scotland - the food

before i even went to scotland i heard about "irn bru" that is, "iron brew" and that i had to try it. it's some kind of orange counterpart to dr pepper and mountain dew. it has like a million flavo(u)rs and is chock full of caffeine. my verdict: mountain dew-esque. weird colo(u)r, unique taste, youngins like it as a sugary pick-me-up. i can live with or without it. :)

a few times at my friends' house in livingston, UK i had some delicious toast made from this seedy bread. it was so good, like... enough to make it to the blog. get some if you can!

sometimes when michelle and i talk online she tells me she's eating a curly wurly. i stare blankly at the screen when she says stuff like that. but now i know it! and have eaten one, even. caramel covered in chocolate. can't miss, really.

one breakfast was traditional in the sense that is was a british eastery food: hot cross buns. you know, from the song! they cost more than one or two pennies, but they were worth it.

on a shopping day we hit up a mall food court because, well, because we were hungry. some nice polish girl at o'briens handed over some delicious 'toasties' or hot sandwiches. i got tomahto basil soup whilst michelle sampled the potato leek soup. we each had half of an apple caramel muffin. i know your mouth is watering now, isn't it? mmm good.... kind of hard to mess up, though. ;)

for our (pre) easter feast michelle cooked up a storm! somehow she used plain potatoes and this:

to make this:

and married them with roast chicken, sausages wrapped in bacon, corn, bread sauce, gravy, green beans and broccoli! um, can you say insanely good?!?!

there were some odd chips/crisps around. like...

and weirdest

cadbury comes from the UK, in case you didn't know. so i left with a dozen eggs... that's right!

those little guys are only available at easter time, BUT there is something equally awesome available year-round:

that's a candy bar made out of cadbury creme eggs. take a moment to think on that.

since i'd practically be fired for going on vacation/holiday without bringing something back for my colleagues, i picked up some scottish shortbread. it's no scottish whiskey, but it'll do, i'm sure. haven't tasted it, but i'll let you know if they eat it.

in case you're wondering (which i'm certain you are), no. i did not have haggis. if you know me at all you know i'm a slightly picky eater. one line i don't make a habit of crossing is the internal-organs-as-food line. sheep stomach can be on someone else's plate, thank you very much. i'll stick to roast potatoes and cadbury eggs. healthy, huh?