Every part of the animal was used for food, including all the internal organs. Beef was not eaten during good weather, which led some travelers to mistakenly conclude that the Scottish Highlanders did not eat beef.ĭuring the fall, many cattle, sheep, and goats were killed, and their meat salted to provide meat during the cold part of the fall and during the long winter. Fresh fish was a vital part of the diet during these seasons, as the many rivers and streams were rich with salmon and many other kinds of wild fish. During the spring and summer, wild game of all kinds, including the native red deer, were hunted and eaten. The Scottish Highlanders diet varied with the seasons. The cheese and butter were used at all times, but especially in the harsh, cold winters. All of these animals produced milk, which was drunk and added to porridges raw, and made into raw cheese and raw butter. They kept large herds of small, agile cattle, and large herds of tiny sheep, and large herds of goats. The Scottish Highlanders based their diet, first, on the raw milk of their herds. The soil is not very good for agriculture, but provides great grazing lands. The Highlands of Scotland is a high land, full of hills, mountains, streams, and valleys. While most of the people of Europe ate a plant-based diet of grains and vegetables, the Highlanders ate mostly animal foods, just like their ancestors did. It could not have just been their hard physical work, because all the peasants of Europe and India did hard physical work. What was the secret of the Highlanders’ prowess? Why were they larger, stronger, faster, and able to defeat much larger groups of enemies in hand-to-hand combat? What gave them their incredible endurance, which enabled them to march sixty miles over steep roadless hills and fight a battle-all in one day? Why did they recover from horrible wounds that would have been fatal to most other men? Nutrition and Physical Strength of Scottish Highlanders While most of the men were away fighting for the British Empire, their families were eventually driven off their land and out of their country, to accommodate the demands of industrial agriculture. Finally defeated by overwhelming numbers and superior technology, they were recruited by their conquerors, and won victories for them all over the world. Armed only with swords and small shields, they consistently defeated much larger armies of professional soldiers armed with guns and cannon. Once, the Highlanders of Scotland were a group of people noted for their incredible strength, size, health, endurance, vitality, and prowess in battle. The farmer knows he has found the remains of one of the Scottish Highlanders. It is a human thighbone, much larger, stronger, and thicker than usual. The farmer examines the bone his plow has turned up. The plow of the farmer, tilling the soil at the old battlefield of Assaye, in India, hits something solid. Fishman, Author of Tender Grassfed Meat and Tender Grassfed Barbecue: Traditional, Primal and Paleo Part 1 of a 3 part series on the nutrition of the Scottish Highlandersīy Stanley A. Photo credit: conner395 Mighty Scottish Highlanders and Their Real Food Diet
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