Quote Originally Posted by longshadows
(OK, this in not exactly "kilt related" and will probably be moved. I didn't know where to post it.

So, I've been told by friends that now that I'm wearing a kilt, the next thing is to eat haggis! Uh, with all due respect, does anyone really eat that stuff? It sound awful and the pictures I've seen don't look much better.

Can some of you describe your first "encounter" with a haggis? What was your impression? Do you still eat it and can you honestly say you enjoy it? I've even seen it sold in cans (tins) and there is even a vegetarian version!

(Guess that's one Scots gene that slipped out before it got to me.)

Cheers,
I hope this doesn't get me drummed off this board, but I couldn't eat the stuff even at gunpoint. I'm odd as far as what I eat and I blame my mom for it.

When she was pregnant with me, she threw up eggs everytime she ate them. To this day (I'm in my early 40's) I can't eat the things. I can eat cakes, noodles, all kinds of things that contain eggs. I hate tomatoes, but love spaghetti sauce, ketchup and salsa. I don't eat - and really wish I did - seafood. We have a veritable cornucopia of the stuff where I live, but I just don't like it.

All that said, there's a ton of really appealing looking and smelling stuff to eat. We're such a melting pot for other cultures that there are tons of appetizing things to eat - Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, Italian, Greek, etc. Sheeps stomach, organs and suet don't fall into that category for me