Jimmy Thelin

[NaeMairNeeps]

JG Ross Buttery (aka Rowie/Roll) Ingredients

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Palm, Emulsifiers (Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids, Sunflower Lecithins), Yeast, Flavouring, Flavouring (Milk), Colour (Beta-Carotene), Dextrose, Soya Flour, Sourdough Culture (Wheat), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid).

So, Neeps, no butter indeed but no lard either, at least in this recipe. Perhaps this is the healthier option, DeeDon!? Where would I go to buy a proper Rowie then when I’m next in Town I wonder!? Or, I could try this recipe in my bread maker though, of the listed ingredients, I only have flour and yeast and I doubt that I’d get the rest of those ingredients fae my local Tesco! When I get hold of some traditional Rowies, I’ll try the suggested coffee dunking but I’m predicting an oil slick in my coffee!

Wow ... Ah consider masel noo educated .... appears mair healthy than Ah wid ever credit a rowie ... still, re lard/dripping ... what the fk is 'Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids' ?

Big plus on the Iron, Niacin Thiamin additions, but ... palm oil? .... Sorry JG Ross, but yer rowies are now on ma boycott list!

Ah went vegetarian (near vegan) for a year jist a couple o' years back ... in response tae a particularly shockin; documentary ... and hae since dramatically reduced ma meat consumption compare tae before said docu .... but .... Ah'll tak lard afore palm oil ... for similar environmental concerns

Ah suppose noo Ah need tae study the ingredients o' the LidL 99p for 4 version

Back on topic though ... do we hae a responsibility tae collectively evaluate the nutritional value o' every brand o' rowie (trans: roll, buttery) in order tae advise JT regardin' his ethical/health leanings?

A fit and healthy team starts wi' a fit an' healthy boss .... let's dae oor best tae ensure the buttery is nae his buggery, the roll taks nae toll ... but a properly constituted ROWIE will keep his mind and body in top gear as he drives our star studded squad on tae unprecedented levels o' glory.

(Ah'll see if ma chum Graeme Thain wants tae help oot here .. he already knocked back ma 'rowie based pizza' idea, so Ah'll nae hud ma breath )

[Shetland Don]

Wow ... Ah consider masel noo educated .... appears mair healthy than Ah wid ever credit a rowie ... still, re lard/dripping ... what the fk is 'Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids' ?

Big plus on the Iron, Niacin Thiamin additions, but ... palm oil? .... Sorry JG Ross, but yer rowies are now on ma boycott list!

Ah went vegetarian (near vegan) for a year jist a couple o' years back ... in response tae a particularly shockin; documentary ... and hae since dramatically reduced ma meat consumption compare tae before said docu .... but .... Ah'll tak lard afore palm oil ... for similar environmental concerns

Ah suppose noo Ah need tae study the ingredients o' the LidL 99p for 4 version

Back on topic though ... do we hae a responsibility tae collectively evaluate the nutritional value o' every brand o' rowie (trans: roll, buttery) in order tae advise JT regardin' his ethical/health leanings?

A fit and healthy team starts wi' a fit an' healthy boss .... let's dae oor best tae ensure the buttery is nae his buggery, the roll taks nae toll ... but a properly constituted ROWIE will keep his mind and body in top gear as he drives our star studded squad on tae unprecedented levels o' glory.

(Ah'll see if ma chum Graeme Thain wants tae help oot here .. he already knocked back ma 'rowie based pizza' idea, so Ah'll nae hud ma breath )

He?ll need to eat these in moderation ?tae ensure the buttery is nae his buggery? but JG Ross must get through a lot of bakers as there?s a whole palm in there as well as the oil! I have these infrequently, as I do croissants, though I love both. Aldi in Counteswells also stock the J G Ross offering and I think that?s around the ?1.50 mark for six (cheaper than buying direct I observed), though a forensic analysis of their ingredients will have to wait till next time I?m down - it?ll likely be similar but I?ll focus on the palm element as the main supermarkets are often guilty of greenwashing and they may have substituted it with Castrol or something!

I think that I have two frozen rowies left from my last fruitful trip to Aberdeen (and Glasgow!) in May, so I?m off for a not-so-healthy breakfast and coffee, but if I find an imbedded palm they?re going in the bin!