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12 Foods A Druid May Have Liked

CelticWays by CelticWays
I was sent a link to an excellent blog post "12 Foods Which Beloved Prophet Muhammad Liked". When folks talk of faith and religion I'm very open faith as they all have worthy things to show and teach us.

My first thought, when reading this, was how natural these foods are for the middle east. I love dates, melons and pomegranates myself.

This set me off thinking about how Muhammad may have eventually starved if he had spent considerable time in what is now Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England and Manx.

So I have put together this Ghael version.

First, here is the link to the blog that set off this idea

please observe these notes as entertainment
Do more research and consult professionals to further your engagement in these nutrition ideas, though everything here is safe to eat, of course, unless you are known to have allergies to one or two things here.

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  2. 1. Barley
  3. 2. Oats:
  4. 3. Apples:
  5. 4. Blackberries, hawthorn berries as tea etc:
  6. 5. Honey :
  7. 6. Dandelions and Burdock:
  8. 7. Goats or Sheep's Milk:
  9. 8. Mushrooms:
  10. 9. Rapeseed Oil - cold pressed
  11. 10. Hazel Nuts:
  12. 11. Cider Vinegar
  13. 12. Water :
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1. Barley

Good for fevers, great in soups, and essential for making ale

2. Oats:

A ghael house without oats has no food. Oats should always be eaten at the times of wanting child, expecting child and a first solid food for the newborn. Oats is the food for heart too.

3. Apples:

It is a our fruit from paradise. It is our protection and cure from many curses,
ills and concerns.

4. Blackberries, hawthorn berries as tea etc:

Purifies the blood, provides vigour, strengthens the kidneys, and clears the bowels.

5. Honey :

The food of foods, drink of drinks and drug of drugs. Creates appetite, strengthening the stomach, eliminating phlegm; preserves food through winter, conditions hair, soothes eyes, awakens us in the mornings. A good remedy for diarrhoea when mixed in hot water.

6. Dandelions and Burdock:

There's a tale that tells of pregnant women eating dandelions and burdock roots as veggies producing beautiful faced off spring :-).

P.S. I am asked why not add other tuber vegetables. Druids did not seem to have access to potatoes and yams. They are our recent editions brought to us from the Americas. Turnips were genetically created by Benedictine monks around the 12th century from wild cabbage on sea cliffs. It does seem that scorzonera and salsify did arrive from ancient Iberia, initially as an aid for snake and insect bites. I have a feeling that what we call Jerusalem artichokes today were available to the ancient druids, imported from the middle east and grow well here, and used like we use potatoes today.

7. Goats or Sheep's Milk:

Wipe away excess heat from the heart just as the finger wipes away sweat from the brow. Strengthens the back, improves the brain, renews vision and drives away forgetfulness.

8. Mushrooms:

Good for clearing the eyes, enhancing the vision. Also said to release stiffness.

9. Rapeseed Oil - cold pressed

Excellent nutrition for skin and hair, delays old age, treats inflammation and
anxiety of the stomach.

P.S. Rapeseed is canola in North America. First, it appears there was a North American offence to the name, also canola is a genetically modified rapeseed as it was thought the oil was too bitter for the North American palette and that it would not sell in its European form. Rapeseed oil is similar to flaxseed in taste and bitterness and just as nutritious in its cold pressed virgin form. I believe health food shops around North American are now selling pure rapeseed oil as an alternative to canola. In Ireland the Donegal rapeseed oil is very popular for cooking, in salads and as an alternative to butter on bread

10. Hazel Nuts:

Cleanses mind and soul, banishes curses, dilutes concerns, to be eaten on journeys into illumination and wisdom.

11. Cider Vinegar

Because it is said the Goddess mixed this with cold pressed rapeseed oil to mix with all living foods that are eaten.

P.S. Also seriously missing, and could be put here for similar culinary reasons, are leeks, shallots, scallions, chives, onions and garlic which were available to druids and also when grown around a food garden or farm would prevent rabbits and hares entering to eat the crops

12. Water :

The best drink in this world. When you are thirsty drink water by sips and not gulps because gulping could produce sickness of the liver.
Highly recommended !!! I'm going to write a complete article on this excellent book soon :-)
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again many thanks to the "I Love Islam" blog for inspiring this,
and if you click this you can read their excellent article too.

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  • buttonhead Feb 7, 2012 @ 11:50 am | delete
    Interesting how some foods have withstood the test of time and are still a big part of our modern diet. Great lens!
  • naheedahsan Feb 7, 2012 @ 3:26 am | delete
    very good lens with nice info
  • lawrence01 Feb 6, 2012 @ 4:42 am | delete
    Good lens. Goat and Sheeps cheese was known by the Arabls in the Middle East and is still widely used there (Jesus probably ate it as well as Muhammed)
  • pyngthyngs Feb 5, 2012 @ 9:54 pm | delete
    Is rapeseed the same thing as flax seed?
  • CelticWays Feb 6, 2012 @ 7:38 am | delete
    rapeseed is canola in North America. First, there was a North American offence to the name and Canola is a genetically modified rapeseed as it was thought the oil was too bitter for the North American palette and that it would not sell in its European form. It is similar to flaxseed in taste and bitterness and just as nutritious in its cold pressed virgin form. I believe health food shops around North American are now selling pure rapeseed oil as an alternative to canola. In Ireland the Donegal rapeseed oild is very popular for cooking, in salads and as an alternative to butter on bread.
  • kristine100 Feb 8, 2012 @ 12:09 pm | delete
    I know in our are (Canada), canola oil is said to have many health benefits. The Canola Council of Canada has a website that lists the health benefits of the oil. I think using it in cooking is also better than olive oil as canola oil can withstand a higher temp before burning.
  • SarahHappens Feb 5, 2012 @ 11:13 am | delete
    What about root and tuber vegetables, like potatoes, yams and turnips?
    Great idea for a lens; it definitely opened my eyes to the variety of native foods that would have been eaten by Druids.
  • CelticWays Feb 5, 2012 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    Yes, SarahHappens, yummy indeed, the tuber vegetables. First, a problem, this being what was available to ancient druids. They did not seem to have access to potatoes and yams. They are our recent edition brought to us from the Americas. Turnips were genetically created by Benedictine monks around the 12th century from wild cabbage on sea cliffs. It does seem that scorzonera and salsify did arrive from Iberia, initially as an aid for snake and insect bites. What I have seriously missed out though are leeks, onions and garlic.
  • Inkhand Feb 5, 2012 @ 4:40 am | delete
    Except for goats or sheep's Milk I like everything on your lens, an interesting lens.
  • cffutah Feb 4, 2012 @ 8:31 am | delete
    enjoyed my visit here this morning.
  • morethanpepper Feb 2, 2012 @ 6:19 pm | delete
    thats quite the title just had to check it out
  • irmaeh Jan 30, 2012 @ 2:04 pm | delete
    That is actually quite a healthy diet. Could they have eaten tree barks perhaps in teas or other concoctions?
  • CelticWays Jan 30, 2012 @ 2:45 pm | delete
    I am sure bark teas were very important. I have drunk bark teas for years, mainly due to enjoying the tastes but want to take this further. Birch, Cherry, Lapacho, Cinnamon and a touch of pine I do drink, but there must be more that are good. Maybe i will do a lens on my experiences soon :-)
  • irmaeh Jan 30, 2012 @ 2:01 pm | delete
    That is really a very healthy diet. Adopting such a diet now would be much better than the junk a lot of us modern people may eat. Could they have perhaps had tree barks as well, perhaps in teas or brews?
  • CelticWays Jan 30, 2012 @ 2:50 pm | delete
    Interesting, the healthy bit. This has always been the bulk of my own diet really, and have not thought too much about it. I have had my share of health challenges though but there are other causes for that. I'm not a smoker or drinker or fast food except some fish n'chips from time to time, maybe once a month. I eat fresh fish from the market at weekends but never eaten other meat for 55 years. I'm still quite overweight though, maybe from enjoying life and not worrying enough :-) .
  • A Spell Jan 30, 2012 @ 8:56 am | delete
    Acorns (in breads, gruels, as a filler ...), if not for the flavor, than for the knowldege of where they came from.
  • CelticWays Jan 30, 2012 @ 9:43 am | delete
    indeed acorns are, but a bit tricky for some folks to prepare safely
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