The Dearest Rowie in the World

Butteries are famous! Darren Topp of Blackburn, Aberdeenshire decided to auction an Aitkens' Rowie on the world reknown auction site, EBay a few weeks ago, in protest, he said at the rude remarks made about this North-East delicacy by a certain Radio 2 DJ and Bean Queen, Gillian McKeith! So he did. And the bids came in!

I have to claim an interest not only in this story because I have my own tale of how the Buttery came to be - which I can now personalise to feature Aitkens of Torry (the said baker) - but because my buddy and fellow blogger emailed me about it, and I told her to contact the local paper. She did and the articles started appearing! So we can claim to have started the story rolling!

When the boss at Enterprise Engineering beat all comers with a bid of £620, the journalists beat a path to his door! All the money went to the Granite City's Children's Hospital Archie Appeal. The final story appears at the following link and makes it clear that the Rowie (to give it its Torry name - from the diminutive form of 'row' which in Scots means 'roll') is dearer than Mr Sweary Chef Gordon Ramsay's pizza and Selfridges' Japanese beef sarnies. Wahoo!

A long time ago, a trio of local comedians known as 'Scotland the What' wrote a song about the Buttery, perhaps they should re-release it?

Anyway - it's a good story, and a true one!

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