Scottish cuisine

[vivdunstan]

Enjoying some yum yums for supper - a Scottish delicacy. Rather like Spanish churros, but bigger. Just checked the nutritional numbers, and now gobsmacked that there’s apparently only half the sugar in a single yum yum that you get in a single Mr Kipling mince pie. I knew the latter amount off by heart, because it was an ongoing bone of contention trying to stop my diabetic dad eating loads of them!

One of the Glasgow Worldcon panels that I watched on catchup was "Scot-ish: The Influence of Scotland on Fantasy Worldbuilding". Its wide ranging discussions mentioned lots of Scottish foodstuffs, including shortbread, porridge, haggis, Irn Bru, deep fried Mars Bar, and butteries. Though not the yum yum. Which probably has Dutch origins, but got its current name when it was welcomed in Scotland.

Comments

[nineveh_uk]

Yum yum and ordinary doughnuts are surprisingly low in sugar. Though so moreish this may not matter!

[vivdunstan]

We only ever dare buy them singly, or in a pack of 4 from Sainsbury's. And then share them, so just 2 happy eating times!