Rhubarb

Fair Isle

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Published 2019

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Florrie Stout and her husband Jimmie are sheep farmers on Fair Isle. But, like so many other islanders, they have secondary jobs such as crewing the mail boat or knitting the sweaters. And when I asked about car hire, Florrie said they do that roo. Florrie told me all about food traditions in Fair Isle, especially about fruity puddings, lamb - and rhubarb.

Fruity pudding - not dissimilar to Scotland’s cloutie dumpling - is boiled in the big stomach of a sheep and is primarily made from suet and dried fruit. Florrie says you need less suet as the stomach itself can be fatty. Nowadays, of course, no one makes these on the island, or the white puddings her mother-in-law used to make.

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