Former Doctor Who star Karen Gillan left her fans hungry for clarification on her return to the UK, when she claimed she was desperate for “a pile of chips with chippy sauce”.
Followers in the US and the rest of the UK were left confused by the Scot’s reference, as they didn’t understand the mention of the sauce, which is put on chips in Edinburgh with salt.
The 27-year-old star has flown over to Scotland to be a judge at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
The Guardians of the Galaxy actress tweeted: “First thing I’m doing is buying a pile of chips with chippy sauce. Edinburgh folk: you know what I’m talking about.”
But confused follower Dan Slott asked: “Serious question from all the Americans: What’s chippy sauce, please?”
The actress replied: “The greatest sauce in existence.”
Another fan, Brian Mack, asked: “Chippy sauce? You mean vinegar?”
The ingredients of the sauce – which is not commonly sold outside Edinburgh – are not widely known, but one of Gillan’s followers, Al Kennedy revealed: “Yeah, it’s basically brown sauce (normally cheap off-brand stuff) but watered down with vinegar.”
Gillan was delighted to be back in her homeland. She said: “I can’t tell you how excited I am to be coming home to Scotland.
“I’m real excited to be on the jury for the Edinburgh Film Festival! I’m gonna get to watch so many films! In Edinburgh!”
Karen shot to fame when she was cast as the Eleventh Doctor’s first companion, Amy Pond, in May 2009.
Last year she was cast as the lead in Selfie, a single-camera sitcom for ABC, in which she played a social media-obsessed socialite named Eliza Dooley, a modern-day take on the main character from My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle.
Gillan also wrote and directed her first short film, Coward, which went on to win Best Independent Short at the Independent Film-makers Showcase at the Beverly Hills Film Festival 2015. Gillan is also taking Coward to this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival.
On her arrival in the Scottish capital, she revealed she still had food on her mind.
She added: “The eagle has landed and had a proper fry up. Good to be home.”
That’s the first thing I do when I land in London… Head straight for the nearest greasy spoon!
