This article deals with a type of bread roll. For the dairy product, see butter. For the university food shop, see Buttery (shop). Butter is commonly sold in sticks (pictured) or small blocks, and often served using a butterknife. ... In the middle ages, a buttery was a storeroom for liquor, the name being derived from the Latin and French words for bottle or, to put the word into its simpler form a butt, that is, a cask. ...

A buttery, also known as a rowie or Aberdeen roll, is a savoury Scottish bread roll. They are noted for their flaky texture and buttery taste (hence the name). To those who have never experienced one they are probably best described as a flattened, round croissant, with a very salty taste. Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Two Brötchen A bread roll is a piece of bread, usually small and round. ... A croissant. ...

As the alternate name of Aberdeen roll suggests, butteries are a speciality of Aberdeen. Aberdeens location in Scotland Aberdeen (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain or The Granite City) is Scotlands third largest city, with a population of 212,125, and the greatest part of the unitary council area named the City of Aberdeen, which is surrounded by, but not within, the Aberdeenshire council...

They were created in the 1880s, to provide the growing Aberdeen fishing industry a type of high-fat roll which would keep for longer periods at sea than conventional rolls. // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ...

External links

• The Aberdeen Rowie. Website of Smillie the Baker's, an Aberdeen bakery, discussing the Aberdeen Rowie.
• Aberdeen's rowies are a health hazard, claims guru. Article in the Scotsman regarding the opinions of controversial health "guru", Gillian McKeith.