The Great Kitchen
This room was alive with the sights, sounds and smells of a great medieval kitchen. It was where the culinary creations enjoyed by the 14th-century lord and his guests were concocted.
The discovery of an older kitchen rubbish heap in the citadel gives us a glimpse of Urquhart's rich menu. It featured venison, beef, mutton, goat, pork, chicken and fish. Traces of oats, barley, hazelnuts, crab apples and raspberries were found just beyond the castle walls.
'The sydes of a dere of hye grece rostyde'
[dere of hye grece: fatty venison; rostyde: roasted] Recipe, late 1400s
Did You Know ...
Fish still thrive in Loch Ness but excavated bones suggest Urquhart's wealthy inhabitants preferred North Sea cod and halibut to locally-caught salmon and trout.
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Below and left: Kitchen knives and animal bones displayed in the visitor centre.
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