Unhealthy food? Help ma Boab

So Maw Broon's home cooking has been condemned by nutritionists.

Someone's brought out a cookbook from the Sunday Post's cartoon matriarch; within its pages you'll find such classic recipes as bacon and egg pie.

It's clearly not just me who's thinking: "Bacon and egg pie? Genius", because it's hitting the top three in Scotland's bestseller lists.

But Maw Broon has come under fire because her meals are potentially lethal. Mike Lean, head of human nutrition at Glasgow University has condemned them as a "caricature of absolutely the worst things you could possibly put in your mouth".

Yeah, Maw Broon, get a grip with your high carb diet. And while we're about it, has anyone noticed how many donuts Homer Simpson eats? And that Desperate Dan, he wants to lay off all that red meat really, doesn't he?

Listen to the book being discussed on our podcast by the publisher and Mike Lean, who rather dramatically suggests selling the cookbook along with a discount off a headstone.

So if you want to take your life in your hands, here's one of Maw Broon's favourites:

Clootie dumpling

4oz chopped suet

8oz self-raising flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

4oz bread crumbs

3oz brown sugar

1 grated apple

8oz currants and sultanas

1 tablespoon golden syrup

2 eggs

1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg