Feeling more pleasant with the light winds. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
Weather Forecast: Bright and mainly dry.
Helen’s Home Cooking: Video Recipe for Haggis and Clapshot (Neep & Tattie)
F Marian McNeill who grew up in Holm Orkney included Clapshot in her book; The Scots Kitchen which was first published in 1929.
Distilleries in Orkney to Investigate Utilising Green Hydrogen Fuel
“The Scotch Whisky industry is committed to a range of challenging measures and targets to become Net Zero by 2040, so we are really pleased to be part of this exciting collaboration with EMEC in Orkney.”
The Challenge of Energy Use in Traditional Industrial Buildings
Highland Park Distillery in Kirkwall is 222 years old and trying to make it a more energy efficient building without compromising the quality of the product is quite a balancing act.
Something Good On The Beach!
“My husband, Mike, was walking by the bay, when he found this on the rocks at the top of the shore…”
Helen’s Home Cooking: Video & Recipe for Haggis & Clapshot (Neep & Tattie)
As we are coming up for Burns Night, today’s video is for Clapshot, a traditional Scottish dish which accompanies dishes like Haggis and Mince
Poetry Corner To A Haggis by Robert Burns
To go alone with this weeks, Haggis and Clapshot recipe, here is the Address To The Haggis.
The Things You See In Kirkwall……
On A Sunny Saturday……………
Bits & Pieces of Kirkwall – Or – What a Place to Live – Part 2!
” When we called by, there were some clear sections of wall visible, in Castle Street, and also pictures of something which I hadn’t seen before”
Stromness Whisky Distillery
“sma old pot stills of 300 gallons each one of these a veritable smugglers still of peculiar shape” which was formerly owned by a noted Law evader. He described the still house as being the oldest part of the work”
