My Late Spring Vacation - Nasty Food
I've already shown some of the masterpieces of our culinary experience in Scotland, specifically the haggis and the Taste of Mull Platter for Two.
What's generally terrific about the food in Scotland is that it's legendarily crappy. So when you have a good meal (or even more rarely a healthy meal), it's a genuine surprise, and your experience is all the more pleasant for the hey-didn't-expect-that factor.
Typically, the food comes out looking something like this...
It's hard to fuck up a sausage roll and chips, although the ketchup (or "tomahto sauce" as they like to call it) was sorta blah.The other food came out looking even worse...
That's "prawn Marie Rose" on top, and I have no idea why they call it that, or indeed what it even is. I also have no idea what inspired the missus to order it.Her dad ordered the "tuna mayonnaise" version of the potato that the missus ordered. He was equally disappointed.
That's tuna salad on a baked potato. Some might call it a tattie. I call it nasty.The restaurant was appropriately named...
I guess we really should've had low expectations.


2 Comments:
What did he expect when he ordered a baked potato with tuna mayo? And what's wrong with tuna in a potato anyway?
Bloody typical yank.
Why don't you just stay over in America and eat your McDonald's you tosser.
Dearest Heather, if that is indeed your name...
First of all, I'm not sure what about this posting makes you think I'm a bloody typical yank. I'm married to a Scotswoman, and her father (who ordered the tuna-in-a-potato concoction) is also a Scot. I think that makes me an atypical Yank.
Also, I'm not bleeding.
Secondly, I don't eat at McDonald's. It McSucks.
Thirdly, I love Scotland and the Scots, which might explain why I fell in love with and married one.
Fourthly, Scotland relies on tourism for its economy, and insulting the tourists won't do much for the future of the country.
Fifthly, when my father-in-law ordered a baked potato with tuna mayo, he was expecting both the potato and the tuna mayo to be edible. They weren't.
Sixthly, tuna in a potato is like putting corn on a pizza. If you're still reading this, Heather, I would like you to explain this particular phenomenon to me as well.
Seventhly, I don't particularly want to stay over in America all the time. It's good to get out of the country for a change in perspective once in a while. When we Americans don't see the world, we tend to invade countries. Not good.
Eighthly, I only occasionally toss, but fair point.
Ninthly, the missus has much to say to you about this, but this is my blog, so she can either add her own comment or stop telling me what to write.
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