We were watching an episode of the most recent season of Shetland the other night. I've written before about the crime procedural drama and how it always inspires us to start planning our trip to those islands in the middle of the North Sea, somewhere between Scotland and Norway. "Your dad is on the road to Aith," one character reported to another, "where the Cake Fridge is."
"Did she just say 'Cake Fridge?'" I asked Heidi incredulously.
The answer was yes. When the main character came to collect his aging father, the old man was eating cupcakes out of a reach-in refrigerator on the side of the road, surrounded by rolling heaths with a spit of the North Sea behind him. "Look at all these free cakes," he told his son.
"You have to pay for them," he was informed. "There's an honesty box."
A quick web search confirmed the existence of cake fridges and honesty boxes for not only cakes, but all sorts of local products on the Island. There are egg stands, seasonal fruit and vegetables, sauces, pickles, and woolen textiles.
As if we needed more reason to book our travel!
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