Our international students tried Scottish food for the first time: Here's what happened

[@LinseyHarperr]

I am 63 years old and do not know anyone who buys fried mars bars

[@lindae1116]

Me either

[@kingspeechless1607]

I really wasn't surprised that their appreciation rose in relation to the sugar content!

[@iainallan5667]

I have never heatd anyone eating a macaroni pie in a roll, and im Scottish😊

[@PorridgeDrawers]

As a Scot, I have no pals that have eaten a fried Mars Bar. It's a tourist gimmick. Hardly anywhere sells them.

[@mcgeorgeofthejungle6204]

Kids are more into deep fried freddos than mars bars. You just need to ask most chippies and they will do it for you.

[@PorridgeDrawers]

@mcgeorgeofthejungle6204 A chippy will cook anything you ask for. I used to go to a chippy that fried battered christmas mince pies. They were fantastic but you had to ask. They weren't on the menu

[@kevinkvs9746]

Shouldn’t be a mac pie it should be a scotch pie

[@russcattell955i]

Ever since I saw Rick Stein eat Arbroath Smokies straight out of the smoke box, I wanted to try some.

[@KingBuster90]

I used to eat a battered Mars bar all the time as a kid, but a lot of chippies stopped making them

[@LinseyHarperr]

Scottish people eat Scotch pies not mac and cheese pies

[@LinseyHarperr]

@ so what

[@charlestaylor3027]

Macaroni pies are all over Scotland but I've never seen one in a roll.

[@alexanderferguson2199]

Scotland exports literally billions of pounds worth of food and drink products each year including, Venison, Salmon, Scotch Beef, Smoked Haddock, Langoustine, Lamb, Pork, Lobster, Smoked Salmon, Whisky, Gin, Craft Beer, Bakery Products to name just a few.

[@freakyflow]

As a Canadian with deep roots in Metis hunting And gathering And rustic foods you will not find in most Canadian homes. I know Scotland has lush lands And animals Some of the best fish. I would love to sit down to a meal of some stew Or pies rather than a fried mars bar

[@macalauresmuse]

It's not a thing, pie in a bread roll is awful and I'm Scottish 🤭 I'm sad that we don't make more of our beautiful seafood.

[@Timaloy68]

It is a thing but it’s a scotch pie in a roll not a macaroni pie

[@teeniemcnee]

It is a thing

[@Lebowski_B]

Macaroni Pie in a roll is a Dundee thing apparently, and this is a Dundee uni

[@KHETTIUS]

Fried mars bars was a meme in the 90's, no-one in Scotland eats that, disappointed there was no mince and tatties or roll and square sausage. Peppered mackrel is something we ate in the highlands regularly.

[@Glasgow_kiss]

never seen a macaroni pie roll, a mince pie roll yes. never had or know anyone who has had deep fried mars bar.

[@Peter-yj8fj]

Macaroni pie on a roll it's ok i suppose scotch pie on a roll with brown sauce different level😊

[@sueKay]

...I don't know anyone who would actually eat a deep fried mars bar more than once. You could have put cranachan, or tablet or macaroon or something else sweet there instead.

[@Lebowski_B]

Tbf a video of someone eating a macaroon would be really shit

[@hingethunder]

Microwaved haggis, neeps and tatties? Not the best intro to the food of the gods!

[@Peter-yj8fj]

A tattie scone on it's own😮nah,a tattie scone with runny fried egg bacon and square sausage😊now yer talkin

[@paolow1299]

I am in my mid seventies and I have never seen a single Scottish person eat a deep fried mars bar ever it's a joke played on tourists.

[@snipercristo]

The Pizza Crunch is missing 😔

[@martinquinn9007]

Why is it all pre packed stuff

[@davedoogan6650]

Iv'e never ever seen or heard of a mac pie

[@andybrown4284]

Fudge doughnuts? Not something I'd consider to be scottish when going into a bakers when they might have the more obvious choice of shortbread on sale. Would love to know what about the standard shop bought quarter circle tattie scone made him think it looked scottish

[@iansinclair7581]

Who eats tattie scones on their own? You have to eat them with something else like a fried or poached egg with a runny yolk.

[@Peter-yj8fj]

How can you give people a haggis ready meal🤬 you couldn't pay me to eat haggis , I'm scottish btw but it is never going to taste like it should in a cheap micro meal

[@Alan_Mac]

Scotland produces some of the finest food in the world - beef, game, fish, shellfish - and you're giving them this shit? Scottish cringe at its worst.

Wow!! Full marks for finding the lowest quality food available in Scotland.

[@jordanwright6364]

Neeps are actually swede, a cross between cabbage and turnip but still often called turnip

[@andybrown4284]

Should be turnip but swede tends to get used as a replacement because its a bit cheaper with similar texture and taste.

[@Glasgow_kiss]

neeps are not swede, they are of the same family.

[@kingspeechless1607]

It's what Americans call 'rutabaga'

[@jordanwright6364]

​​neeps are swede aka Swedish turnip they just get called turnip colloquially in Scotland "The name turnip - used in many regions - may also be used to refer to rutabaga (or neep or swede), which is a different but related vegetable." wiki

[@Glasgow_kiss]

@@jordanwright6364 swede is yellow in colour, turnip is white, they are noit the same thing, no matter what some random on wiki says.

[@LinseyHarperr]

Fgs ! Fudge doughnut ? Never seen one

[@bhurzumii4315]

We have some of the finest salmon, venison, grouse and assorted other foods. But no, we'll continue the trend of feeding visitors an assortment of utter trash and junk food in order to perpetuate the myth that all Scottish food is heart-clogging mush. Well done.

[@Lebowski_B]

Aye because the university can just hire a professional chef to to grill up some venison and salmon for a KZbin video? It's just a bit of fun. Chill out.

[@dereklwashington1132]

Well the Irish ones are a lot more interesting. And funny

[@mikebrownlee9878]

After American so called cuisine the Scottish foodstufs has to be the second worse.

[@Timaloy68]

What a load of rubbish Scotland has some of the best seafood and beef in the world

[@kingspeechless1607]

It does depend on what is chosen to put before them! That was more like 'what the tourists think Scots eat' plus some really sweet stuff!

[@markcraine4213]

Fern cakes

[@Dekky_Dakky]

Whoever was responsible for the food choices should be exiled from the country