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Scotland does have excellent meat and produce - the Aberdeen Angus and Scottish Salmon for example. The standard of food in the lowlands is generally poor - es

Scotland does have excellent meat and produce - the Aberdeen Angus and Scottish Salmon for example. The standard of food in the lowlands is generally poor - especially outside of Edinburgh. But there is a lot of absolutely cracking Scottish/British food in the Highlands. Of course, it's not as good for a foodie as somewhere like London, NYC or Tokyo. But it's a lot better than the kebabs, pizza crunches and munchie boxes that people associate with Scotland.

thaumasiotes 5y ago
> But it's a lot better than the kebabs, pizza crunches and munchie boxes that people associate with Scotland. If it's any consolation, the only food I associate with Scotland is haggis, and I don't expect that people there are actually eating it. I have no opinion whatever on what people in Scotland eat. (Except, of course, that it probably isn't haggis.)
- Semaphor 5y ago
  Haggis is great, but it certainly is divisive ;)
  - bserge 5y ago
    Haggis is exactly what poor hungry me would've come up with and loved :D
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- arethuza 5y ago
  "I don't expect that people there are actually eating it" Well, I'm a Scot living in Scotland and I eat it fairly frequently - its a fairly standard food, though not as popular as things like curry, obviously. NB I probably count as "posh" as I eat it with neeps and tatties, not deep fried with chips. Edit: Scotland has some great food and also some dreadful food - fortunately its not too difficult to spot the difference.
- dghf 5y ago
  > If it's any consolation, the only food I associate with Scotland is haggis, and I don't expect that people there are actually eating it. I have no opinion whatever on what people in Scotland eat. (Except, of course, that it probably isn't haggis.) I mean, not everyone eats it, and those that do certainly don't eat it all the time, but it's pretty common. The haggis supper is a chip-shop staple. A full Scottish fried breakfast may well include a slice of haggis. There's a good chance that a cafe or van selling bacon rolls will also sell haggis rolls. And so on. It's about as common as black pudding, and fills a similar culinary niche.

thaumasiotes 5y ago

> But it's a lot better than the kebabs, pizza crunches and munchie boxes that people associate with Scotland. If it's any consolation, the only food I associate with Scotland is haggis, and I don't expect that people there are actually eating it. I have no opinion whatever on what people in Scotland eat. (Except, of course, that it probably isn't haggis.)

Semaphor 5y ago
Haggis is great, but it certainly is divisive ;)
- bserge 5y ago
  Haggis is exactly what poor hungry me would've come up with and loved :D
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arethuza 5y ago
"I don't expect that people there are actually eating it" Well, I'm a Scot living in Scotland and I eat it fairly frequently - its a fairly standard food, though not as popular as things like curry, obviously. NB I probably count as "posh" as I eat it with neeps and tatties, not deep fried with chips. Edit: Scotland has some great food and also some dreadful food - fortunately its not too difficult to spot the difference.
dghf 5y ago
> If it's any consolation, the only food I associate with Scotland is haggis, and I don't expect that people there are actually eating it. I have no opinion whatever on what people in Scotland eat. (Except, of course, that it probably isn't haggis.) I mean, not everyone eats it, and those that do certainly don't eat it all the time, but it's pretty common. The haggis supper is a chip-shop staple. A full Scottish fried breakfast may well include a slice of haggis. There's a good chance that a cafe or van selling bacon rolls will also sell haggis rolls. And so on. It's about as common as black pudding, and fills a similar culinary niche.