This is the summary of our Scottish food experience. They begin most days with a "full" breakfast, which includes eggs, toast, sausage, hash browns, bacon, white and/or black blood pudding (gross), grilled tomato, and beans. Most B & B's serve a variation on this plus cereal, juice, yogurt, and fruit. It's not called the full breakfast for nothing. We got lucky and one of the B & B's served pancakes.
This is a small cafe we stopped into for lunch. I became obsessed with scones and cream in Ireland, so I tried to get them everywhere we went. I had to settle for the cheese plate below, and Scott got this interesting item. It's a waffle, with bacon and brie, covered in maple syrup. And a salad. He told me that salad should not ever have maple syrup on it, but the rest was delicious.
Above is the cheese plate. The blue cheese tasted a bit like wet socks. The fuity one was really good, it tasted like a crumbly ricotta with apricots. The other two were normal gouda and brie.
This is an interesting drink we found which I believe is actually Polish. It's a pear cider, and it actually is really smooth. It tastes exactly like pear juice with carbonation. 
This is a heather ale. Heather is a small flower that grows naturally on the hills of Ireland and Scotland. The bottle claims it is the oldest beer still being brewed, since no one brews traditional Egyptian beers anymore. It has been brewed since 2,000 B.C., and the only recipe change has been the addition of hops (which is required by the British government).
This is a dark beer brewed on the Island of Skye. They use heather and oats in the brewing process, which Scott says gave the beer a unique chocolatey-floral flavor. The name of the beer comes from a local mountain range.
Overall, we really like Scottish food. There's lots of stews, savory pies, oat cakes, shortbread, and beer. And you can get breakfast any time of day, which is clearly the most important indicator of a country's civility. -Anna
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