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What's this? I declare the rain stretched from the North American west coast all the way over to the east. and oh, there's The London Fog. It was very foggy and humid today.

[QUOTE=fable]And bear in mind, coming from a people who eat sheep's intestines, he really means it. [/QUOTE]

Lol - not... A haggis is a sheep's stomach stuffed with... pretty much the rest of the sheep...

That's not my imagination... it's someone elses...

Don't Americans eat fried pig intestines? And sweetbreads - are they the pancreas or the spleen? I can never remember...

Lol

Haggis is a food of necessity... It keeps through the long cold winter... And gives you something to drink either of our national drinks with (whisky and Irn-Bru - made from girders)

That all sounds crazy to me. What gives with not just eating a nice steak of whatever animal you just killed?

[QUOTE=Magrus]That all sounds crazy to me. What gives with not just eating a nice steak of whatever animal you just killed? [/QUOTE]

Waste not want not...

What do you think is in turkey twizzlers/chicken nuggets - all the bits they couldn't sell...

Don't listen to the heathen ancient man, Greg. He who lives in the nation where such abominations as sausage, sloppy joes and, above all, prarie oysters, run rampant.

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[QUOTE=Magrus]That all sounds crazy to me. What gives with not just eating a nice steak of whatever animal you just killed? [/QUOTE]

Because haggis is great when deep fried in batter? Mmmmmm -haggis supper and a can of irn bru...the food of drunken gods

Aren't or weren't sausages just the rest of the animal chopped and stuffed into its intestines? That's not much different from haggis.

[QUOTE=Aramant]Aren't or weren't sausages just the rest of the animal chopped and stuffed into its intestines? That's not much different from haggis.[/QUOTE]

Look at any national dish... It's just the bits you can't really just fry and eat - i.e. the stuff that the poorest people eat. So either you wrap it in a bag (i.e. stomach/guts in the case of haggis/sausages) or put it in sauce. Look at curry... Can you see what part of an animal is in a curry.

Even Hamburgers... How do you know it isn't just a rolled up spinal cord..?

[QUOTE=GregtheSleeper]Look at any national dish... It's just the bits you can't really just fry and eat - i.e. the stuff that the poorest people eat. So either you wrap it in a bag (i.e. stomach/guts in the case of haggis/sausages) or put it in sauce. Look at curry... Can you see what part of an animal is in a curry.[/quote]

Well, yes. I can. Curry just means sauce. If they were to put strange chicken organs inside a nice saag instead of white or dark meat, you'd know at once by appearance and flavor. But you can bet your fillibeg that haggis is always about sheep intestines. No matter what else may be added, it has that.

Even Hamburgers... How do you know it isn't just a rolled up spinal cord..?

It probably is, at fast food restaurants. That's one good reason never to visit 'em.

Don't listen to the heathen ancient man, Greg. He who lives in the nation where such abominations as sausage, sloppy joes and, above all, prarie oysters, run rampant.

I am not ancient. I am an immoderately mellowed and dignified anc...er, man in those years when industrialists and politicians make huge sums of money, while trying to pass laws retiring the rest of us to appreciate life better. As for the heathen part, well...you get a point for that.

As for sausage, it comes from Germany, and is very similar to haggis--so indirectly, you're criticizing Greg. I don't deal in oysters, which were never meant to be anything other than windowdressing, and sloppy joes are deep in my past. Though I really did like good, honest Texas chili. If you want to say something about that, it could mean a war with Texas, you beaver-loving Canuck.

Has anyone tried Chicken Hearts?????????????

The Chicken Livers are too mushy, but the heart and gizzards are good.

@Hill; We do NOT eat prarie oysters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And it is well known that canada created the world wide abomination that is known as 'Bacon'. You are by NO MEANS innocent. *nods*

DW, you should cook more for your SO. Its good for both of you. *Nods* (Plus its part of the womanly duties!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )

*stares at Chu and waits in the corner for the slap heard round the world* :speech:

[QUOTE=fable]But you can bet your fillibeg that haggis is always about sheep intestines.[/QUOTE]

Stomach...

However the modern haggis probably is like sausage... not actually made from any part of the digestive tract...

[QUOTE=ch85us2001]And it is well known that canada created the world wide abomination that is known as 'Bacon'. You are by NO MEANS innocent. *nods*[/QUOTE]

Another European invention. Salted meat keeps longer through the winter. Similar idea to jams (jelly)... Good idea there for DW - make your own jams - just like grandmother used to...

[QUOTE=GregtheSleeper]Stomach...

However the modern haggis probably is like sausage... not actually made from any part of the digestive tract...[/QUOTE]

"Probably"? Do you know this for a fact? What is it made from, then? And how can it be called haggis if it doesn't have the main ingredient by which haggis has always been known? Aren't there EU laws about items having to conform to certain known standards and expectations?

I think this is a matter that will have to be brought to the attention of the secretive Grand Council of SYMians.

[QUOTE=fable] Aren't there EU laws about items having to conform to certain known standards and expectations?

I think this is a matter that will have to be brought to the attention of the secretive Grand Council of SYMians.[/QUOTE]

Nah, Scots are exempt from EU law about food. We're well known to be gastronomically challenged and beyond help. :laugh:

But if haggis bothers you, go for the white pudding

I think I'm ready to dive into some haggis. Shoot, maybe even some marmite. A return to my roots, so to speak.

The same thing would probably happen as it did when a friend of mine played his bagpipes: find me a sword, and skewer me an Englishman.

[QUOTE=Fiona]Nah, Scots are exempt from EU law about food. We're well known to be gastronomically challenged and beyond help. :laugh:[/QUOTE]

I heard something a little while ago about deep-fried Mars bars...?

[QUOTE=Chanak]I think I'm ready to dive into some haggis. Shoot, maybe even some marmite. A return to my roots, so to speak. [/quote]

So your roots involve the unnatural use of vegetables and the body parts of animals?

The same thing would probably happen as it did when a friend of mine played his bagpipes: find me a sword, and skewer me an Englishman.

I wouldn't put the bagpipes in the same category of marmite! The bagpipes, heard in a correct setting, are a beautiful instrument. When my wife and I used to go Celtic dancing (it's how we met, down in Missouri), the husband of one of the regulars didn't dance, but played. He'd go outside, and if you heard him from a bit of a distance, of the bagpipes was unearthly in its beauty.

Now, if you had suggested consuming marmite or haggis while listening to a piano accordion and watching a bunch of mimes, I would have figured it was time to put you out of your misery.

[QUOTE=Chanak]I think I'm ready to dive into some haggis. Shoot, maybe even some marmite. A return to my roots, so to speak. [/quote]

So your roots involve the unnatural use of vegetables and the body parts of animals?

The same thing would probably happen as it did when a friend of mine played his bagpipes: find me a sword, and skewer me an Englishman.

I wouldn't put the bagpipes in the same category of marmite! The bagpipes, heard in a correct setting, are a beautiful instrument. When my wife and I used to go Celtic dancing (it's how we met, down in Missouri), the husband of one of the regulars didn't dance, but played. He'd go outside, and if you heard him from a bit of a distance, of the bagpipes was unearthly in its beauty.

Now, if you had suggested consuming marmite or haggis while listening to a piano accordion and watching a bunch of mimes, I would have figured it was time to put you out of your misery.

Scottish peoples

Hey now!

No Skewering Us poor scottish peoples! And I personally think haggis is Icky!
Come on Fable you wouldt skewer nice little Ol' Scottish Lass like myself would you ? (she stares innocently, large eyes glistening with worry)