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Sunday Times - Tempting Tattie

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The Tempting Tattie

I first visited the Tempting Tattie as an impoverished student in 1987. You could get a massive deep-filled jacket potato very cheaply and I liked to save my money to waste in amusement arcades, so I probably ate there most days. I settled early on a favourite – a “medium” potato (though this is such a huge amount of food – you must never go for a large) with that Scottish orange Cheddar cheese and a massive dollop of mango chutney. I would always leave with my stomach bulging, feeling slightly, but pleasantly sick.
In the intervening two decades it has become a tradition for me to go there at least once every Fringe. I donÂ’t really enjoy it very much any more, but a tradition is a tradition and in a city that has changed so much, it is good to have a constant, anchoring you to your past.