Black Isle Brewery: Save The Planet Drink Organic

As we write this blog, Bob and I are sharing the last bottle of beer we brought home from our last little road trip. It's an oatmeal stout called the Hibernator -- a dark and chewy meal of a beer and it's perfect for this quiet, rainy day.

While we were in the West Highlands last week we went to the Tallisker Distillery on the Isle of Skye. The kids weren't excited abut it. So we were suprised when Ella said

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Scottish Tablet Recipe Now Available

You asked, and we are but your humble servants. We have added the recipe for Scottish Tablet to the Candy Alchemy blog post. If you try it out tell us how it is.

Scottish Tablet, Candy Alchemy!

Updated on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:30PM by Bob & Brenna Redpath

This is Scotch Tablet. It's a strange and delicious confection. It's like toffee, but not chewy, it's like fudge, but more grainy. It's a very Scottish candy: homey, friendly, unpretentious. It's a little rough around the edges and absolutely perfect that way.

According to the internet, Scotch Tablet has been around Scotland

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Why Scotland?

In a recent blog post we had a few comments that asked the same question:

...BTW, why Scotland?

I was wondering the same thing......why did you pick Scotland to put down roots for 6 months???

 I also want to know, why Scotland? What is it about Scotland that has drawn you there?

So we thought we'd answer the question. To put it simply -- we had to get the hell out of Dodge. Dodge being

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Pic For The Day - Wee Little Birdie

...at the Urquhart Castle ruins on Loch Ness. He flew from branch to branch, and we finally caught him on this one.