Episode 5
Mary Ann Kennedy and Lucy Cooke look at the different ways humans make the most of nature鈥檚 bounty.
M脿iri Anna NicUalraig agus Liusaidh Cooke 鈥� An C貌caire Fiadhain 鈥� a鈥� r霉rachd airson st貌ras n脿dair. Bheir pr貌gram 5 s霉il air mar a tha n脿dar agus mac an duine ag obair, le s霉il air cuid dhen luchd-staile a bhios a鈥� cleachdadh lusan an sg矛re fh猫in airson caractar an deoch-l脿idir a cheangal ris an 脿rainneachd. Bheir gr霉daire 脌ird Ghobhair, Fearghas Stokes, sealladh do Mh脿iri Anna air tilleadh do sheann chleachdaidhean Albanach ann a bhi d猫anamh leanna le fraoch. Tha M脿iri Anna a鈥� coimhead air an r貌s agus an t-sirist 鈥� a鈥� d猫anamh luaidh air mar a tha boladh is blas nam buannachd a鈥� cheart cho math ri coltas, bl脿th, meas is mucag. Tha Liusaidh a鈥� faighinn lorg air lus a tha an-diugh fiadhain ach air leum 脿 g脿radh, agus a鈥� beachdachadh air mar as fhe脿rr a n矛 i feum de bhl脿than b貌idheach an deirc-Ameirigeach.
Mary Ann and Lucy on how humans interact with nature, visiting distillers who look to local botanicals to connect their spirits and the local environment. Fergus Stokes, Ardgour鈥檚 local microbrewer, shows Mary Ann his trials with a return to traditional Scottish heather ale production.
Mary Ann celebrates the rose and cherry - and how taste and aroma count as much as appearance in their petals and fruit. Lucy also finds a plant that has 鈥榣eapt鈥� from a cultivated garden and happily grows wild, and finds the best way of using the intensely aromatic 鈥榬ibena鈥� leaves of the flowering currant.
In Gaelic with English subtitles
