Lucky you don't live in Aberdeen then.

Maple syrup and toilet paper. Here in Aberdeen you can now get butteries (rowies).

Rory - "Sophie why are your ears so big?"
Sophie - "All the better to hear you on the radio with."

Alternatively you could visit here (Aberdeenshire) where it is said Bram Stoker began writing Dracula. We have nice cafes too. Although admittedly it is difficult to beat a slice of Topfenstrudel with a nice cup of earl grey from Cafe Diglas, Wollzeile.

snap, crackle and top?

My mother asked the butcher to castrate the chicken she wanted the head removed from. His expression was a delight.

I always thought the Mediterranean diet research was on tradition food from Crete with lots of veg esp greens and pulses, only a little meat and dairy (from sheep/goats), but it seems to be Italian food people think of or has been marketed. www.mediterraneanliving.com/how-to-eat-l...

Jake Tilson's "A Tale of 12 Kitchens"