Edinburgh Scotland!
St. Mary's Cathedral
The Chapel of St Mary's was opened in 1814, and was originally designed by James Gillespie Graham. The church was considerably embellished over the years, and in 1878 on the restoration of the Scottish hierarchy it became the pro-cathedral of the new Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. It was renamed the Metropolitan Cathedral on 5th July 1886 with all the rights and privileges appertaining to such a Church.The cathedral has been enlarged, rebuilt and remodelled many times over the years, with the last major structural changes commencing in the 1970s. Pope John Paul II visited St Mary's in May 1982 as part of his pastoral visit to Scotland.
information from
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/
St. Marys Cathedral pics!
I have no idea why these pictures turned out so big?
Pope Benedict XVI Holds Holy Mass At St Mary's Cathedral (Pope Benedict XVI)
Edinburgh vaults.
The Edinburgh vaults are located underneath south bridge. Respectable buisnesses such as silversmiths goldsmiths and Book binders were located on top of the bridge. The vaults were mearly used as a storage area for the buisnesses. Then for various reason these buisnesses moved down for what we would call Social buisnesses like pubs and resturants. The vaults were a very sad place to be all the undesireables of society lived there. Most of the time, they still lived there when they passed on. In the 1840s the famine in Ireland known as the potato famine brought some of the Irish to Edinburgh but since they did not have enough money to live in the houses they moved into the vaults as well.
Edinburgh vaults
Edinburgh castle.
Edinburgh Castle dominates the skies of Edinburgh. It sits on top of what was at one time a volcano. The first record of the castle being used as a royal residence is in the 11th century when Margaret, the wife of Malcolm III died there after hearing of her husband's death at Alnwick in 1093. "Saint Margaret" (she was later canonised) was Saxon-English, a refugee from the conquest of England by the Normans under William the Conqueror. She brought piety and manners to the Scottish court and was knowned for her generosity to the poor. A chapel was built for her but not until the 12th century. The castle remained a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. As one of the most important fortresses in Scotland, Edinburgh Castle has been in many historical battles from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century, up to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. It has been besieged, both successfully and unsuccessfully, on several occasions. From the later 17th century, the castle became a military base. Its importance as a historic monument was recognised in the 19th century. Although it used to be owned by the Ministry of Defence, most of the castle is now in the care of Historic Scotland, and is Scotland's second-most-visited tourist attraction. Although the garrison left in the 1920s, there is still a some military at the castle.
Information found at
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/
Edinburgh castle
St. Margaret's chapel
Grayfriars cemetery
Grayfriars cemetery is known to be one of the most haunted cemeteriess in the world! One of the hauntings is said to be the unrested spirit of the infamous 'Bloody' George Mackenzie who was buried there in 1691. George Makenzie aka 'Mackenzie Poltergeist' is said to cause bruses, bites and cuts to those who come into contact with it and many visitors have said that they feel strange sensations. Particularly, the visitors who go on the City of the Dead ghost tour, which gives them access to the covenenters prison, the people that have entered have emerged with injuries that they don't remember any way of acquiring. Another interesting thing is that a number of deaths have taken place in the Kirkyard itself. There is a Skye terrior known as grayfriar Bobby who is said to "haunt" this cemetery (I am very sceptical of animal ghosts but, I have an opened mind). After his master John Gray died he guarded his grave for 14 years until he died himself his grave reads “Greyfriars Bobby – died 14th January 1872 – aged 16 years old – Let his loyalty and devotion be a lesson to us all”. Some people say that they see him still laying on his masters grave. Ghost adventures took a short detour to the cemetary in the Edinburgh vaults episode where they told the story of a homeless man breaking into one of the mortsafes, falling down several flights of stairs into piles of skin and bones then seeing a dark figure come down from above and attack him!
Creepy!
Scottish food (I know that this is not specifically Edinburgh but, close enough)
Soups:
Cullen Skink
Baud bree
Cock-a-leekie soup
Game soup
Hairst Bree (or Hotch potch)
Partan bree
Scotch broth
Fish and Seafood:
Arbroath smokies
Cabbie claw (Cabelew)
Ceann Cropaig
Crappit heid
Eyemouth pales
Finnan haddie
Kippers
Kedgeree
Rollmops
Smoked salmon
Tatties and Herring
Meat, Poultry and Game:
Ayrshire bacon
Black pudding, Red pudding and White pudding
Boiled Gigot of Mutton or Lamb
Forfar Bridie
Chicken tikka masala
Collops
Haggis
Howtowdie with Drappit eggs
Kilmeny Kail
Mince and tatties
Mutton ham
Pottit heid
Potted hough
Roast Aberdeen Angus beef
Roast Haunch of Venison
Roast Grouse
Roast Woodcock/Snipe
Solan goose
Scotch egg
Scotch pie
Skirlie
Square sausage
Stovies
Vegetables:
Clapshot
Curly Kail
Neeps and Tatties (Swede and Potato)
Rumbledethumps
Tattie scones
Fruits:
Raspberries
Slaes
Blaeberries
Strawberries
Cereals:
Porridge
Dairy and Cheese:
Bishop Kennedy
Carola
Criffel
Crowdie
Ayrshire Dunlop
Gigha
Isle of Mull Cheddar
Lanark Blue
Loch Arthur
Morven
Caboc
Strathdon Blue
Dunsyre Blue
Galloway Cheddar
Puddings and Desserts:
Burnt Cream
Apple Frushie
Blaeberry pie
Carrageen Moss
Clootie Dumpling
Cranachan
Hatted Kit
Marmalade pudding
Stapag
Tipsy Laird
lava eggs
Cakes, Breads and Confectioneries:
Abernethy biscuits
Bannock
Berwick cockles
Black bun
Butteries
Caramel shortbread
Drop-scones
Dundee cake
Edinburgh rock
Fatty Cutties
Festy cock
Hawick balls
Jethart Snails
Moffat toffee
Oatcakes
Pan drops
Pan loaf
Petticoat tails
Plain loaf
Puff Candy
Scones
Scots Crumpets
Selkirk Bannock, variations include Yetholm Bannock
Shortbread
Soor plooms
Tablet
Condiments:
Dundee Marmalade
Rowan jelly
Spiced plums
List found at
www.wikipedia.com
Scotland, with its fair climate and many of different animal species, has given a wide selection of food for its inhabitants for years. An abundace of seafood available on and off the coasts provided the earliest settlers with their nourishment. Agriculture was introduced, with primitive oats quickly becoming the staple crop.
Other European countries started to fight over the game in Scotland. So this made it nescessary put certain restrictions on what a person was allowed to hunt, and therefore to eat. In the halls of the high class men, one could expect venison, boar, various fowl and songbirds, expensive spices (pepper, cloves, cinnamon, etc.), as well as the meats of domesticated animals. From the journeyman down to the lowest cottar, meat was an expensive commodity, and was eaten rarely.
Before Sir Walter Raleigh's introduction of the potato to the British Isles, the Scots' main sources of carbohydrate was obtained from bread made from oats or barley. Wheat was generally difficult to grow because of the damp climate. Food thrift was evident from the earliest times, All parts of an animal were used. Except the toughest bones.
The mobile nature of Scots society in the past required food that would not spoil quickly. It was common to carry a small bag of oatmeal that could be transformed into a basic porridge or oatcakes using a girdle (griddle). It is said that Scotland's national dish, haggis, originated in a similar way: A small amount of offal or low-quality meat, carried in the most inexpensive bag available, a sheep or pig's stomach.
Information found at
www.wikipedia.com
Scottish Food...
Haggis... Doesn't look so appetizing... But who knows it might be delicious!
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