Blas Fingal’s Food Heritage

Sharing Food Memories

In Fingal we have strong tradition of horticultural, farming and fishing. Our food heritage encompasses everything from grandparent’s recipes, cooking and utensils, traditional ways of farming and fishing, to folklore, the famine, and fieldnames.

BLAS, Fingal’s Food Heritage project will explore, record and share traditions, attitudes, beliefs, and practices that surround how we produce and consume food and introduce different food traditions to new audiences.

As part of the project, we’re gathering food memories, photos, and recipes from the community to share on a digital map celebrating food heritage as part of our social history. If you have something to add please contact us at fingalfoodheritage@gmail.com

It could be the cake your nana baked or that you still remember the smell of, or the taste of the liver and onions your mother made you eat so you’d be full of iron. Picking fruit in summer or baking potatoes in winter. We all have food memories good (and bad) that tell us about our culture and traditions in Fingal and beyond. We’re trying to capture those memories and celebrate our food heritage as part of our social history. Please fill out the Fingal Food Memories Form and return to fingalfoodheritage@gmail.com