Munchie box gold, including tandoori chicken, doner kebab meat, pakora, fries and saladish mulch. (Photo by Flickr user surrealist303.)
You’ve got doner kebab meat, nan bread, chicken tikka, pakora, onion rings – and fries, or “Glasgow salad.” Plus two different kinds of sauce.
You’ve got a ways to go, Buffalo. Next: chicken wings served with bleu cheese dressing and gravy?
In a related Metafilter thread, el_lupino writes:
Glasgow remains the only place on Earth I have ever been offered a deep-fried frozen pizza. And none of your low-triglycerides polyunstaurated safflower oil deep-fried, either. Some sort of dark brown high viscosity liquid. It may have begun its life as beef tallow, but something horrible had happened to it since then. Due to my aversion to fish as an adolescent, I went for the pizza. (The fish would have been fried in the same manner anyway.)
EDITED TO ADD: Matthew, who took the picture above, checked in to say hello. Here’s his take on the experience. (He reports that he was warned by the deliveryman: “The guy who came to the door was well fat. He said “I hope this is for 2 people – I tried to finish it and couldn’t!”)
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August 1, 2008 at 3:03 am
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August 1, 2008 at 5:41 am
that’s one box full of nasty. the fries look undercooked, the “chicken” tandori looks like it might have said moo at one point in it’s life, and who the heck knows what those red things are. i might enjoy the salad though.
August 1, 2008 at 5:58 am
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August 1, 2008 at 7:02 am
I think I need to pop another Lipitor just looking at that, but remember this is the race that not only invented Haggis, but made deep-fried Haggis a fast food item!
And I married one
August 1, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Wha? You didnae have the deep fried Mars bar?
billybobtoo: The red stuff is the tandoori chicken
August 3, 2008 at 10:19 am
Hi folks, proud and humble to admit this is my pic!
I’m in Edinburgh actually, but in a culinary sense the differences between east and west coast Scotland are few when it comes to bypass-necessitating comestibles like this.
You can read the whole story behind this photo here :
http://z7.invisionfree.com/The_Overnightscape/index.php?showtopic=1143
Warm greetings from the UK to your blog.
Matthew aka Surrealist
August 3, 2008 at 12:28 pm
To be fair, the french fries look pretty much like the fries served with chicken fingers at any local tavern.
Not to say that would be the gold standard in french fries.
Personally, I’m just happy when my fries are hot and cooked thoroughly. Nothing bothers me more than getting cold fries.
June 28, 2009 at 7:17 am
Guys, don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. Believe me, there’s nothing better than a muchbox when you’re having a few beers.
June 29, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Mat’s definition of “east and west coast Scotland” sounds like a Central Belter’s definition. Most of us Scots have far more sensible diets than the tinks in the middle.