A day at the peats
The idea for this blog began almost ten years ago when I wanted to show case a dish called a day in the peats, where we took the memory of the ‘picnic’ and served it on a specially designed peat, if you’ve ever heard of such a thing, with some theatrics to go with it. […]
Ship to Shore
What I do want to look at is the luck and the word lucky. When I worked on the Heather Isle SY47, I classed this time as my year sabbatical. To be honest the job was fantastic but the money not great, but at that time for me it didn’t matter as job satisfaction was […]
Work Experience
It was the 1st April 1998. I turned up for my first ever shift for work at the Park Guest house at 10am sharp. I got the early bus over and loitered in the town until it was time to go in. I turned up fifteen minutes early to look good, rang the door bell […]
Family Gatherings
We were travelling over the moor to town a couple of Sunday’s ago when we came across a camper van that had stopped dangerously on the brow of a hill which made overtaking dangerous. I attempted as safely as I could and noticed one of the occupants trying to affix his wing mirror, so I […]
A bake in time
A bit of this, a pinch of that, a glug of this and a dollop of whatever comes to hand. A recipe that is made up on the spot with very little understanding, but applying to it, a little love, care and attention. This is where I would self teach and set myself on a […]
Our Town
It’s not very often I take an opportunity with an hour and a half to pass in Stornoway on a Saturday afternoon, on my own. When I’m with my wife we usually definitely have to stop at Kopi Java for an iced tea, a drink that’s not really for me, though do usually build up […]
Remnants of a lunch box
The range gets turned off at the wall, the hot cupboard is getting cold now with all the trays being washed, the grill off, fans off and the deck hosed and scrubbed well, shutter down and door closed. That is the usual end to a day in the galley, with safety at sea in mind […]
Apron Strings
With Easter now another distant memory in the 2019 calender and Christmas just around the corner, I don’t want to dwell to much about what the true meaning of Easter is, I mean obviously, number 1, it’s mostly about chocolate which was the demise of me at the weekend with the loss of a button […]
Let’s Cook: Real men don’t eat Quiche
“Quiche is for girls” was a comment I received recently when we had the alleged non-masculine dish on the lunch menu one day. This reminded me of the comment once used by what I thought was a comedian but through further research found it to be a best selling, tongue in cheek book, Real Men […]