Buttery (bread)
A buttery, also known as a rowie, rollie,Aberdeen roll or Cookie is a savoury Scottish bread roll (though cookie is also a name for a cream bun).
They are noted for their flaky texture and buttery taste (hence the name), similar to a flattened, round croissant, with a very salty taste. They are often eaten toasted with jam or butter, although the high fat content makes them extremely hot when toasted. The fat content is partly lard. In practice commercial production uses vegetable oils instead of butter.[1][2]
As the alternate name of Aberdeen roll suggests, butteries are a speciality of Aberdeen but they are common throughout the North East of Scotland.
Although many[who?] believe they were created in the 1880s, to provide the growing Aberdeen fishing industry a type of high-fat roll which would keep for longer periods at sea than conventional rolls, there are articles in the Aberdeen Journal from much earlier in the 19th century bemoaning the increased use of lard in place of butter in the traditional "butter rolls". Obviously, rowies existed much earlier than suggested.[3]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ packet information from J G Ross Buttery 4 pack. "Ingredients: Wheatflour,Water ,Vegetable Oil ,Sugar ,Animal Fat ,Yeast ,Salt ,Emulsifier (E471, E322) ,Natural Vegetable Colours (E160b/E100) ,Flavouring." Tesco.com website accessed 14 June 2010
- ^ Aberdeen Butteries 4 pack ingredients list states "Non Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat ,Vegetable Oils" Tesco.com website accessed 14 June 2010
- ^ Glimpses of Olden Days in Aberdeen, w.William Buchanan p. The Aberdeen Journal 1870 "Aberdeen 50 years ago" - page 11
[edit] External links
- Photograph and Recipe For Butteries.
- World's most expensive Rowie? Scotsman article covering the sale of a Rowie on ebay, with free bag!
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