haggis claims

[Chas]

I think it is safe to say that a recipe for haggis was recorded by an Englishman. Whether the English or the Scots or anyone for that matter was actually eating it is something else entirely.

Regards

Chas

[Rex_Tremende]

This matter has risen to the level of an Op Ed piece in the New York Times and is currently one of the most e-mailed stories.

Regards,
Rex.

[vipermcgee]

I don't know where it originated. When I hear haggis, I think Scotland! It's been that way since I was a kid watching the episode of Scooby Doo when the gang was in Scotland chasing a ghost, or maybe it was Nessie, I'm a little fuzzy on the details. That is good enough for me.

Now, for more important matters, I have not yet had the opportunity to sample the dish. Any suggestions?

[Beertigger]

Simple, really: the Scots dinnae need a book to tell 'em how to cook.

[thanmuwa]

Oh yes Haggis is widely available and you can have it for breakfast every morning at Ferintosh!

Around here you can get deep-fried (in batter) haggis suppers too. "Supper" when used by a fast food shop in the West of Scotland means "with chips (i.e. fries)". Beware asking for a pizza supper! You get a deep fried (freshly unwrapped from frozen) pizza and chips. Mmmmm crispy. And you can follow that with a deepfried mars bar for dessert. Goodbye arteries, it was nice knowing you.

[pdcorlis]

Simple, really: the Scots dinnae need a book to tell 'em how to cook.

Brilliant!

[Jock Scot]

I don't care who invented the haggis--------I just wish that they hadn't!

[beloitpiper]

This matter has risen to the level of an Op Ed piece in the New York Times and is currently one of the most e-mailed stories.

Regards,
Rex.

I read that this weekend. Very well written! The best line:

Of course there was no published Scottish recipe for haggis before then, for the simple reason that it would have been quite unnecessary for Scots to publish a recipe for something that everybody in Scotland knew how to make. Why state the obvious? It’s as simple as that.

[Rex_Tremende]

Well, what goes around comes around...

Apparently Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Scotland (but designed for India).

Regards,
Rex.

[thanmuwa]

Well, what goes around comes around...

Apparently Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Scotland (but designed for India).

Regards,
Rex.

Designed for the UK! It takes a traditional Punjabi food (chicken tikka, pieces of spiced chicken cooked on skewers) and adds a masala sauce because, as it says in the article, chicken tikka was too dry for the UK palate (colloquially, someone asked for gravy with their chicken tikka ).