Who eats haggis?

[TimC]

It depends on who makes it. I've had really good haggis.....and then, I've had some really,really bad haggis. It's a tradition for me to eat it whenever it's served at the 'games' or a gathering but I've never tried the canned stuff.

[ByDand]

I have eaten Haggis since I was a wee lad. My Grandmother came from Scotland and she made it on special occasions. I was born on January 25th and for the longest time I thought the Haggis was made for me, until I found out it was to celebrate Robbie Burns' birthday. She was a wonderful cook and although I still like eating Haggis (so's my wife) it just isn't as good as my Grandmother's. We lived on a farm and she made it from scratch! I haven't tried the canned kind but do order the frozen type every now and then. I still can't understand why we cannot import Haggis from Scotland!!! If anyone out there knows the reason, please let me know.

[auld argonian]

Haven't had the pleasure yet but I have to guess that, as someone mentioned earlier, there's good haggis and bad haggis. I sincerely hope that I can find the good stuff when I take the ethnic plunge....it might be well worth it to wait until I get a chance to go to Scotland where they probably know how to do it right. I've seen so many recipes for haggis where they've "cleaned up" the ingredients and substituted better cuts of meat and whatever for the traditional ingredients...a lot like contemporary soul food cuisine that evolved from the slaves diet of "whatever the folks in the big house didn't want". (Loose analogy here...please don't beat me up over this comparison.)

My dad's side fo the family is of Polish extraction and I can't begin to tell you about some of the "delicacies" that they used to enjoy...compared to ducks' blood soup I think that haggis holds no terror!

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[mbhandy]

I have had haggis in Scotland and last Burn's Dinner (frozen) in Salt Lake. If I remember right the Haggis in Scotland was better than the Burn's Dinner but that was 35 years ago. Once I added the juice from the Prime rib it was fine. So and They ran out of Haggis at the Dinner if that is any indication of how good it was.

MrBill

[Colin]

'merica has nay real haggis... it is against the USDA rules...

the 'Oatmeal Savage' (in Oregon) makes a guid substitute.... but ai found it a bit heavy oan the 'liverish' meat and no enough oatmeal ar spice... so ai always opened his oop and stuffed in maire oatmeal an spices when ai made it....

if it tasted like liverwurst it wasnae made richt....

REAL Haggis is terrific stuff... it is very spicy...very oaty... wunnerfool!

ai cook slices o it every mornin' for breakfast at Ferintosh an eat it a couple times a week mysel....

the tinned stuff ai'm afeart o' an have no tried it....

oor butcher has won many awards fair his haggii (an other meats)

ai hav a amazin'ly tasty recipe fair cooking a 'hale haggii... (w/ prunes and apricots and lots o whisky ....) which ai cook fair Burns Suppers.... everwan (an ai mean everywan) who has tried it has luv'd it!

Ah, but Canada does!!!!
I don't think I could bring myself to eat the tinned haggis, but than again I am one of the luvky ones and have several sources close by that make haggis from scratch. Like Adam, I don't often search it out, but I have had it several times and numerous events. If I find haggis on a menu I will usually order it. Having haggis at the games food vendor is not the best way to enjoy it. I first tried it in Portree (on Skye) and it was served with bashed neps on one side and tatties on the other. It was awesome.

Have it as a meal, not as a gimmick. It's also better if you catch the wee beastie yourself ;-)

[starbkjrus]

A few years ago I was sitting in a Scottish pub in Windsor, ON and for whatever reason there was a piping in the haggis cermony. When they went past and I saw the haggis sitting there on the plate looking like it could rise up and eat Pittsburgh I swore I'd never ever eat THAT.

But, in nosing around planning next year's trip to the UK I ran across the full scottish breakfast pic on P1M's website. It looks very tasty. After all I'm from down south and anything fried crispy is considered fair game. If I can get six of my close friends to split P1M's breccy with me I'm going to have to try it.

(P1M, one person can actually eat that much food? )

[Colin]

But, in nosing around planning next year's trip to the UK I ran across the full scottish breakfast pic on P1M's website. It looks very tasty. After all I'm from down south and anything fried crispy is considered fair game. If I can get six of my close friends to split P1M's breccy with me I'm going to have to try it.

(P1M, one person can actually eat that much food? )

Ah, the full Scottish breakfast is a thing of beauty. It warms the insides for the entire day and makes lunch unnecessary. We do a not-so-full Scottish breakfast once a weekend with smaller portions and minus the black pudding (too expensive a the butcher beside me).

[Kilted KT]

I've had haggis only once, at the Scottish Games here in tulsa. It was bad.

it was without question the foulest concoction I have ever attempted to consume. The easiet way to describe it would be liquified meat stock mixed with an equal part of lard, and glopped onto a bed of french fries. Tasted like what I imagine axle grease mixed with animal fat and spoiled spam would taste like

It was so foul that I almost vomited after only a very wee bite. I'd love to get some good haggis!

[Valencian Kilted]

Ah, the full Scottish breakfast is a thing of beauty. It warms the insides for the entire day and makes lunch unnecessary. We do a not-so-full Scottish breakfast once a weekend with smaller portions and minus the black pudding (too expensive a the butcher beside me).

...last year I was waiting for my flight back to Spain at Prestwick Airport, and it was lunchtime, so, I went to the restaurant to give a look.... yeah, they served "scottish breakfast" as a lunch in the midday!,... a wanderful surprise

¡Salud!

T O N O

[Tony]

Mmmmm, fried haggis slice.....

Seriously, mmmmmmm.

Browsing around that Caledonian Kitchen site, all I can say is "Scotland's gone tae hell in a handbasket since I left!"
Diet Irn Bru?
How's that supposed to cure a hangover....?