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Season's Eatings - Black Bun

Season's Eatings podcast by Glen Warren

Jan 25, 202622:51Society & Culture

Dense, dark, and encased in pastry, it is not immediately inviting to modern eyes. This pastry offers an unusually clear window into Scotland's medieval past, its religious transformations, and the ways ordinary people a...

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