Recipes from Scotland 1680s to 1940s

Meat, game and poultry

Dunrobin Castle

While some of the meat served at Dunrobin Castle was from the home farm, much of it came 'on the hoof' from tenant farmers as payment of rent in kind, along with fish, milk, butter, cheese and eggs. Chickens were bought in to supplement those from tenants.

Illustration of Dunrobin Castle

'Dunrobin Castle', watercolour drawing of 1833 by Elizabeth, Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, from an album compiled by Caroline, Marchioness of Queensberry. [Library reference: MS.10784, no.18]

Dunrobin Diet Book  |  Meat, poultry and game

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