If You Wear a Kilt, You Gotta' Have Haggis!

[Macman]

I just ordered mine for our small Burns Supper this Saturday night. We are lucky in that we are able to get it all year round, made by a local Scottish butcher. They keep some in the freezer to saw off a slice if you don't want a whole haggis. There is also another Scottish fellow in town who makes up large quantities for one of the grocery store chains this time of year as well.
I really like it. It's great for breakfast as well as dinner. My wife and I tried the stuffed chicken recipe, and we won't make it again. We like our haggis naked!

[James MacMillan]

As with any food, there's Haggis and there's Haggis.

If you have a good recipe use high quality stuff, it will be good. If not - then it won't.

When the haggis is good, I like it. When it's bad, I push it aside.

[Casper]

Other than Burns night, anyone eat Haggis?

I have two in my freezer right now... had one for Halloween when I dressed as Groundskeeper Willy!

Admittedly, the one I remember first trying as a child was mostly pepper, ground mutton, and oatmeal. The last couple I got taste a LOT like liver, with a bit too much suet and not enough spices for my liking...

[Abax]

The bag version is tastier than the canned by far, which makes me wonder, what am I doing wrong in heating up the canned version?

You opened the can. Just kidding

I can't think of any food product that is made better - or even unaltered - by the canning process. If you have the stomach for it, think of canned spinach or peas. They are gray, withered cartoons of themselves and nothing like the fresh or even fresh-cooked vegetable. Now I like canned peaches (and fresh ones even more), but only because I grew up and grew used to eating them. I suppose canned haggis could be the same, but I can't imagine it would be much like freshly prepared haggis.

Abax

[McClef]

You can't be trenching its "gushing entrails bricht" oot o' a tin!

[berserkbishop]

Every time there is a haggis in my presence I try it. I have never been fond of it, but I have only had what we can get here in the States. I will continue to try it until I like it, or find a variety that I enjoy. I dont like liver, and every variety that I have had tastes too much like liver.

Bishop

[Riverkilt]

Why oh why didn't the Scots invent guacamole instead??

I think a bowl of fresh guacamole would be better than haggis...could be honored in the same way and much more fun to eat...

Thinking the Scots probably did invent guacamole but the English supressed it during the proscription. Recipe stolen by one of the wayward ships of the Spanish armada and eventually taken to Mexico where the locals claimed it.

At least maybe some haggis with guacamole to make it more palatable...

Everyone knows avacados were used to dye wool green in the olden days in Scotland.

Its time the truth be told and guacamole regains its rightful place in Scottish history.

Ron

[berserkbishop]

Why oh why didn't the Scots invent guacamole instead??

I think a bowl of fresh guacamole would be better than haggis...could be honored in the same way and much more fun to eat...

Thinking the Scots probably did invent guacamole but the English supressed it during the proscription. Recipe stolen by one of the wayward ships of the Spanish armada and eventually taken to Mexico where the locals claimed it.

At least maybe some haggis with guacamole to make it more palatable...

Everyone knows avacados were used to dye wool green in the olden days in Scotland.

Its time the truth be told and guacamole regains its rightful place in Scottish history.

Ron

I couldnt agree with you more. I started life in Southern California and moved to Missouri, and I cant seem to get really good guacamole anywhere unless I make it myself.

Bishop

[James MacMillan]

I couldnt agree with you more. I started life in Southern California and moved to Missouri, and I cant seem to get really good guacamole anywhere unless I make it myself.

Bishop

Being very close to Fallbrook California, (The self named Avocado Capital of the World) and a participant in their Avocado Festival every year, I think we should strat a new trend. We could just stuff a pigs bladder full of the green quac stuff and we would be happy...... and of course the chips to dip into it!!!

By the way, you really need to try deep fried avocados sometime.

[druid]

I've had Haggis before and can't say that I'm a fan...but it's not too bad with a good hot sauce