Originally posted by bertwert Product of Scotland. Makes sense, as Scotland is the place where men wear skirts, torture cats, eat sheep guts, drink iron girders, own shaggy cows, and talk funny, right?
The skirt I never tried, the cat torture I had to google, the sheep guts I only tried months before I left and it was DE-LIC-IOUS (or maybe it was just the girl that invited me?), the iron girders are crispy, the highland cattle are so hardy they've exported them to the Arctic and they do very well there, and the talking funny bit - yes, they do. Especially in Dundee, where people say "
Twa pehs, twa plehn bridies an'an'inyin'in'an'a." and mean
"Two pies, two plain bridies, and an onion bridie."
In the cities it's a funny place, in the pubs a cozy one, and in the Highlands a magical and beautiful one.
Originally posted by tim60 IrnBru is quite good as an occasional soft drink. Tastes very similar to a red coloured one in Australia. I think the Australian one is Creaming Soda.
That stuff's nasty. Had it once, never again! We have a guy in my former university's hiking, mountaineering and climbing club who doesn't drink any alcohol, but often goes through five cans of Irn Bru on a pub night. He'd bring dozens with him for weekend trips to huts, if access allowed for it. The only time he ever refused one was when a lovely Slovenian exchange student tried to bribe her way into a booked-out trip. I took a hilarious picture of him, can of Irn Bru hovering under his nose, his eyes saying 'YES!', his arm extended in refusal, and everyone staring at him or into the camera with utter disbelief in their eyes, mouths gaping. It was a historic moment!