Canned Haggis In Lakewood, CO!

**Cat** · 18th October 08, 03:46 AM

I posted a thread a couple months back, asking if there was a place locally that sold canned haggis and other foods from Scotland and the UK. Well, today I took my car in to get the oil changed, and wandered over to the strip-mall behind the oil change shop. I remembered a friend of mine had recommended a small British tea house called "House of Windsor", so I made a beeline over there. They're a tea room, but they also have a selection of imported foods. I'd planned on just getting some Bisto gravy and Oxo cubes to make mince and tatties (I usually make do with Knorr gravy powder and Wyler's bouillion cubes to make it...let me know if anyone wants the recipe, it's pretty tasty), when lo and behold, I looked down and saw the shelf full of cans of Stahly's Haggis...I promptly put the Oxo and Bisto back (since they both cost about $6 a package), and grabbed a can of haggis instead. At $8, it's slightly pricey, but I was so happy that there was a place within three miles of my apartment that sells haggis, I didn't care! I also walked out with a can of Ribena Spark (mmm, blackcurrant soda!), a Violet Crumble (Australian, I know, but still the BEST CANDYBAR EVER!) and a bottle of IrnBru. I spent a total of about $16, but it was worth every penny! Plus, the nice lady at the shop said that they're doing "Dinner And A Movie" night a couple times a month now...$10 a person, which includes food and the movie. Not too shabby! BTW, their Cottage (Shepherd's) Pie is freakin' delicious! For anyone in the Denver/Lakewood CO area, "House of Windsor" is located in the strip mall at the corner of Mississippi and Wadsworth...they've got canned Stahly's haggis (a compromise I know, but still WAY easier than making your own!), OXO cubes (all flavors), Bisto (gravy AND powdered soup mix, including "Cheese Flavor"), Bovril (mmmm...hot Bovril!), Orange Squash, IrnBru, all the tasty imported Cadbury and Nestle candy from the UK (that isn't sold domestically in the US...man, we're missing out on some great candy!), Branston Pickles (AND the relish version!), digestive biscuits, PG Tips, plus Marmite and Vegemite (I think both of them smell and taste like I would imagine a wet armpit would, but whatever floats your boat...) Oh, and more imported tea varieties than you can shake a stick at! I have absolutely NO affiliation with the store. But I was just so excited to see so much hard-to-find stuff so close to home (a place to buy haggis within a couple miles of my house!), that I had to share with everyone in the general area.

**Sionnach** · 18th October 08, 06:32 AM

Sounds like you made a good find. So did you eat/drink everything once you got home?

**GMan** · 18th October 08, 09:22 AM

I just love that place!

**JS Sanders** · 18th October 08, 10:54 AM

BLECH!!

The only thing worse than fresh haggis is canned haggis. I can taste liver in parts per billion. Wee wifie loves them both and always has it at breakfast when we're in Scotland.

Love black pudding though.

Slainte,
steve

**george7** · 18th October 08, 11:42 AM

My dad is a man who will eat anything, sans haggis. He told me years ago at a Burns Supper when I asked if he was going to try the haggis "Son, If we wanted to eat that $#!%, our family would've stayed over there [referring to the Isles]"

**Cat** · 18th October 08, 11:04 PM

Well, the Ribena was consumed before my oil change was even finished, and the Violet Crumble didn't last too much longer than that. The haggis I'm saving, I've got a friend that wants to try it, so I'll probably do the neeps and tatties as well one of these nights. I know some people don't like haggis, but I do (then again, I'm the guy that'll eat braunschweiger straight out of the package with a spoon!) I happen to like the Stahly's stuff (obviously I'd prefer to make my own, but it's just too time consuming and difficult to find the proper sheepy bits.) But aside from sheep liver and heart, Stahly's doesn't contain any of the other questionable bits like lungs. The rest of the meat content is straight lamb and pork. The shop is pretty cool though, and I'll probably go back this week to get some Oxo cubes and Bisto gravy for mince and tatties (I usually use the McCormick's gravy powder, but the Bisto tastes better to me.) Anyway, it's just nice to have a place within a five-minute drive that sells a lot of neat food from the UK. It's a bit expensive, but most imported food products usually are (their prices seem to be on par with CostPlus World Market.)

**Jock Scot** · 19th October 08, 03:16 AM

Ah! The things we take for granted,apart from haggis and as far as I am concerned the world is welcome to it------all of it------tins and all!

**Wompet** · 19th October 08, 09:13 AM

I was wondering how they legally imported Scottish Haggis into the States; then I looked up Stahley's. It's prepared in the U.S. for Stahley's of Scotland (I have a label on my refrigerator).
I suppose convenience is good, but I would go with Caledonian Kitchen's canned haggis myself (having eaten both brands).