Ould Lammas Fair Ould Lammas Fair The Auld Lammas Fair is a traditional fair held in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland every year on the last Monday and Tuesday of August. It is associated with the Lammas harvest festival. The fair has been running for nearly 400 years, dating back to the 17th century. Various goods are traditionally sold at the fair. These include livestock and traditional foods such as Yellowman, a local variant of honeycomb and dulse, a type of edible seaweed. A ballad written by local shopkeeper and bog-oak carver John Henry MacAuley enhanced the local fame of the fair. MacAuley
Edible bird's nest in colour, but there also exists a red version, sometimes called "blood" nest. The Chinese believe that it promotes good health, especially for the skin. The nests have been used in Chinese cooking for over 400 years, most often as bird's nest soup. The Chinese name for edible bird's nest, [""], translates literally as "swallow's (or swift's) nest", in Indonesia called ""sarang burung walet"" and often serves as a synonym for bird's nest soup. However, 燕窝 ["yànwō"], strictly speaking, is the uncooked nest. The best-known use of edible birds nest is bird's nest soup, a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. When