Haggis

[happysax]

Haggis is delicious, so why do the English and Americans not like it? OK, so it's made from offal and oatmeal cooked in a sheep's stomach, but so what? Caviar is just fish eggs when you think about it, and honey is insect vomit, yet these are regarded as delicacies.

[molly]

I am Scottish and can't stand haggis, however my hubby is English and loves the stuff, so I don't think you can make such sweeping statements. By the way I think I've just gone off honey.

[sddsddean]

I'm English and I love haggis. They are just like big faggots (proper ones, not 'mince' balls). The only real problem is catching the blighters!!!

[sft42]

Catching haggis isn't easy at all....For those not aware of what the little blighters look like..have a click here:

http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/how_to_play.cfm

[IndieSinger]

One of the greatest stories I've seen on the BBC News Website appeared on my 21st birthday:
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I'm English and I too like haggis. I agree that people seem to be too scared at the thought of eating some things which are perfectly natural. There is too much stigma attached to some foods!

[IndieSinger]

That link should be:


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[IndieSinger]

No it shouldn't, it should be: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3240190.stm

[robber1]

I know what you are trying to say, but it does sound like a generalisation. My wife and I like haggis (not every week!) and we are English.

[Greedyfly]

I hate haggis, I hate honey and I dont like fish eggs - to be honest I dont eat red meat and I dont eat any vegetables apart from Potatoes, I dont eggs or fish! - yes I am picky. But I am 5'10'' so My growth didnt suffer. I guess that all people have different tastes.......

[Cetti]

There is a severe penalty for eating Haggis after the 25th January as this is the mating season, though I believe road-kill is allowed.

TW knows more than I do as he uses this method for his taxidermy.

[sft42]

Greedyfly what on earth is left for you to eat then.....tofu?

[bernardo]

Regardless of what it tastes like, I presume that the ethics of eating it would depend on whether one is vegetarian or not.

[happysax]

Hey listen, sorry if I seemed to be generalising. I don't want to cause offence. I'm sure there's many English and American people who love haggis (not to mention a few traitorous renegade Scots - joking! - who hate it). The things is though, that it hasn't taken off in America the way (Italian) pizza has, or (German) burgers / hot dogs, or (Jewish) bagels, or Chinese or Indian meals. In other words, it hasn't found a mass popular urban market. Maybe if there had been more Scottish emigrants to New York, it might have been different. Just a thought.

[Greedyfly]

Pizza, potatoes and Bread lol

[molly]

Maybe the Scots just haven't got thier marketing act together, happysax.

[darth vader]

born in yorkshire, love haggis. I have to buy them at the butchers as i don't have time to catch them myself. (love liver and onions, kidneys, black pudding, pork scratchings, scotch pies etc to name a few other foodstuffs that gets people turning their noses up)

[sft42]

PS....forgot to say...I think it's fair to say I am the most outspoken scot here....and to my eternal shame I can't stand the taste of haggis....I just have a bigger portion o' neeps and tatties.

[happysax]

Darth - the funny thing is, I hate offal type stuff like liver or kidney, yet I love haggis. Weird, eh? Sft - shame on you! :-)

[Gef]

sft wrote "I think it's fair to say I am the most outspoken scot here" - surely not! :-)

[garcia]

I'm Chinese and happen to think that haggis is delicious. But what's the deal with stabbing it with the dagger (something I read about)?

[lilyfrog]

FYI vegitarian haggis is also amazing stuff, and I to am a Jock