Food and drink on board
Food is prepared from fresh ingredients using local and speciality produce wherever possible. We estimate around 50% of the ingredients and produce we use is organic. Vegetarians and special diets can be catered for.
Breakfast:
Choose from a selection of cereals and muesli, fresh fruit, fruit juice, toast with honey, marmalade and home made jam, porridge, boiled free range eggs and tea or coffee.
Lunch:
Each day a platter offering some of the following is served: a selection of cheeses, saucisson, ham, tuna or salmon salad with tomatoes and green salad, with bread.
Evening Meal
Each evening a different main course and pudding is served, for example:
- Grilled catch of the day (cod/monkfish) with paprika, pepper, garlic/onions served with new potatoes and vegetables.
Home-made apple crumble and cream or natural yoghurt. - Roasted lamb stuffed peppers, courgettes and aubergines served with rice
Fresh Scottish summer fruits and cream or natural yoghurt. - Braised leeks wrapped in bacon with new potatoes
Fresh Scottish summer fruits and cream or natural yoghurt. - Gratin Dauphinois with salad or vegetables
Poires Belle Helene. - Omelette Baveuse, new potatoes and tomato and garlic salad and Portuguese carrot salad.
Crème caramel or Crème chocolat.
Other popular main courses include:
- Spaghetti and home-made Bolognaise with grated Parmesan cheese to taste
- Roast free range chicken with freshly mashed potatoes and local vegetable
- Aberdeen Angus beef stew with mashed potatoes and fresh vegetables
- Smoked Scottish salmon, new potatoes, fresh bread, lemon and garnished with onion. Green bean salad with a vinaigrette dressing
- Roast leg of Scottish lamb with garlic and garden-grown Rosemary, new potatoes and fresh vegetables
In addition, there is a very good chance of catching mackerel, which we cook with ginger and spring onions or bake in the oven. There is also the possibility of lobster, crab and prawns from our own creels. Two complimentary bottles of wine are served with the evening meal; otherwise, feel free to bring your own alcohol
Snacks
Between meals there is a plentiful supply of tea, coffee, nuts, dried fruits, juices and a choice of good quality chocolate, biscuits and cakes.
Thank you for a brilliant holiday. You were very welcoming hosts and especially welcoming of the boys. They loved the instructions in navigation, knot-tying and being allowed the hands-on experience of steering the St Hilda. The food was wonderful -as you must have known because there were only empty plates!