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amrscot · 22/02/2019 14:29

A bit of a weird one but me and DP can't decide who is right Confused

Which side of the potato cake would you butter!? The smooth side or the rough side?

I've attached pictures, I always butter the smooth side but he says I'm doing it wrong.

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littlemeitslyn · 23/02/2019 08:33

🤢=buttered

showerpower · 23/02/2019 10:33

Too dry without butter

dementedpixie · 23/02/2019 10:56

That's why you fry them

LagunaBubbles · 23/02/2019 14:47

I'm in Ayrshire, it's always been and always will be called square sausage here!

MillieMoodle · 23/02/2019 15:18

Butter them on the smooth side. Always.

AdaColeman · 23/02/2019 15:27

I'd call that a potato farl, and would fry it to have with black pudding/fried egg/bacon etc.

I'll be looking out for square sausage from now on!

Happyhalfterm · 23/02/2019 16:49

Id normally call it a farl but it's not the right shape.

nrpmum · 23/02/2019 16:53

Bastards making me so hungry on my calorie restricted diet

MaggieAndHopey · 23/02/2019 16:57

Potato cake: Irish origin, usually eaten toasted and buttered
Potato/tattie scone: Scottish, usually eaten fried.

Potato cakes are usually thicker than scones, but otherwise I think the recipes are more or less identical.

MaggieAndHopey · 23/02/2019 16:59

I think farls are Northern Irish? And can maybe be buttered or fried? I like the way you can trace the geographical evolution of this tasty potato-based delicacy.

Travisandthemonkey · 23/02/2019 17:37

Well the logic is the rough side will hold the butter better.
All the other crazy ass shit people get up to with odd food combos is irrelevant

Graphista · 23/02/2019 18:06

Both wrong - fried and served topped with fried egg that has white cooked but yolk runny, eat white first then burst yolk and use tattie scones to mop up and eat delicious runniness...

...now I'm sad I have no eggs in

"Square sausages?!! What fresh hell is this?!" I'm veggie so don't have these now but if you're not you MUST try. They are lightly spiced savoury sausagemeat in square slices perfect for fry ups or in rolls.

"Plus it's really called Lorne sausage." Don't sat that on here you'll start a bloody civil war in Scotland! (Oh and you're wrong it's square 😉)

My parents (and I but not siblings) are weegie born, parents also bred. I've said this before - mum used to take a spare case when going on trips "home" just to fill with square sausage, tattie scones, black and white pudding, irn bru, wotsits, scotch pies, nougat & oyster wafers, tunnocks teacakes (and half the rest of the factory in wafers & caramels too) creamola foam, tablet, macaroon, and grans baking to bring back to wherever we were living at the time (all were only available in Scotland at the time).

Most of the above I fully expect non scots to have never heard of...while simultaneously making all the scots especially the expat scots drool 😂

"I have heard similar rumours of people buttering a croissant! Just no" er...yes friends French mum warmed, buttered and dipped in milky coffee

"Most likely a Weegie!" What's wrong with being a weegie?!

Wherethefuckismyfuckingcoat - I have relatives in aus and NZ and they tend to go mad eating all the food they miss when they occasionally come over. About a year ago one brought their son who's a 12 year old and had never been and never tasted, he was quite wary at first (especially of haggis) but by the time he left was a total convert and poor wee sod won't get another taste for who knows how long.😪

Carb overload is the way to go you haven't lived till you've had macaroni pie in a roll with ketchup

MaggieAndHopey · 23/02/2019 18:14

I am in bed with a bad cold and your post @Graphista has made me realise that macaroni pie is the only thing in the world I want to eat right now. Alas, I am bereft of macaroni pie.

Graphista · 24/02/2019 00:21

Nooooooooo Sad

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