Rowies, Butteries, Aberdeen Rolls, fa loves um?

[pogofish]

Depends on the individual rowie - Some are far greasier than others, some are also sold well-fired/crispy but others less-so.

Quality of their rowies was one of the tests of a baker here and each bakery producing them used to take some pride in having their own variant on the basic recipe.

 

[andysays]

Rowies were one of the highlights of visits to my grandparents in Aberdeen as a kid. Haven't had one in years, probably a couple of decades.

 

[geminisnake]

(((andysays)))

 

[pogofish]

The Crathie baker goes from strength to strength. They have a small cafe now and do some superb bake-based dishes.

But being Hogmanay, short staffed and trying to get some time-off in January, they have a simpler, "hangover" menu in place - and here's their breakfast rowie:

Which is one of their superb rowies, with cheese, black pudding, tomato, fried egg and mushrooms.
To which I added a side order of their excellent local bacon.

Set me right-up for the day it did..!

Naturally, I took a bag of rowies home with me as well.

 

[Fedayn]

Sorry pogofish but they pale into insignificance against a well fired Morton's roll. Truly the baked goods choice of the people.

 

[geminisnake]

Last week I discovered that JG Ross of Aberdeenshire do cheese and bacon rowies. You can buy them in Home Bargains, £1.59 for 4, they are lush!! Just away to have one for my lunch

 

[pogofish]

They do a “rowie of the month” in different flavours every month - the best do enter their regular lines though.

They also do a Banffshire Buttery - which is a Rowie with a slightly different recipe. Also delicious.

 

[pogofish]

Seventy-odd year old Rowie Recipe rediscovered and put back on sale at Ross's of Chapel Street (Not connected with JG Ross above)

Home

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www.eveningexpress.co.uk

 

[pogofish]

Essential clothing for the discerning Rowie-eater from a local skate shop:

Buttery Gype Tee White — Doric Skateboards

Buttery Gype Tee White And so here we have another design from Alex Laing paying homage to the humble North East of Scotland Snack.! What’s a Buttery? Well some call it a roll, a morning roll, a rowie and in Peterhead they call it a cookie apparently. For the uninitiated it’s like a salty squash

www.doricskateboards.com

I was in the Cathie Baker for the first time since lockdown hit a few weeks back.

They we’re so pleased to see us, back that we left with a big bag of their excellent rowies and a selection of other baked goods, given for free. I took most of the rowies!

 

[pogofish]

Errr - How could they..!

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[pogofish]

I also have a bag of particularly fine Rowies from the Crathie baker to enjoy this week.

 

[iona]

Can one of yous do a vocaroo thing of the correct pronunciation of rowie please? I've been having to call them butteries IRL coz I'm not totally sure what to do with the first vowel

 

[danny la rouge]

Can one of yous do a vocaroo thing of the correct pronunciation of rowie please? I've been having to call them butteries IRL coz I'm not totally sure what to do with the first vowel

This is their full name.

“I’ll hae six of your…”

 

[weepiper]

Can one of yous do a vocaroo thing of the correct pronunciation of rowie please? I've been having to call them butteries IRL coz I'm not totally sure what to do with the first vowel

It's the same 'ow' as in 'rowing'.















Not the kind that you do with oars though.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Just come back from visiting a friend in Macduff

 

[danny la rouge]

Just come back from visiting a friend in MacduffView attachment 371693

I know pogofish won’t approve of a vegetarian rowie, but I do.

 

[iona]

Cheers

I've already developed a four-a-day habit

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Off topic: the light on the north east Aberdeenshire coast was incredible. Never been there before and I felt high after a few days of spring sunshine

 

[pogofish]

I know pogofish won’t approve of a vegetarian rowie, but I do.

No, one of the veggie rowie brands is actually pretty good, not as greasy as some "normal" rowies can be. Not tried all of them though - Most of the bigger rowie producers now offer them.

Don't know how well they would keep on a boat though - the true test of a real rowie!

 

[pogofish]

Just come back from visiting a friend in MacduffView attachment 371693

I'm pleased to see you supporting my distant relative's local business..!

 

[pogofish]

Off topic: the light on the north east Aberdeenshire coast was incredible. Never been there before and I felt high after a few days of spring sunshine

We feel the same, its been a long, cold, grey winter..!

Although it has been a particularly good winter for Aurora displays along the north NE coast.

 

[geminisnake]

Don't know how well they would keep on a boat though - the true test of a real rowie!

There's one in the cupboard dated the end of Feb that still looks fine tbh. I stopped eating them cos trying to cut my fat intake

 

[pogofish]

There's one in the cupboard dated the end of Feb that still looks fine tbh. I stopped eating them cos trying to cut my fat intake

Just give it a good heat - Fine and crispy..!

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Where did this wonderful speaker of Scots go?

 

[Voley]

Last week I discovered that JG Ross of Aberdeenshire do cheese and bacon rowies. You can buy them in Home Bargains, £1.59 for 4, they are lush!! Just away to have one for my lunch

I have been inducted into geminisnake's evil (but delicious) cult.

Bloody lovely, they were, thank you.

 

[geminisnake]

Have you scoffed all 4 already?

 

[Voley]

Have you scoffed all 4 already?

Just 2 of them ...

... but I fancy a snack right now tbf.

 

[Voley]

Have you scoffed all 4 already?

ETA:

Now I have, yes.

 

[iona]

Recently discovered that you can buy the JG Ross rowies - which tbh are better than all the Orcadian versions I've tried - in the Tesco's in town. Imagine my disappointment when I went in yesterday to find that bit of shelf empty, but the shelf next to it full of their own in-store bakery bags with the word "buttery" emblazoned across the front of them on massive eye-catching writing - only to find out they contained croissants

In happier news, I'll be in Aberdeen next month and I plan to phone ahead to place a massive order to bring back with me Last time I ended up in Thain's Bakery after getting off the early ferry cold and hungry. Their rowies were great, especially the one I had inside a bacon roll, but open to suggestions if anyone thinks somewhere else does much better? (Needs to be relatively central as I'll be on foot/public transport and dragging my ageing mother along on the mission)

 

[iona]

Stocked up