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 […]
For the love of slaw!
“We’re going for a walk down in Harris if your up for it?” I was asked last week, this was on Sunday the 14th. Well, why not? I said to myself, bearing in mind that this was the day before rejoining the ship for the next three weeks so this last day at home is […]
Memories from the playground
That was the sound of the 10:15am or it could have been the 10:30am bell going off. I can’t describe the sound, it was a continuous drone of what um… I can only describe as an excited one, the sound might have been the same that was used as the fire drill, again the same […]
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 […]
Let’s cook! – Ness Hash
Ness Hash, using some of the finest ingredients to come from the North of Lewis x4 Slices of Black Pudding – I used Cross Stores black pudding but any pudding will do x6 Smoked streaky bacon rashers x4 Potatoes, cooked and peeled x4 Eggs – I use Air an Lot eggs when avaiable x1 Punnet […]
Lets cook! – Roasted Salmon
This salmon dish a relative of a dish I used to have on a menu years ago. Consisting of basic ingredients kept simple to produce a fresh, healthy dish. The coriander seeds bring citrus notes to the sauce rather than fresh coriander which can be like punch to the face to some (I do like […]
Trip down memory lane
In most households growing up, you had two options for dinner: take it or leave it, but in our household there was sometimes more than two options. I can only speak for myself here by admitting not only was I a spoiled little meban but when it came to food, I was a living nightmare. […]