did you get that?” I asked, halfway amused.

“Farquard Campbell,” she replied matter-of-factly.  “When ye told me what the difficulty was with my eyes, I asked Fentiman if he kent anything that might be of help, and he told me that he’d heard somewhere that hemp might be of use.  Farquard Campbell has a field of it under cultivation, so I thought I might as well try it.  It does seem to help.  Would ye put it in my hand, please, niece?”

Fascinated, I put the parcel of hemp and the little stack of papers down on the table beside her, and guided her hand to it.  Rolling carefully onto her side to prevent the poultice falling off, she took a good pinch of aromatic herb, sprinkled it down the center of the paper, and rolled as tidy a joint as I had ever seen in Boston.

Without comment, I held the candle flame for her to light it, and she eased herself back on the pillow, nostrils flaring as she took a deep lungful of smoke.

Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Chapter 110 – The Smell of Light)

Haggis & Cracked Black Pepper Chips by Mackies of Scotland.  Old-Fashioned Liquorice All-Sorts by Harlans of Salt Spring, BC, Canada.

*No cannabis was smoked during the taking of this photo.  That’s italian seasoning you see there.  Which, when lit, led to can lead to some pretty powerful pizza cravings…but not much else.

It’s time to announce the big winner of last week’s giveaway of a bar of each of Jamie & Claire Soap from On a Branch Soaps!  (cue the bagpipes…)

And the handmade, Outlander-themed soap goes to:  BlueMoonMagnolia  Congratulations, you are the winner of the random draw!  Please email me outlanderkitchen(at)shaw(dot)ca with your mailing address, and we’ll get it to you stat.

For those of you who didn’t win, On A Branch is currently sold out of both soaps, but Tara promises there is another batch curing as I type.

OK will be having another giveaway very soon, to celebrate a certain someone’s birthday that will be upon us in less than 2 short weeks…and this time we’re partnering with Renee over at Celtic Cowgirl on Facebook, featuring handcrafted fashion jewelry inspired by the Celtic influence of her Scot/Irish Heritage and a wee bit by her favorite book series “Outlander.”

In the meantime, Renee has a little giveaway of her own going on!  Head over to Celtic Cowgirl and click “Like” to be entered in a draw for 1 Pewter Celtic Knot Tribal Cuff Bracelet.  When the CC Facebook page reaches 500 “Likes” a winner will be picked with the help of a random number generator.  And don’t forget to tell your friends!