Skillet Scalloped Corn

Recipe for Lammas/Lughnasadh: Lammas/Lughnasadh is the beginning of the harvest cycle and rests on the early grain harvest, Recipes for bread and that use , grains, potatoes, summer squash, berries and apples are traditional at this time of year. Skillet Scalloped Corn Ingredients * 2 teaspoons butter * 1/2 cup crushed rich round, wheat, or rye … Continue reading Skillet Scalloped Corn

Honey Wheat Bread

Honey Wheat Bread INGREDIENTS 2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) 2 cups whole wheat flour 1 tablespoon active dry yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup honey 1/3 cup vegetable oil 5 cups all-purpose flour DIRECTIONS Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add honey, and stir well. Mix in whole wheat flour, salt, and … Continue reading Honey Wheat Bread

Bread To Celebrate The Harvest And A Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Lammas Blessing to you Suzanne, the grilled cheese sandwich looks great.

Lammas/Lughnasadh Customs and Practices

This Celtic harvest festival Lughnasadh on August 1st takes its name from the Irish god Lugh, one of the chief gods of the Tuatha De Danann, giving us Lughnasadh in Ireland, Lugh dedicated this festival to his foster-mother, Tailtiu, the last queen of the Fir Bolg, who died from exhaustion after clearing a great forest … Continue reading Lammas/Lughnasadh Customs and Practices

Lammas /Lughnasadh

Lughnasadh: (pronounced Loo-gnah-sahd)Also known as Lammas, Cornucopia[Strega], July 30 – August 1. This sabbat marks the sacred marriage of the Sun and the Land. The sun is at it’s hottest, but his light is fading. This also marks the beginning of the harvest. Corn (or wheat in Ireland) was generally harvested at this time. The … Continue reading Lammas /Lughnasadh