Deep fried pizza, covered in a coating of batter for added crunch?!

[KurtNYC]

What does it take to win the title of most unhealthy area in Europe? Looks like the Scotttish have done some RD and have invented new ways to clug your arteries.

We're brought up on rubbish and, as parents, we give our children rubbish to eat," Ms. Ski said at the fish and chips shop, known as a chippie, in Mary Hill, a working-class enclave of Glasgow.
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Smoking is one reason for Scotland's "sick man of Europe" tag, she said. But another was staring her in the face: deep fried pizza, covered in a coating of batter for added crunch, sometimes doused with salt and vinegar or soupy gravy.

"It soaks up the grease like a sponge," Ms. Ski said. "It's heart attack material there."

Deep fried pizza ?! OMG

[one_true_leroy]

1. no worse than deep fried candy bars.

[Bunny]

2. The Scottish? Don't they put something in a cow's stomach and

boil it? Haggis (sp)?

Not culinary giants, I guess! :D

[KurtNYC]

7. Yes they can eat THAT but not spinach

bc "spinach is gross!"

[KamaAina]

10. We Scots do not put food in a cow's stomach so stop saying that!

Haggis is made in a sheep's stomach :-)

At one point it was actually banned in the U.S. as unfit for human consumption :puke: :puke: :puke:

[RagingInMiami]

3. I've had that when I was in Scotland eight years ago

It was pretty good, but I couldn't eat more than two slices.

[pagerbear]

4. Hey Kurt! How are the secession plans coming?

[KurtNYC]

8. A party would mean cleaning the apartment

I may have to secede with less fanfare.

[pagerbear]

11. Cleaning? No, not that! Anything but that!

[Aiptasia]

5. They call that "calabash" cooking here...

Anything deep fried. It's like the seafood restaurant on the Simpsons, where even the serving tray and drink glasses are deep fried.

[RubyDuby in GA]

6. Man, that sounds nasty and I come from the land of

chitlin's and pigs feet.

Don't say anything bad about collards though. That's some good eatin'.

[pagerbear]

12. Mmmmmmmmmm...........collards..............

[AlCzervik]

9. It's just like the California state fair, anyfood that can be deep

fried will be and all the better if they can put it on a stick.:puke: