0:00:08 > 0:00:10# Katie Morag
0:00:10 > 0:00:14# Far away across the ocean
0:00:14 > 0:00:15# Katie Morag
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# Over the sea to Struay
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# Katie Morag
0:00:20 > 0:00:22# Far away across the ocean
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# Katie Morag
0:00:24 > 0:00:26# Over the sea to Struay. #
0:00:32 > 0:00:38My name is Katie Morag McColl and I live on the island of Struay.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42I suppose it's quite wee but it's ginormous to me and everyone
0:00:42 > 0:00:46looks out for me when I'm out and about having my adventures.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50And pull!
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And pull!
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I'm all out of puff.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00Well done, Katie Morag, we'll make a sailor of you yet.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Now, let's get that old girl spick and span.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12'Neilly Beag used to have a wee job in Struay helping the ferry man.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15'Neilly Beag and Mr Ferryman used to row out in their wee
0:01:15 > 0:01:20'boat to the big ferry to pick up the passengers and deliveries
0:01:20 > 0:01:23'and bring them back to the island.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27'Neilly Beag loved helping everyone and he looked very proud
0:01:27 > 0:01:30'when people said he was very good at it.'
0:01:33 > 0:01:34You missed a bit.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39'But then they built the new pier,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41'so now the ferry can come all the way in
0:01:41 > 0:01:44'and it meant poor Neilly Beag didn't have a job
0:01:44 > 0:01:46'and that made him sad.'
0:01:46 > 0:01:49FERRY HORN BLOWS
0:01:49 > 0:01:51That's the ferry in.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55'But it did mean we could get more visitors to the island.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58'Most people thought that was a good thing.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02'But Neilly Beag wasn't so sure.'
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Noisy bunch, aren't they?
0:02:03 > 0:02:07'Granma Mainland says he liked the old ways better.'
0:02:07 > 0:02:09There. What do you think?
0:02:11 > 0:02:16- Spelt it wrong!- What?! - Only kidding!- You wee monkey!
0:02:19 > 0:02:22'Neilly Beag still had his croft of course,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26'so he could grow things to eat and he took visitors out to see
0:02:26 > 0:02:30'the seals with his rowing boat sometimes.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33'But what he really needed was a proper job -
0:02:33 > 0:02:35'that's why I decided to help him.'
0:02:35 > 0:02:40- How about an astronaut? - Och, I'm not very good at heights.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Mmm...film star?- Money's good.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48But then I'd probably have to move to Inverness.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Would you like some?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56'I'd already had one breakfast, of course,
0:02:56 > 0:03:00'but I sometimes have another one when Neilly Beag's making porridge.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03'You see, Neilly Beag wasn't just a brilliant boatman,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06'he also made the best porridge in the whole world.'
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- Perfect!- More?- Yes, please.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12'It was even better than Grannie Island's,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14'though I wouldn't tell her that.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18'And that's when I had one of those brilliant ideas
0:03:18 > 0:03:19'I have from time to time.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24'Actually, I didn't even realise it was an idea when I said it.'
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- Wouldn't it be good if porridge making was a job?- Aye.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31You'd be brilliant at that.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Katie Morag, you are a genius.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- A porridge bus?- That's right.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50You're going to buy a bus, park it at the pier and sell porridge?
0:03:50 > 0:03:55Well, actually, it's not so much a bus, it's more of a trailer.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01- So, you've already bought it? - They're delivering it tomorrow.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Och, I had to move very fast.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Don't you worry, my wee bobby-dazzler.
0:04:14 > 0:04:20In no time at all, we'll have one of those business empires.
0:04:49 > 0:04:55- How's it going?- I think the sign is too small.- How many have you sold?
0:04:58 > 0:05:05- Three.- And how many of them were to Katie Morag?- Three.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Oh, Neilly.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Customer.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17- Good morning, sir. - Morning.- Now what can I do for you?
0:05:17 > 0:05:21- I'm not sure.- Would you like to see a menu?- That'd be great.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38- Porridge?- That's right.- Nothing else? Sandwiches or something?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41No, we're the porridge bus.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46You see, if we sold sandwiches, then we'd probably be the sandwich bus.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- I'll have a porridge then, just a wee one.- Just a small one?- Aye.
0:05:54 > 0:06:01- Here you are, sir.- Cheers.- Thank you. - Er...where's your sugar?
0:06:01 > 0:06:06- Sugar? Now what would you be wanting sugar for?- For the porridge.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12We are not barbarians, sir.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Good day to you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37I just think that maybe you're being a bit...old-fashioned.
0:06:37 > 0:06:43- How do you mean?- It's not the old days. People want variety.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48But I give them variety - they can have a large bowl or a wee bowl.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50With salt, or without.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54But you could offer them sugar, Neilly Beag,
0:06:54 > 0:07:01those that really want it. And not just sugar - honey, nuts, bananas...
0:07:01 > 0:07:06- Chocolate!- Absolutely. - Marshmallows even?!- Well, why not?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Because I'm not running some fancy Edinburgh sweetie shop!
0:07:10 > 0:07:12That's why not.
0:07:12 > 0:07:18This is genuine Highland brochan, the food that made us great.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24A hundred generations have grown strong on this stuff,
0:07:24 > 0:07:26it's the very spirit of the place.
0:07:28 > 0:07:34And you're asking me to put chocolate and marshmallows on my porridge?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37That's just the point, Neilly Beag.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39It's not supposed to be YOUR porridge,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42it's supposed to be their porridge.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I've been cooking oats like this for the past 50 years,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49the way my father taught me and the way his father taught him.
0:07:49 > 0:07:58Just pure spring water and a wee sprinkle of salt. Nothing else.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Not on my watch.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10'Poor Neilly Beag. We thought the new sign might attract a few
0:08:10 > 0:08:13'more customers, but it didn't work.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17'It didn't matter how real his porridge was, no-one wanted any.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24'Except for me, that is. I still thought it was fabbydoo.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29'The next day, Granma Mainland went shopping in Tobermory
0:08:29 > 0:08:33'and she brought back a bunch of fancy food for me to try.'
0:08:33 > 0:08:35We're going to try some of these.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Open sesame.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43- Hmm.- Mm-hm.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- Is it salmon?- Yup. - And rice?- Ten out of ten.
0:08:55 > 0:09:01- It's sushi. It's Japanese. - It's yummy.- Mmm.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Och, I wish Neilly Beag would try some of these with me.
0:09:07 > 0:09:13- Why doesn't he?- Same reason he's so mule-headed about the porridge.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18He's just so very set in his ways, which is a pity,
0:09:18 > 0:09:22because if I could get him to eat some, he might actually enjoy them.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28What?
0:09:28 > 0:09:33'Now I normally have brilliant ideas once a fortnight or so,
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- 'but this was the second one in a week.'- Katie Morag?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40When are you next going to Tobermory?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50How did it go?
0:09:50 > 0:09:56Well, put it this way, we won't be millionaires any time soon.
0:09:56 > 0:10:02- Here, what are you doing? - A wee experiment.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09You take your oats straight from the jar. I tried soaking them overnight.
0:10:09 > 0:10:17- A lot of nonsense!- How do you know if you haven't tried?- All right, fine.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Not so fast.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21We are going to do this scientifically.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Is all this necessary?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32The soaking makes them look that little bit different.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37Ordinary people wouldn't notice, but you are an expert.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40This is bowl A.
0:10:46 > 0:10:53- What do you think?- Now, don't rush me. Let's try bowl B.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Right.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Bowl A is the porridge the way I make it
0:11:08 > 0:11:13- and bowl B is your new fancy variation.- Correct.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15I preferred the original.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Though some people, I suppose, might like the new creamy one.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- So you will put it on the menu? - If it pleases you, my dear.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28- No, wait, I've got another experiment.- What have you done now?
0:11:29 > 0:11:34- Just a slight variation.- Fire away.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Neilly Beag?
0:11:48 > 0:11:54- What is this?- It's the exact same recipe that you always used.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58I've added a sprinkling of walnuts, some sultanas
0:11:58 > 0:12:01and the merest drizzle of golden syrup.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- What do you think?- I think you've tricked me.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21And I think you were probably right to,
0:12:21 > 0:12:26because that porridge you made is absolutely delicious!
0:12:28 > 0:12:32'After that, Neilly Beag sold lots and lots of porridge.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Thank you very much.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41What can I get you, madam?
0:12:41 > 0:12:45You can have honey, walnut, syrup,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48strawberry, sultanas,
0:12:48 > 0:12:53- cinnamon, or bananas. - I don't suppose you have chocolate?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Of course we've got chocolate.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04This is Neilly Beag's brochan bus,
0:13:04 > 0:13:10young lady, and we are at the cutting edge of porridge technology.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13'Granma Mainland says people have been eating porridge
0:13:13 > 0:13:15'in Struay for the last thousand years
0:13:15 > 0:13:20'and will be eating it for the next thousand, but sometimes you
0:13:20 > 0:13:25'have to give the old ways a little tweak just to keep them fresh.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28'I tried all Granma Mainland's new flavours
0:13:28 > 0:13:32'and every one of them was fabbydoo, but do you know what?
0:13:32 > 0:13:37'My very favourite, it's still Neilly Beag's family recipe.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43'New ways and old ways, as Grannie Island says,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45'there's plenty of room for them all.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53'Good night, Grannie Island.'