Breakfast and left overs

We had our Quality Assurance visit from Visit Scotland recently and were advised to put a photo of our breakfast table laid ready on to our website page on www.visitscotland.com  as it seems it has the wow factor.  Many of our guests have taken pictures of the breakfast platter as Sid sets it out on the table.  We keep meaning to but it seems more important to make sure everyone is enjoying their breakfast than to disturb our guests in their conversations by taking photos. One of these days...

The Scottish breakfast, is served on a platter for two, so that guests can take to their taste,  but people  do get concerned about the waste of food if they cannot finish everything.  We do assure them that we do not force feed guests at Roslin Cottage as we have many ways of using up their left overs.

 The birds, or low flying aircraft as Sid calls them, get the toasts, mixed well with the fat that would have gone down the sink had we not set up 'a fat pot' to collect it.  Bacon scraps, sausage and other meat food scraps, including the haggis, are sometimes added and appreciated.  All the veg scraps and eggshells go to the compost or to our wormery, wherever it is needed most. 

We set up the wormery two years ago as our garden had no worms to be found.  Apparently it had been visited by the New Zealand flat worms who soon decimated our native species.  Gradually we are re-introducing the worms and their casts back in to the soil when the trays of veggie left overs are mixed well with the compost from the wormery. 

 The milk carton is set to collect the worm 'tea' which can be diluted and added to the garden.  When bairns visit us they can be fascinated to see how the wormery works but it is a bit like Marmite too, love it or hate it.   I have not added any photos of the worms at work - yet! :)
Anyone for a Marmite sandwich?