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December 5, 2014

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Since it’s Friday, we thought you might enjoy a round-up of some of the most unusual food and drink stories to have come out of Scotland this week.

Weave a whisky

The 5pm Dining blog was gobsmacked to learn that Johnnie Walker and Harris Tweed Hebrides have teamed up to create a fabric that smells of whisky ingredients.

According to a Scotsman report, the fabric has aromas of ‘rich malt, golden vanilla, red fruit and the trademark dark chocolate tones.’

Apparently, the scent is layered into the fabric so it won’t fade even after dry cleaning.

While we love the smell of whisky, we’re not convinced that it’s necessarily the best scent to have hanging about one’s person at all times.

This blogger has known draconian bosses who take a dim view of employees who have a whiff of Scotch about them in the morning.

LOLCATZ

Cat lovers who don’t have access to a cat may be happy to learn that Scotland’s first cat café is scheduled to open in Edinburgh in January.

An Evening News article reports that the wonderfully monikered Maison de Moggy will operate as a pop-up on a temporary lease in Hamilton Place in Stockbridge.

Will mice be on the menu, we wonder?

Veggie venders

The 5pm Dining blog was tickled by the story about a new veggie vending machine in Dundee’s Overgate centre.

According to the STV Dundee city app, Dundonians have been rather taken with the idea of buying boxes of Scottish veg from the recently installed vending machine.

Costing between £1.50 and £5, the boxes contain Scottish vegetables grown on Grewar Farm or sourced by Peter and Euan Grewar from their farming neighbours in Perthshire and Angus.

Perth, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh are said to be the next possible sites for the machines.

According to a spokesperson for the Overgate, the vending machine is the only outlet for fresh produce in the centre.

Good on the Grewars for having the gumption to come up with the idea of a veggie vending machine. We wish them every success.

However, this scribbler can’t help but feel a little uneasy about what it says about the diversity of shops in our city centres.

Is the era of the independent fruit and veg shop really over?

Grewar Farm: from field to vending machine. Pic via Grewar Farm Facebook.
Grewar Farm: from field to vending machine. Pic via [Grewar Farm Facebook][6].