36: The Scottish Isle | Finding Fangorn Forest! A Trad & Superstitious Porridge Recipe. Highlands

Katie shares a strictly traditional porridge recipe from her grandmother's cookbook! Scott fells two standing dead oaks and we begin to move the wood from out of the forest. We find an ancient birch wood.
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[@user-sm9fm3vl7h]

I had the pleasure of meeting this lady and her mother on Saturday at a craft fair lovely people 😊

[@lizstevenson7801]

My Mother was Scottish and our Porridge was always cooked in a double boiler saucepan, water with salt then let the heat of the water boiling in the lower saucepan cook the porridge in the top. Milk and syrup or sugar were added at the table. Loved the harp and the singing. Please read some more of the recipies from that book, they are treasures. Thank you both. 💕🇦🇺

[@allonesame6467]

There are a few gems on youtube. This is one of them. Thank you.

[@TheScottishIsle]

Aaw, thank you! 😋

[@KatyThompsonHaley]

Loved hearing you read about the porridge! I have always enjoyed reading the thought processes of those in the past. Beautiful video as always! ❤🌿

[@Ocean348]

What a sense of life being relived within your beautiful traditional gaelic singing, giving back what was once taken away from the your old homestead. I feel privileged to watch you you peel back the years of the damage that modern day living created. You are breathing life back into your amazing cottage again , the singing is balm to the soul of this place ❤ and I loved it !

[@ivyjulieharvey3043]

my aunt used to sing the old galic lullaby to get my cousins and me and my sister to sleep in an old vardo as we held around the old queenie as the storm raged on outside. My aunt has now passed on but the memories of all the old songs I hold dear. There were 8 of us in the vardo.

[@thehighlandlife2023]

Love watching you guys! Loved the song x

[@chrisallen7068]

Don't forget the chain brake when using your chainsaw. Trying hard to catch up with the videos, our evening treat. Thank you both.

[@erinsteed2954]

That silly cat cracks me up every time! It would make a fantastic children’s book to hear of your adventures from the cat’s perspective.

[@judithstonier9872]

Lovely episode as usual the filming and photography is beautiful I loved the shot of the rusty chain on the mossy rock maybe a calendar for next year ? I'm sure it would be o great seller 😊❤

[@TheScottishIsle]

Thank you, Judith! Kx

[@sharonhamill8580]

I really enjoyed this episode especially! I've been meaning to let you know how wonderful the harp music is to my ears! I loved your song in this one!! The animals chime right in as well and make it extra lovely! I enjoy the home improvement and the kitchen episodes and everything you do for us! You both are making such enjoyable recordings!

[@TheScottishIsle]

🙏🏻 Thank you!

[@janisgriffin7278]

All my relatives on both sides of my family are Scotch- Irish🤗🍀💚My grandfather, Robert Moffat Hillis was born and raised in Belfast, Ireland and came through Ellis Island, NY. to the States & married my grandmother, Grace Irene Stuart; & they had a farm in Idaho. My grandmother Grace made the BEST Oatmeal🥰❣️🫶🏼🍀💚.

[@dust1415]

Thanks for sharing your porridge recipe. I've tried it love it won't be changing back to your old ways . Thanks again

[@brockrylander3401]

Loved the porridge recipe. That’s how my mom taught me to make it (grew up in Tennessee, descended from Scotch-Irish). Somewhere along the way the superstitious part got dropped 😂 That’s too bad though, I enjoy the historical and cultural perspective, so thanks for sharing!

[@agapeascension1489]

Your singing in Gallic is beautiful!

[@TheScottishIsle]

Check out the description for the lady singing. It's a Norwegian lullaby sung by Maija Lindaas - she is amazing! Kx

[@lizgaasenbeek7819]

Loved the latest episode as usual. Beautiful singing. Porridge is my comfort food. I love adding salted butter to mine and add in chopped dried figs, nuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, dried apricots, dates or raisins. Whatever seeds, nuts and dried fruit on hand. I sometimes mix in some yogurt too. It becomes a very hearty meal that sustains for much of the day. I've not made it with milk and salt as you did so I'll give that a go this morning.

[@paulaharris4667]

Enjoyed the video!❤

[@irmibullinger1421]

I've made Porridge all my life, but we just called it Oatmeal. I fed this most of the time to my children for breakfast and they did not get hungry before lunch. I always used Quaker Quick oats, milk and a bit of sugar and butter. Now I use honey or molasses because I like eating it as well. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@dellamcconnochie]

I Loved the music too

[@fionasmall4384]

In our family tradition porridge once cooked needs to float when the milk goes in…and we always have salt and not anything sweet and if you have cream it’s a bonus 🤤 funny how we all make it different. Great video as always xx

[@ltmltm1]

Just love sitting here watching you both go about the daily chores it relaxes me

[@user-dt6tc1qr9d]

Look forward to your episodes each time you give us them

[@TheScottishIsle]

Thank you. Kx

[@terris6322]

Such a joy!

[@iamshotty]

The music is always lovely, and with the Gaelic singing, (I hope that is the correct term), it really is totally divine. And that wood cracking away must smell divine too. So beautiful. xx Teresa 🇦🇺♥

[@infantteacher1]

I have saved this episode to after I put up the decorations. A treat for me. Now sitting snug with the cat on my lap and wishing my knitting was closer😂. Thank you for the porridge hints. I will incorporate them into my process. Thank you for your content. Blessings

[@melaniehoshall6942]

I would have enjoyed hearing about the old superstitions in the cookbook. It intrigues me. I do love the new music!

[@NancysBungalowLife]

Ahhh, the Scottish Triathlon: log tossing, followed by log kicking and rolling, and lastly, log stacking!

[@pip-woollycwtches]

Hi. We call tap water council pop 😂. My dad always said…you get 2 warms from a log fire. 1 chopping it and 2 burning it 😜 xx

[@susanduff-silsby2695]

Katie and Scott, such a good idea to cut and move the dead trees. Definitely a thing to do before the snow comes. I was thinking of your sodden mail at the property gate. Perhaps you could make a wooden box, on its side with a small curtain for the mail to shelter from snow and rain? Just a thought. Keep well, regards Susan at Hobart.

[@TheScottishIsle]

We definitely need a post box of some kind..! Kx

[@shaneallen-yr4gm]

It’s been absolutely brilliant watching you this year. Have a good Christmas, all the best for New Year. XX

[@wildflower1335]

I Love watching you guys! Lovely! song

[@CC-Pi]

lol... that would have been great if you added some Peter Seller's, Pink Pather slow motion sound effects to the scene of you throwing the logs 😀

[@TheScottishIsle]

lol

[@myownlittlehouse471]

This video was so enjoyable, so relaxing. I enjoy watching you two explore the island, the cats, the sheep under her heat lamp :) The music is enchanting. Did you get a new refrigerator? In the morning, I may try your porridge ("oatmeal" for us) recipe.

[@Ms.LisaDawn]

Glad I'm wearing socks!! I always share with my family your sweet shenanigans!!💖💖💖 Again love your videos.

[@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead]

I add a bit of wheat germ to my porridge, which we just call oatmeal in the states. I also add cream, honey, and sometimes a touch of homemade vanilla. Perhaps fruit at times. But, I eat porridge only once in a while. It gives me horrible heartburn. Your hubby did a great job tossing the short cabers, except when he about nailed you with one. I would love to hear how the two of you met and your story prior to coming to the isle.

[@abigailgerlach5443]

I'm obviously a heathen because I add raisins/currents with the sugar. Once in a blue moon I'll add blueberries and walnuts or pecans. Bigamy at Christmas? I must have missed that one! It beats "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". My favorite Christmas carol is " What Child is This?"

[@terrenceodgers5866]

You live life as it was always meant to be. Thank you for sharing your daily adventures.

[@brettbrown9261]

I love porridge, have had it many, many times over the last half century, I put local Quebec Maple Syrup the best in the world... ...Hi from a fan in Montreal, Canada & 🎄Merry Christmas🎄to you both and the sheep and cats ;-)

[@Lyniem1989]

Great job (new channel subscriber)

[@TheScottishIsle]

Welcome aboard!

[@lynngenevieve2141]

I do sometimes use a porringer takes a while and so I’d pre soak overnight to help but it’s more akin to a warmed porridge - but no chance of burning oats. I also use pinhead oatmeal (steel cut) which needs very long cooking and more liquid but fuller taste. Apparently the longer porridge cooks the more healthy as more protein is broken down.

[@toddlegari6611]

What a gorgeous setting . Looks very peaceful .

[@farmkay]

That was short and sweet. Nice to have seen you. Do try the stewed apples with cinnamon and brown sugar.

[@carlnewton1126]

Nice dry oak to make turning blanks for making bowls, craft boxes and timber spoons etc?

[@lauraautry6992]

I love oatmeal and cook very often using steel cut oats with butter, honey and cinnamon. Love to both of you 🤗🤗

[@TheScottishIsle]

Thank you! I hope you stand up while eating them..! 😆 Kx

[@gwencrosswhite9329]

How lovely to hear the porridge cooking method. I enjoy a wee bowl of porridge each morn’n. Grew up stacking wood for the wood stove. There’s no shortage of exercise on a homestead. I’m curious about the theme song…is it Wild Mountain Thyme?

[@gwencrosswhite9329]

@@ludovica8221 Thank you.

[@TheScottishIsle]

And the one at the beginning under the narration is Si Bheag Si Mhor. Kx

[@gwencrosswhite9329]

@@TheScottishIsle thank you-the music is all so wonderful!!

[@MariaKowalczyk-ip4ls]

Your "revolting" comment about the porridge made me laugh. When you were reading the recipe I was making a face. It didn't sound good to me either. Your version looked much better. Especially adding honey. The ending shot of the fire crackling in the stove was very peaceful.

[@22marketst]

Atmospheric as always - currently one of my fav pods - thanks !!

[@TheScottishIsle]

Our pleasure!

[@britishgal1808-Sue]

Loved your video ❤️

[@jenniferfarrah3134]

Oh that went to fast , I was so enjoying the peacefulness . Love the music you choose . And listening to Katie telling the story about the making of porridge . I love porridge , so I’m going to make it that way . . Look forward to the next video . 😌

[@Lindgard85]

Sycamore and field maple can be tapped in the same manner as birch, if you have any of those standing around. For pine you can do a covered controlled burning of the roots above a collection pit/container to collect tar. Exellent for wood preservation and wound/hoof treatment in livestock among other things.

[@billathighwoods4289]

Your family may have used a Gypsy Verdo My ain folk were sometime travelers, used a Bothy Wagon around the Forfar feeing market down to farms in Strathmore glens and Glamis areas.

[@Gardendreamsforme]

I make oatmeal pretty much the same way, though I’ve never seen it make with milk and water. I’ll have to try that! I like sugar and cinnamon on mine with very little milk. Thank you for sharing. I’m so happy I found your channel

[@billathighwoods4289]

Mine I use pin head or steel cut oats with Sweet condensed milk

[@leepovey9084]

Loved hearing Kate read out the porridge making recipe /method beautiful voice, will try that method soon. Look forward to you videos coming out.

[@dottiebaker6623]

Thanks for the porridge info, Katie. Good to have 2 different points of view, but both Scottish. I had no idea there were 3 different names for the spirtle, nor that porridge is a "they"!The edge of the woods is looking much better without the dead trees - how nice they're dry. Have a lovely week, and a Merry Christmas!

[@christiancelticwarrior1222]

I like '' Oh Holy Night '' Happy Christmas to you both

[@TheScottishIsle]

I like that, too. Used to play that on the organ when I still played in the church. My mum always requested me to play it at this time of year on our wee piano at home! God bless. Kx

[@dellamcconnochie]

Another great video thanks Merry Christmas Happy New Year 🌲🌲

[@frankmarson2425]

I like my porridge cooked with milk, a handful of sultanas and a spoonful of treacle or golden syrup the method you used is how I used to make it as a child these days I tend to use the microwave

[@TheScottishIsle]

Treacle would be a good shout! 👍🏻

[@allisondennis8257]

Would collect "birch water" by cutting off the end of a lower branch and attaching a vessel to it (that also sealed the vessel to the branch). Vessel fills right up and you don't have to worry about damage to the overall tree - like with a tap on a younger, smaller-circumference tree. fwiw

[@leslieboetticher6557]

So glad I found your channel. Love your videos. Went back to the beginning am at #14, wow love your content ❤️super relaxing and the nature is fabulous.

[@sheilaabayateye1558]

Lovely video. Kate would love to hear about more recipes from your old book. I made potted beef from leftover oxtail. I had made a beef bone broth. I made beef and barley broth with it. And we had the potted beef on hot toast for supper . Reminds me of days of my gran looking after us. Is there a potted beef recipe in your book. I think mace is used but i didnt have any and used herbes de provance. ❤😊

[@southwife]

The song and harp so lovely, deeply touching. I also like In the Bleak Midwinter. You rained down your oats with the wrong hand!😮 ...so NOW what happens?😶

[@TheScottishIsle]

😉 Well, the sky didn't fall off of its hooks anyway... Kx 😆

[@nadineveitch5837]

Was thinking about your 'reed problem' this weekend.. our neighbour has had the same and spent the last 10 years weed eating and lime-ing them.. sort of worked but they still keep coming back.. but has now invested in a flame thrower! In the old days you could buy them for the sole purpose apparently, this one is for dehairing carcasses such as pigs.. hours of fun... At least you could take out your frustration with it! 🤣🤣🤣 And loved your video like always, the superstitious porridge, I'm sure my ancestors would have had a lot to say about that!. 😂

[@TheScottishIsle]

10 YEARS... 😅 Oh no! Kx

[@pfles1]

He’s a Lumberjack and he’s ok! 😂 🌲🪚🪓

[@jeanneerlandsonchristensen9878]

Werry nice episode, love the music, and just the beauty of the forest, thank you 🙏 ❤ I love your channel and I always looking forward to the next episode Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰

[@TheScottishIsle]

Thank you very much!

[@joannesands2073]

Hi guys I'm loving your channel so beautiful refreshing ❤, another channel I watch said they never cut down dead tree's unless they're a danger as it actually keeps the wood dry, because it is upright 😊 I don't think you'll run out anytime soon 😂

[@TheScottishIsle]

If we could find one or two of those every now and then, it'd be great! Thank you for your kind words - so glad you're enjoying them! Kx ❤️

[@Betty-zk6wu]

I somehow feel I’m Scottish but if I am I’ve never been told! I heard you beautiful music and I felt like I came home again!❤ best wishes for Christmas and be safe!!!

[@TheScottishIsle]

Would you ever think of doing your ancestry research? Maybe you are!

[@MattyO-72]

Nice beginning of a Christmas cactus for the holidays ... make sure you take it to a dark place next November so it will attempt to bloom for you at Christmas. They are very finicky, so it may take a few years. All the best !

[@linalindholm5623]

❤

[@glenysperry3421]

There's something very satisfying about kicking logs down a hill.

[@annikaweman4678]

Thank you for a beautiful film! I was blown away when I heard swedish words in the song! Kind of old fashion swedish but indeed swedish. How come?

[@TheScottishIsle]

Because it's beautiful! Maija Lindaas gave us permission to use her harp music, so we wanted to show some of her lovely singing and playing. Kx

[@annikaweman4678]

@@TheScottishIsle wonderful! I was expecting scottish and got a bit confused! 😆

[@leed206]

Try a small knob of butter on top, allow it to melt a little before adding milk. Thats how my family had it in Australia.

[@obiwankenobi6952]

Porridge with salt…never heard of that before…😮 I think I like the sweet version better 😂❤

[@hanneliewiese3477]

Lovely video. Try cinnamon with oats porridge - simply add to it while it is cooking and add butter and honey when you dis up to eat.

[@greatlambrini8722]

Please make sure you leave some snags for the birds.

[@patbrougham9929]

Do you know friends that they make rechargable electric 2 wheeled wheelbarows? Seems like it might be handy with your mains electricity. Keep up the good work!

[@iaintaylor5585]

I make my porridge with pinhead oatmeal rather than rolled oats. I soak a cup of meal overnight in 2 cups of water (tap - not proud), and add salt and ground black pepper when I start to cook. Sometimes I add some paprika/chilli flakes for a bit more vavavoom. It only takes 5 minutes to thicken and be ready. I often throw some blueberries in at the end, but that is all the "sweetness" I ever use. I put a little milk on top once it is in the bowl. Guess it is like borscht and suchlike, with everyone having their own method.

[@elizabethfairlie8296]

I make my porridge the traditional way using water no milk. A little salt but no sugar but...i have unsweetened yoghurt over the top sometimes with a little fruit. . My dear mother and father will be spinning in their graves. My dad would sprinkle more salt over the top and have the cream from the top of the milk with it.

[@philiptaylor7902]

We stayed at a B&B near Kirkcudbright once where they made porridge strictly according to the book, it was gross. Your recipe however looks much more palatable 😊. On a completely different subject you can distinctly hear a Chiffchaff at 5:45 and again at 5:55, you’d expect them to be in Senegal at this time of year, not Scotland. A sign of how mild the winters are on the West Coast.

[@TheScottishIsle]

You know, we're sure we heard a few storm petrels the other night - they're not supposed to be here either! Kx

[@suzannetodaro5494]

You are both working hard to gather your wood for the winter. Once again well shot and edited, really enjoyed the song at the end. Thank you for your fantastic content. x

[@carolewinstead8270]

Love porridge. Was that you singing? It was beautiful.

[@TheScottishIsle]

It's Maija Lindaas, a Norwegian lullaby. Check out her channel and give it a thumbs-up if you'd be so kind. She's kindly given us permission to use it. Kx

[@carolewinstead8270]

​@@TheScottishIsle yes, I will. It was so lovely. (It was unavailable)

[@carolynstewart5825]

Porridge...Yummy with or without salt. Your kitchen is looking great! How is the drainage system beside the cottage coming along? And just when you saying how lovely and dry the wood was...along comes the rain!

[@TheScottishIsle]

Might have to give you an update on the trench. Kx

[@RoseMarySproule]

They make birch syrup in the Yukon,here in Quebec we are blessed with sugar maples

[@TheScottishIsle]

🤤

[@daledowner6696]

Katy was that you singing in this video? Very nice. You both have a safe and happy Xmas and New Year. What’s the next project for restoring the cottage? Dale USA

[@TheScottishIsle]

It was one of our harpist pals, Maija Lindaas. Norwegian lullaby, nice eh? We're working on the stones, getting them cleaned up and then it'll be re-pointing time! All the best, Dale. Kx

[@ilkaschmidt3915]

Birch has aspirin in it x

[@jennifercopley1626]

I'm a salt free porridge person. Although I do use milk and water and any kind of sweetener I have on hand...white sugar, brown sugar, honey, treacle, what ever I have.

[@rogerandrews3460]

Kate your amazing …..beautiful,intelligent and strong 🤗

[@stevenclarke2592]

When going for wood have you thought of something like this WITSTEP Firewood Carrier Backpack, Water Resistant firewood Bag Sturdy Log Tote with Adjustable Straps,Waxed Canvas Firewood Log Carrier Backpack for Indoor Outdoor Camping Wood Stove Accessories

[@labncroft]

Always a pleasure, highlight of my week! Question - why don't you use your 4 wheeler and trailer that we've seen in past videos to haul your wood??

[@TheScottishIsle]

We don't take the quad down the goat track to the cottage after the first couple of tries. It's too dangerous, and we'd really rather just use our legs (or maybe a pony, in time!). Kx

[@MadGingerCat]

Scots Porridge Oats are not oatmeal, they’re rolled oats and create a very different porridge to oatmeal - such as The Oatmeal of Alford - which is stone ground rather than rolled. I’d be interested to hear what you think of porridge made of oatmeal - which is what I’ve always used.

[@dcimedic]

I’ve heard that in colonial America the homesteaders would girdle trees so that they would dry while standing for the next year.

[@TheScottishIsle]

That's probably right on. The standing dead oak burns immediately! Kx

[@Dore60]

👍

[@adelinefinlay1582]

Is that Scot in training for the next Highland Games?😊

[@TheScottishIsle]

That's it! 💪

[@crf9993]

Looks like your saw could do with a proper sharpen more dust than chips coming out the back.

[@TheScottishIsle]

You're not wrong! Kx

[@irenemacleod8147]

I dug out my Scots Kitchen too -“ cheap edition” 1932. Do you not think oatmeal means pinhead oatmeal rather than rolled oats? Best recipe is on page 228 🤣

[@TheScottishIsle]

Some recipes in there call for 'oatmeal', and some 'fine oatmeal'. Who knows! 228 in my book is a recipe for tablet, is that the same with yours? Kx

[@gjmiller138]

I was raised my my Scottish Grandmother and Great Grandmother, don't you know we had porriage at every week day meal, eggs and breakfast meat was for the weekends

[@TheScottishIsle]

I hope you stood up to eat 'them'" 😂 Kx

[@gjmiller138]

once I left home I never had it for breakfast again lol,@@TheScottishIsle

[@margaretlynch1494]

🙋‍♀️❤️. Wouldn't your wagon help for at least part of the way?

[@TheScottishIsle]

The quad? We don't bring it down the goat track to the cottage. Kx

[@lascar48]

In N.I. we called tap water council hair oil.

[@TheScottishIsle]

😂

[@PhilONeill]

Put something over thine eyes Robin Hood cos splinter from chainsaw hurts like hell, don't wanna end up looking like a pirate 🏴‍☠

[@christinefordyce7284]

Loved your collecting wood but can we see your other cat please? How did you get your large cooker to the cottage?

[@TheScottishIsle]

I'll film Jeeves for you for the next episode! The cooker...do you mean the stove, or...? Kx

[@christinefordyce7284]

@@TheScottishIsle I mean the black cooker in your kitchen - thanks👍

[@TheScottishIsle]

Oh I see! That was here when we arrived...I don't even want to think how the former residents dragged it here!! Maybe they used the jetty right out front. Kx

[@katrinagibson6559]

Hello katie, did scot ever tell you what his favourite carol is? Mine is silent night 😊

[@TheScottishIsle]

'Stille Nacht' ('Silent Night' sang in German).

[@katrinagibson6559]

Thank you, I'll listen to it in German 😊