Hamish’s short menu

Where do the peelings go? Four pictures to read together.

Eddie stores supper in a reusable container while Wee Bin, the kitchen caddy, holds a few potato peelings.

1Eddie saved the leftover vegetables in a tub. A few peelings went into Wee Bin.

Wee Bin: “Do a few peelings do anything?”

Eddie: “I’ll ask Amina, then come back an tell ye.”

In English: I’ll ask Amina, then come back and tell you.

Amina shows Eddie the closed digestion tanks from the public visitor terrace.

2At Amina’s bio plant, tiny living things called microbes break the scraps down in a closed tank, without oxygen.

Eddie: “Have they aw got wee hi‑vis jaikets?”

In English: Have they all got little hi‑vis jackets?

Amina: “No jackets!”

Back in the kitchen, Eddie tells a delighted Wee Bin what the scraps help make. A closed tub of saved vegetables sits separately on the table.

3Back in the kitchen, Eddie explained: the scraps help make gas for energy, and fertiliser for plants.

Wee Bin: “So my few peelings count!”

Eddie: “Aye. Save the guid food first.”

In English: Yes. Save the good food first.

Eddie and Fiona smile beside Hamish, who is chewing grass, with the town and harbour below.

4Later, after Fiona’s checks and the wait the rules ask for, Hamish went back to the field. Fertiliser had helped the grass grow, and Hamish ate the grass.

Eddie: “Whit’s on the menu the day, Hamish?”

In English: What’s on the menu today, Hamish?

Hamish: (thinking) “Grass. Excellent choice.”

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For grown-ups: Gullbrae is made up. Some councils compost food waste instead, and not every area collects it yet. Check your own collections. Eddie’s Scots lines were checked by a fluent Scots speaker on 21 October 2026. Facts not yet independently reviewed. A guide for grown-ups.