The scotch cuisine is best summed up as “fried”. They even advertise it. A bacon, sausage, eggs, and griddle cakes meal is known as a “fried breakfast”. There are “chippers” everywhere. They are small stands where you can get fried fish, potatoes, something that resembles a corn dog, and even a deep fried Mars bar. Honest. They batter and deep fry candy bars. It’s wonder anyone lives past 30.<\/p>\n
And it shows too. While you don’t see as many really obese people here as in the States, by casual observation, most everyone here is overweight. You see a very few people who are obviously genetically thin, but they are the sort that come off as too skinny. Everyone else has a gut, and I don’t mean just the guys.<\/p>\n