Rowies, Butteries, Aberdeen Rolls, fa loves um?

[iona]

You think that's shocking danny la rouge, the woman who served me was saying they had one woman order 400 to take back down to England! She had to go and buy another case because they wouldn't all fit in the one she'd brought, and she carted the lot off herself after that despite being in her 80s at least.

 

[danny la rouge]

You think that's shocking danny la rouge, the woman who served me was saying they had one woman order 400 to take back down to England! She had to go and buy another case because they wouldn't all fit in the one she'd brought, and she carted the lot off herself after that despite being in her 80s at least.

Good for her. And it’s eating butteries makes her so fit at her age.

 

[pogofish]

Last time I was past the Crathie Baker a couple of weeks ago, I made a special stop for rowies - they were all sold out by eleven in the morning that day.
Distraught was not the word...!

I have some Banffshire Butteries to make-up for it though. They are pretty nice now I've got the taste for them. Maybe some oat flour in the recipe.? The texture is a bit different and they aren't as fatty as some. Had the last one with cheese, bacon, good quality black pudding and mushrooms - Fine!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Stocked up

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Dread to think how many calories that bag contains. Aren't they 50% lard or something?

 

[Sue]

Dread to think how many calories that bag contains. Aren't they 50% lard or something?

If you're dreading to think, you're doing it wrong. HTH.

 

[iona]

Good for her. And it’s eating butteries makes her so fit at her age.

Aye that's what I said, just the fuel you need for carting your own body weight in baked goods across the city. I want to be her, when I'm that old.

 

[geminisnake]

Dread to think how many calories that bag contains. Aren't they 50% lard or something?

you get veggie ones now so might not be You've gotten veggie ones for yrs tbh, I remember taking some down to London when I was staying with William and panicking when I got home in case they'd had lard in them but they were veggie ones then, that must have been about 15 yrs ago

 

[pogofish]

Yup, veggie rowies have been around for a very long time now. Maybe as long ago as the late 1980s/early 1990s, so they are well accepted with all the other forms of Rowie.

Vegan rowies are newer of course but they do exist.

 

[iona]

Pretty sure most if not all of the rowies available locally to me are vegan. I thought these proper Aberdeen ones were made with lard but googling suggests not. They're way more solid and flakey than the rubbish fluffy bread version you get in Orkney though.

 

[iona]

I'm not usually one for vegan-baiting but they really do taste best stuffed inside a bacon roll or heated up in a pan with some kind of pork or beef fat

 

[danny la rouge]

I'm not usually one for vegan-baiting but they really do taste best stuffed inside a bacon roll or heated up in a pan with some kind of pork or beef fat

Blackcurrant jam.

 

[iona]

Blackcurrant jam.

Did that this morning. Good but not as good, sorry

 

[iona]

Spot the difference

 

[geminisnake]

I won't buy the ones on the left, they are not rowies

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Spot the difference
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For reasons known only to my brain the word scrofula popped into my head when I looked at the left hand one.

 

[iona]

I won't buy the ones on the left, they are not rowies

They're what passes for butteries up here!