A selection of the best of Radio Scotland's music repertoire to take you through the night 
Chapters
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Igloo Feature - PART ONE
Igloo feature - part one.
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New Year New You - Phobia
Shereen Nanjiani contuines her journey to overcome her fear of moths
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Building an Igloo - part 2
Building an Igloo Part 2
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Fast Food Tuesday
Jacqueline O'Donnell tells us all we want to know about mackerel
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Dr Bruce Davies' Igloo
This is one of the igloos built by Dr Bruce Davies during the recent cold spell
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The Snow Giant
Another of Bruce Davies' snow creations
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Richard's igloo
The igloo made by Richard Cadey with the help of Dr Bruce Davies.
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Building an igloo
Find plenty of snow, a large living room area about 150mm/6 inches deep is enough
Mark out circle, say 1.8m 6ft in diameter. Can do this by getting someone to lie in the snow and slide them around on their back, ie imagine a line coming up out of the ground and passing through their solar plexus then push them so they turn around that line, carving a circle in the snow.
Make sure you have 2 or 3 5 litre ice cream containers to make bricks and tamp the snow into the containers, squeeze the side and take the brick out on your hand and lay the brick on the circle marked out.
Continue making and laying bricks until the base circle is complete then start the next layer one half brick out of line with the lower layer.
DO NOT think about making an entrance at this point. The entrance will be cut out with a pruning saw, old knife, shovel etc, when the igloo is complete.
Keep going up for 3 or 4 layers, offsetting the bricks towards the middle by about 1/8 of the width of a brick. After this, you can move in a little more, but make sure you keep the igloo properly “round@. If you introduce any “flat spots” in the sides they will be a weak spot and may limit the life span of the structure
Igloos are very quiet inside and very warm. The snow is an excellent insulator. -
Grilled mackerel & beetroot salad with Horseradish dressing
• 10 small new potatoes
• 2 mackerel fillets (grilled for 5 mins)
• 2 tbsp horseradish cream
• 1 lemon , juiced
• 142ml carton natural yogurt
• 4 small, cooked beetroot , look for ones that aren't in vinegar
• 2 handfuls baby spinach
Boil the potatoes until tender. Flake the mackerel into large chunks. Whisk the horseradish, lemon and yoghurt together. Quarter the beets. Pile the spinach onto plates and divide the warm potatoes and beetroot between them. Scatter the mackerel over and drizzle with the dressing. -
Scottish Mackerel cauliflower & caper herby salad
• 300g cauliflower , cut into florets
• 1 lemon
• 4 tsp capers , rinsed
• ½ small bunch flat-leaf parsley , chopped
• ½ small bunch mint , chopped
• 2 tsp Summer harvest rapeseed oil
• 1 small garlic clove , crushed
• 2 large or 4 small mackerel fillets
• Heat the grill and bring a pan of water to the boil. Drop the cauliflower into the water, then cook for 4-5 mins until just tender. Zest and juice half the lemon, then mix with the capers, parsley, mint, olive oil and garlic in a salad bowl. When the cauliflower is cooked, drain, then stir into the herby dressing with some seasoning while still hot.
• Put the mackerel on a baking tray, zest the remaining lemon half over it, season, then grill for a couple of mins on each side. Cut the lemon into wedges. Serve alongside the mackerel and cauliflower salad.
Broadcasts
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BBC Radio ScotlandTue 12 Jan 2010 10:05 BBC Radio Scotland
Podcast
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Scotland's Funny Bits
Bringing you the funny bits from the last week on BBC Radio Scotland.
