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Photos of charred-looking bread buns being sold at a market in
Manchester have been going viral online, with some calling them a
delicacy and others billing them as inedible.
The “heavy fired” roll has apparently been a staple of Scottish bakeries
for several decades. They are supposed to have an overcooked, black
crust and be airy and slightly chewy inside, and while some people
describe them as addictive, delicious, or spot-on, their charred
interior puts a lot of people off. A heated debate between the two camps
recently went viral on social media, after photos of some heavy-fired
buns sold at a market in Manchester started doing the rounds online.
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“These are beautiful, Jesus. I always grab a dozen when in Hyde and the
oven bottoms for my son and husband but they tried one and now are
addicted,” one woman commented on the photo.
“They are called well-fired rolls and they are actually really nice,”
someone else wrote.
“I’m Scottish and these are well-fired rolls and they sell out by 8 am
back home. My favorite with square slice and brown sauce,” another fan
chimed in.
However, some people either couldn’t imagine putting a charred bread bun
anywhere near their mouth or warned about the danger of eating burnt
food in general, due to it reportedly being carcinogenic.
“Definitely carcinogenic. Be careful,” one person wrote. In 2018,
Scotland’s food standards agency did warn consumers to limit their
consumption of heavy-fired buns due to the presence of a cancer-causing
chemical known as acrylamide.
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On the other hand, according to Cancer Research, “acrylamide from burnt
toast, burnt chips, or crispy potatoes is unlikely to increase the risk
of cancer. Good quality studies have not shown that acrylamide from food
causes cancer in humans.”
That only leaves the unappetizing look of the bread buns to worry about,
but fans claim that the taste more than makes up for that.
So there you go, if you ever feel like making bread or bread buns at
home and you accidentally leave them in the oven until they become
burned to a crisp, you can simply say you made a Scottish delicacy known
as well-fired rolls or heavy-fired rolls.
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