Hebridean Food: Smokehouse
Interview and Questions
If you were able to do the previous
exercises quite easily, you can test yourself with something a bit more
challenging now. You can listen to an interview with Alasdair MacEachen, the
Environmental Health Officer,
here. If you need to you can also see
a transcript of what he says.
Can you describe your own thoughts about what you’ve seen and heard in these videos? Here are some questions to start you thinking.
Why do you think the Hebridean Smokehouse is keen to show its fish preparation
process to the general public?
How important
do you think it is to keep the Wet Room and Dry Room processes completely
separate, and why?
What might
make you buy Hebridean Smokehouse salmon, rather than, for example, a similar
product produced somewhere else?
What are the
advantages of having strict hygiene regulations? Might there be any
disadvantages? If so, what?
Activities:
1. Write a
short piece about the Hebridean Smokehouse. It could be a
letter to a friend or relation, or a short article for a newspaper or magazine.
2. Discuss
what you’ve learned about the fish-smoking process in your class, or with friends or
workmates.
3. E-mail
your thoughts to other learners who have watched the same videos. Start a
discussion about food processing or food marketing.