Glasgow
(like Scotland as a whole and England) gets a bad rap when it comes to food.
And, statistics support the fact that Glaswegians’ diet is fairly unhealthy (in
fact, locals refer to a bowl of French fries as a “Glasgow salad”). But, more
people are focusing on buying organic and locally sourced products and we’ve
been impressed by the fresh, inventive dishes we’ve sampled at local
restaurants. There are lots of traditional British dishes on menus: ploughman’s
lunch, of cheese, chutneys, and ham; the “full Monty” breakfast with grilled
tomatoes, baked beans, and all kinds of meat; fish and chips with (or without)
mushy peas; and scones. There are microbreweries that wouldn’t look out of
place in Portland and a lovely little lane near our flat where we like to go
for everything from Indian food (at the Wee Curry Shop) to gastropub grub (at
the Ubiquitous Chip).
Some of
the weirder menu terms we’ve come across:
Arbroath Smokies—tiny smoked haddocks
Bannoch—flat
bread made on a griddle and then cut into wedges (called farls)
Baps—breakfast
rolls
Cranachon—a
dessert of toasted oatmeal and sweet whipped cream
Rumbledthumps—cooked
cabbage and potatoes, topped with cheese and baked
9-hole
beef stokies—meat pies made from shredded rib meat
Great--I love chips!
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