Rock but nae roll

Anybody else noticed how hard it is in Glasgow to get a roll n sausage these days? I'm serious. I don't often go looking for comfort food but when I do I expect it to have pork meat on the inside and the two halves of a roll on the outside. And it's getting to be very elusive, the roll n sausage.

You want a 'panini'? Yes, we can do that - even if we canny spell it. Baguette? No problem. A club sandwich even? Fine. And all filled with tuna mayo, chicken salad (more mayo) and egg mayo. If you go to our local deli, you can have your baguette or 'panini' (yeah, the inverted commas are sarcastic now) toasted and filled with jalapenos, onion, tomato, cucumber, grated cheese, egg mayo, gammon, turkey and piri piri chicken. Yuk.

Not a square sausage to be seen. No fried egg. No chance of scrambled egg. Or a potato scone. Or black pudding. Or all of these in one roll. That would mean cooking and modern catering is all about scooping pre-prepared grub out of catering sized tubs onto very poor quality bread, not cooking. Sainsbury's in Darnley do a bacon roll all day but don't rush - it's boggin: claggy roll that sticks to the roof of your mouth and undercooked fatty bacon.

I like a greasy spoon cafe. The one we used to go to in Mosspark Boulevard went over to panini and posh nosh but there's still the Cherry Tree in Cardonald and there are are quite a few in Govan of which Gaynor's is the best.

You may be thinking: but these old style foods are bad for you - high in fat and low in veg. And that's true, but first of all does anybody really think large amounts of bread with large amounts of mayo are better for you? Even with a wee bit of salad on the side of the plate. And second of all, how many times a week are people scoffing the awful processed food above in their baguettes and panini? At least, in the greasy spoon, an egg is an egg. You know where it came from and what's in it. And if you ask for black pudding with your roll, you'll be told it comes from the butcher's next door. A fine recommendation as far as I'm concerned.