Scots ‘prefer a curry to haggis’

HAGGIS, smoked salmon and Cullen skink have long been firm favourites in the Scottish diet.

But these traditional staples are being booted off the dinner table to make way for Chinese, Indian and American feasts.

Scots eat almost double the amount of international dishes as they do classic Scottish fare in their lifetime.

A poll of 2,000 people showed the average adult will eat 14,238 international dishes between the ages of 18 and 81 – almost double the 8,001 British meals consumed.

The study, by Giraffe World Kitchen, also found more than one in ten have just one ‘British’ meal a week, with one in 20 admitting they hardly ever have homegrown dishes for dinner.

Italian is the most popular cuisine with Scots tucking into pizza and pasta at least once a week, but the research revealed they are also looking further afield.

The average Scot will eat 2,142 American feasts 2,016 Chinese meals, 1,890 Indian dishes in their lifetime.

Alex Meyer from Giraffe World Kitchen said: ‘As a nation, we are travelling the world more than ever and experiencing more exotic and international cuisines and this is being reflected on our dinner tables and the meals we choose eating out.’