Scottish catering offers the flavours of Scotland at picnics, weddings and business meetings.
Scottish catering centers around providing the fresh food and produce of Scotland. The catering services are often centered on business meetings, weddings, family get togethers, and food. Scottish cuisine is the specific set of cooking traditions and practices associated with Scotland. It has distinctive attributes and recipes of its own, but shares much with wider European cuisine as a result of foreign and local influences both ancient and modern. Traditional Scottish dishes exist alongside international foodstuffs brought about by migration.
Scotland\'s natural larder of game, dairy, fish, fruit, and vegetables is the integral factor in traditional Scots cooking, with a high reliance on simplicity and a lack of spices from abroad, which were often very expensive. While many inveterate dishes such as Scotch broth are considered healthy, many common dishes are rich in fat, and may contribute to the high rates of heart disease and obesity in the country. Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host, or the act or practice of being hospitable. Specifically, this includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, resorts, membership clubs, conventions, attractions, special events, and other services for travelers and tourists. In the contemporary West, hospitality is rarely a matter of protection and survival, and is more associated with etiquette and entertainment. However, it still involves showing respect for one\'s guests, providing for their needs, and treating them as equals. Cultures and subcultures vary in the extent to which one is expected to show hospitality to strangers, as opposed to personal friends or members of one\'s in-group. The hospitality service industry includes hotels, casinos, and resorts, which offer comfort and guidance to strangers, whether it be commercial (for monetery gain) or non-commercial (not for profit). Scotland has a rich and unique natural larder influenced by its dramatic natural landscapes. Whisky, seafood, game, venison, beef and lamb are all shaped by Scotland’s natural environment. A typical Scottish breakfast consists of bacon, eggs and sausage and may include typically Scottish additions such as black pudding (blood sausage) or potato scones. And since you\'re in Scotland, there has to be oatmeal: porridge is simply oatmeal cooked in water with a pinch of salt, served with milk or cream and perhaps a little sugar. Smoked fish is also traditional breakfast fare: you\'ll find kippers (smoked haddock) or the less strongly flavored Arbroath smokies (haddock). In the north of Scotland you might be served \"buttery,\" a brioche-style bread related to the French croissant. When it comes to home baking, scones, buttery shortbread and the Scottish version of fudge are favorites. Clootie dumpling is a steamed suet pudding made with spices and dried fruit, served hot with custard.