Common Meals in Glasgow and West

Full Scottish breakfast

A plate of fried egg, Lorne sausage, bacon, black pudding, tattie scone, beans, and toast or fried bread. It is the main weekend and café breakfast across Glasgow and the west.

Breakfast roll

A soft roll filled with square sausage, bacon, egg, or black pudding. This is the weekday breakfast people grab on the way to work.

Mince and tatties

Minced beef cooked in gravy and served with mashed potato. It is one of the most common home dinners in the west of Scotland.

Steak pie

Beef in gravy under puff pastry, usually served with mash or chips. Bakeries and pubs sell it all week; many families still make it at the weekend.

Fish supper

Battered haddock and chips from the chippy. It is the standard Friday or late-night meal in Glasgow.

Haggis, neeps, and tatties

Haggis with mashed turnip and mashed potato. It is everyday food as well as Burns Night food, especially in winter.

Stovies

Leftover meat, onion, and potato cooked down in one pot. It is a classic west-of-Scotland way to use Sunday roast leftovers.

Scotch pie

A small hot minced-meat pie in a firm crust, eaten from the bakery, at football, or with beans and mash.

Lentil soup

Thick red-lentil soup with carrot and barley or vegetable stock, eaten with bread. It is a common starter or light tea.

Chicken tikka masala

Glasgow treats this as local food. It is a normal midweek dinner, either from a takeaway or cooked at home with rice and naan.

Sunday roast

Roast beef, chicken, or lamb with roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, vegetables, and gravy. It is still the main family meal of the week.

Macaroni pie

Macaroni cheese baked in a pie shell. It is a Glasgow bakery and football-ground staple.