Cowchat: Highland Cattle and the Broads

Highland cattle have been reared in Norfolk for centuries. Daniel Defoe wrote in 1723:

"These Scots runts, so they call them, coming out of the cold and barren mountains of the Highlands of Scotland feed so eagerly on the rich pasture in these marshes, that they thrive in an unusual manner and grow monstrously fat; and the beef is so delicious to taste that the inhabitants prefer 'em to English cattle, which are much bigger and fairer to look at. Some have told me there are above 40,000 of these Scots cattle fed in this country every year, and most of them between Norwich, Beccles and Great Yarmouth."

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Posted By: Tombs, Nov 2, 17:15:48