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Had my first haggis this weekend and expected it to be dreadful, but it was surprisingly delicious. I think if I saw it on a menu again I'd actually choose it. Also had my first beef wellington this weekend.
 
a weekend of firsts?

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I personally haven't had haggis, but would try it if I had the opportunity.
My wife and her sister were on a trip through England and Scotland a couple years ago and tried it then. They said, as you did, that it wasn't as bad as they'd expected...however, I doubt either one would be ordering it again if given the opportunity...
 
I personally haven't had haggis, but would try it if I had the opportunity.
My wife and her sister were on a trip through England and Scotland a couple years ago and tried it then. They said, as you did, that it wasn't as bad as they'd expected...however, I doubt either one would be ordering it again if given the opportunity...

I think the caveat is haggis is probably a lot like ostrich insomuch as it can vary from really freaking good with the right chef to really meh or worse if not quite perfect.
 
apparently, the US just made it legal to import REAL haggis.

there was a ban on it for a long time, due to the risk of mad-cow.

I heard that it is the sheep lung, which gives it the very distinctive flavor.

personally, I have never tried it but I would if given the opportunity.
 
I wouldn't mind trying it sometime.

Need to wear a kilt while doing so.
 
sounds scrumptious...

Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours.
Haggis is a kind of sausage, or savoury pudding cooked in a casing of sheep's intestine, as sausages are. As the 2001 English edition of the Larousse Gastronomique puts it, "Although its description is not immediately appealing, haggis has an excellent nutty texture and delicious savoury flavour".[1]
Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach. There are also meat-free recipes for vegetarians.
The haggis is a traditional Scottish dish memorialised as the national dish of Scotland by Robert Burns' poem Address to a Haggis in 1787. Haggis is traditionally served with "neeps and tatties" (Scots: swede, yellow turnip or rutabaga and potatoes, boiled and mashed separately) and a "dram" (i.e. a glass of Scotch whisky), especially as the main course of a Burns supper. However it is also often eaten with other accompaniments, or served with a whisky-based sauce.
 
I think the Pilgrims came to America to escape s***ty food.
 
My wife's family is Scottish. Her mother made it for us one time and it was horrible. It had so much grease oozing out if it that I laughed secretly to my wife. Her mother is also is the worst cook in the world so I would try it again. She obviously didn't know what she was doing.
 
We had a Scot as a director a couple of years ago. At his send off party we went to his favorite spot down town cause he loved their haggis, said it was the best. I tried it, and tried not to be rude by spitting it out and making a fuss like almost everyone else that tried it. But I'd say the look on my face was enough. I came, I saw, I ate the damn haggis. First and last time.
 
I had Haggis in Inverness, Scotland in 2001. It was quite tasty, so much so, I ordered it again the next evening. My then 9 yo son wolfed it down, too. Wife and daughter would not touch the stuff.
 
What's the sheep's head with esophagus/trachea hanging out of the pot to drain called?
 
What's the sheep's head with esophagus/trachea hanging out of the pot to drain called?

Are you refering to Pacha, from Iraq?

It's boiled sheep's head.
 

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