Outlander Kitchen

Historical and Character-Inspired Food from the fictional world of Diana Gabaldon.

Archive for the month “April, 2012”

Venison Stew from DOA – Guest Post by Inn At The Crossroads

I’m pleased to present Outlander Kitchen’s very first blog swap!  Today, OK has been temporarily taken over by the creators of the fabulous Inn At the Crossroads, who create fantastic-looking dishes inspired by the vast and epic world of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Throne Series.  Watch for their cookbook, A Feast of Ice and Fire, available on May 29!

Today, they’ve made a delicious venison stew from Drums of Autumn, as described by Jamie in a letter back home, and read by Brianna during her brief 18th C stop at Lallybroch.

As for my half of this swap, you’ll find my version of Sister’s Stew, a rich hearty fish chowder, from G.R.R.’s Dance with Dragons here.

“Also a large boiling kettle, whose Acquisition we have Celebrated with a great quantity of tasty Stew, made with Venison, wild Onions from the wood, dried beans, and likewise some Tomatoe-fruits, dried from the Summer. None of us Died or suffered Ill-effects from Eating of the stew, so Claire is likely right, Tomatoes are not Poison.”

Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn (Chapter 34 – Lallybroch)

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Neil Forbes’s Smoked Ear

No time to be lost; people on the docks might know where the Anemone was headed next.  He turned and took a step toward the door.  Then a red wave washed through him and he whirled back, smashing his fist into Forbes’s face with the full weight of his body behind it. 

The lawyer gave a high-pitched scream, and clutched both hands to his nose.  All noises in the inn and in the street seemed to stop; the world hung suspended.  Roger took a short, deep breath, rubbing his knuckles, and nodded once more.

“Come on,” he said to Ian.

“Oh, aye.”

Roger was halfway to the door when he realized that Ian was not with him.  He looked back, and was just in time to see his cousin-by-marriage take Forbes gently by one ear and cut it off.

Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Chapter 103 – Put to the Question)

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