Scotch Eggs A hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage, breaded and then deep fried – this is the idea behind the Scotch Egg.  Now, my first recommendation is that you don’t look at it before you eat it.  If you see it and think about it you are probably going to chicken out.  This is...

10 Faire Foods You Need to Try I recently asked a question in the Squire’s Tavern on the RenaissanceFestival.com Forums:  What are your top Faire Foods, those foods that you have to have each and every time that you visit a faire.  Here are the reponses that I got back. Top Ten Bread...

Alice the Cook Cooking it Old School Alice the Cook is one of those entertainers that does a great job of educating you without even letting you know you have learned something, gotta love that.  Alice the Cook is a performer at Renaissance Festivals across the nation.  She educates about...

Irn-Bru Scotland’s other National Drink I had my first experience with Irn-Bru at the Gatlinburg Highland Games (now the Smoky Mountain Highland Games).  My brother, who spent quite a bit of time in the UK doing his doctoral work, looks at me and says:  ”have you ever had...

Haggis The National Dish of Scotland The English have a pudding based culinary history.  As you look through the basic meal in an English household, you are going to see a pudding on the menu at some point during the week.  Also, across the pond they have a very lose interpretation on the...

I love Shepard’s Pie.  It is one of those items that I look for on menus and that I am liable to try at any restaurant just to see what type of spin they put on it. Right now, my favorite is from a local restaurant here in East Tennessee called McLaren’s. They top theirs witha...

Mead, glorious MEAD!  This is one of the secret reasons that i love the Ren Faire.  I love mead.  It is a little like wine but a little different.  I dig wine but I haven’t met a mead that I don’t like  Much like run is to the pirate (and I am a pirate), mead is to the Ren...

Have you ever noticed how much food at the fair is on a stick?  Chicken on a stick, steak on a stake, corndogs (not as fancy but still on a stick) and even Macaroni and Cheese on a Stick. I am not sure what the fascination is with food on a stick but even things you might not normally eat...

One of my favorite things to eat at a Renaissance Fair or Festival is the soup in the bread bowl! Now the real problem is that I don’t know which I like more:  the bread bowl or the soup.  I have had lobster bisque in the bread bowl.  I have had clam chowder in the bread bowl.  I have...

Is that a Smoked Turkey Leg or… Not all Smoked Turkey Legs are created equal but I have never been to  Renaissance Festival that didn’t serve them.  They are the penultimate faire food.  Easy to carry while in costume, requiring only one hand to eat and the best part no utensils...