Jimmy Thelin

[Br0chred]

It's flocking ROLLS

[Shetland Don]

J G Ross are now supplying Tesco in Lerwick with butteries/rowies, so I?m now able to indulge not only when I?m in Aberdeen. I know that they likely have a little bit of butter already in them, but I love them toasted with even more melted butter on them with my morning coffee. Fruit would likely be healthier.

[TheDeeDon]

J G Ross are now supplying Tesco in Lerwick with butteries/rowies, so I?m now able to indulge not only when I?m in Aberdeen. I know that they likely have a little bit of butter already in them, but I love them toasted with even more melted butter on them with my morning coffee. Fruit would likely be healthier.

My days of eating rolls are sadly long gone, due to a dodgy ticker and somehow becoming gluten intolerent at 47!!

My preference was to dip them in my coffee.

It looked minging when I first saw it being done years ago, but don't knock it until you try it.

[NaeMairNeeps]

'Buttery' ... ? There's nae butter in a proper 'rowie' ... it's lard/beef drippin' ... tae refer tae it as a buttery is like referin' tae a salt an' vinegar crisp as a 'sweetie'. ... maks nae sense .

'Roll' ... ? Aye, OK, the word 'row' in Doric an' ither Scots tongues is substitute for 'roll' ... eg. ... "Ah rowed it up in ma parka an' wakked oot wi it, an' naebody wis nane the wiser"

But ... if ye order a bacon, or egg, or bacon an' egg roll .. an' expect yer bacon and/or egg will be tucked intae a rowie ... or sandwiched atween two, ye'll be sadly disappointed!

Then there's yer sassidge roll, yer Swiss roll, yer mornin' roll, yer spring roll etc .... nane o' which resemble a 'rowie' .... so why deny the uniqueness an' iconic status o' the rowie, by callin it by the name o' a disparate class tae which it jist disna fkn belong?

Ah close my case by way o' mentionin' that I have on a few occasions chatted wi' the mighty Graeme Thain ... and the 'rowie' has figured in most conversations. NEVER has the almighty Graeme of world class rowie producer fame referred to his masterpiece in terms of 'Buttery' or 'Roll' ... and that, folks, is prob all you need to know ahead of your efforts to remove the words 'buttery' and 'roll' from your cakeholes regarding future references to ROWIES.

But ... if ye order a bacon, or egg, or bacon an' egg roll .. an' expect yer bacon and/or egg will be tucked intae a rowie ... or sandwiched atween two, ye'll be sadly disappointed!

Then there's yer sassidge roll, yer Swiss roll, yer mornin' roll, yer spring roll etc .... nane o' which resemble a 'rowie' .... so why deny the uniqueness an' iconic status o' the rowie, by callin it by the name o' a disparate class tae which it obviously jist disna fkn belong?

Ah close my case by way o' mentionin' that I have on a few occasions chatted wi' the mighty Graeme Thain ... and the 'rowie' has figured in most conversations. NEVER has the almighty Graeme of world class rowie producer fame referred to his masterpiece in terms of 'Buttery' or 'Roll' ... and that, folks, is prob all you need to know ahead of your efforts to remove the words 'buttery' and 'roll' from your cakeholes regarding future reference tae the iconic ROWIE!

[57vintage]

Buttery in the sticks.

Roll in the toon.

[NaeMairNeeps]

Weel, wid ye believe it? Ah'm jist hame fae playin' at a weddin' ceilidh .... and one o' the guests was nane ither than the aforementioned Graeme Thain.

Ah mentioned the ongoin roll/rowie/buttery debate ... and tae my horror, he announced there's only one title worthy o' the iconic item, and that's "Thain's ROLLS" .... Ah cursed him and tellt him he let me doon and left me lookin like a right radge!

Nevertheless .... once a rowie, always a rowie an' nae even the celebrated baker will tell me itherwise

[Shetland Don]

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!

[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!

[TheDeeDon]

Both Lard and Butter would be far too greasy to make Rolls with and dripping would shorten the shelf life, which wouldn't be ideal considering what they were made for in the first place.

There is a hipster competition for best rowie and it's all these home based bakers that know everything, saying they only make butteries the traditional way, which is shyte.

A roll is more healthy for you than a croissant.

There is a rowie/roll/buttery thread in the off topic section.