The collapse of a major Scottish producer highlights the breakfast staple's enduring popularity.
"There's nothing more satisfying" - Baker Andrew Chisholm on making the 'perfect' Scottish morning rollThe sudden collapse earlier this month of Glasgow baking giant Morton's Rolls sent shockwaves across communities in the west of Scotland.
One petitioner described the rolls as "part of the identity of Scotland", while another called them "a national treasure". "My dad would head out early to queue for a dozen crispy rolls from the baker and pop next door to the butcher for bacon and square sausage. We would eat them with tomato sauce, butter and tea."Peter Gilchrist thinks nostalgia in part explains the Scottish morning roll's popularity
"It is in variety we find a sort of identity as a family; our morning roll order is part of our working-class story."
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How the Scottish morning roll became a national treasureThe collapse of a major Scottish producer has highlighted the breakfast staple's enduring popularity.
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