scottish food

[carmen_lj]

Today I ate something called a 'buttery' after being assured it was some manner of Scottish delicacy in the north-east. This was a lie: it's a very squashed, very salty croissant. Made by Aberdonians.

A handy travel tip: when it Scotland, do not eat the native food. We stuff all manner of things into sheeps' stomachs before boiling them and declaring it edible; our native Irn Bru, a charming radioactive orange fizz that dissolves teeth on contact, outsells all other soft drinks, and our idea of making even the humble bread roll better is to load it with saturated fat and then cake it with salt. So that they'll keep for longer, even if those who eat them don't.

Comments

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I love Bru; I do judge the Bru bar a fair bit though: terrifying solid orange acid goo that it is. Or was. Maybe they've banned them, I haven't seen one for years.