Scotch Eggs

[bobc1941]

IS A SCOTCH EGG A SUSTANTIAL MEAL ?

[Old_Geezer]

It is if you're a mouse.
Are you a man or a mouse ?
Squeak up !

[roopower]

Depends if it's a substantial scotch egg or the picnic variety. I'd want salad and coleslaw too.

[bobbinwales]

You wouldnt get time for many drinks while your waiting for them to prepare it and then eating it.

[iluvmargie]

Don't the government guidelines say it is? I personally, don't think it is, not on its own!

[bobbinwales]

Dont think so marjgie- it was just one of those interviews where the presenter misses the point and trys to look clever and catch a politician out

[Ken4155]

George Eustace says it is, Michael Gove says not - more of a starter. The usual clarity:-/

[emmie]

if its with other salad stuffs or a pork pie

[douglas9401]

Gove is a definite non-starter.

[bobbinwales]

Agreed douglas, hes a liability and not to be trusted. A cant work out whether he says dumb things because his not the sharpest tool or because his very bright and wants to drop colleagues/rivalls in it

[piggynose]

Warning to our American abers, this isn´t whisky and eggs.

[Jude1630]

I had the nicest scotch egg I’ve ever tasted when we were in Oban in august, I found it very substantial, but that was probably because it came with a wedges salad and curry sauce :)

[HansUrbancka]

Short answer to question.......Yes :-

https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.Wm6dPoZsZnlMlETZksnk9QAAAA&w=141&h=160&c=8&rs=1&;qlt=90&pid=3.1&rm=2

Hans.

[diddlydo]

Here's the article from yesterday:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55129828
I'm sure most publicans will welcome being able to count a Scotch egg as coming within the "substantial meal" rules and good luck to them as they've been treated shabbily by Boris and his crew.

[bobbinwales]

Nit sure whether your English, Welsh or Scottish diddledo You cant balme Borriss for shutting are pubs in Wales diddlydo and in Northen Ireland

[rowanwitch]

Well that's a half accounted for.

[emmie]

well our local won't be open i don't think. Its food is expensive and abysmal.

[Old_Geezer]

Since salad isn't human food, adding it wouldn't make it any more substantial. That'd just end up in the bin. Maybe three or four scotch eggs on the plate would be ok. Or perhaps with a large pile of chips: maybe baked beans too.

[HansUrbancka]

I should have mentioned at 09.19..^^...You'll need the right sized chips to go with the Egg. :-

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8277101/Father-two-tells-shock-discover-worlds-biggest-chip-measuring-seven-inches-long.html

Hans.

[diddlydo]

Bobbinwales - I was only talking about pubs in England. Wales and Scotland can have whatever crazy rules they like.

[ToraToraTora]

can we stop it with the silliness, we all know what will happen. In the pubs that are really pubs that do food, we'll order some sort of dish and then sit there drinking as normal. If a Scotch egg is on the menu great. If a bag of chips is on there we'll order 1 between all of us and probably not eat it. Doesn't matter what constitutes a substantial meal in reality, it only matters that the joint in question has one on the menu so they can open the kin doors! Get real people.