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They had them in Aldi my husband got one and we are having it tonight with turnips and potatoes the traditional side dishes, tonight is Burns night. It looks a bit unappetising but I will taste it, then he can eat it and I will have the turnips and potatoes with lot of butter.

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murpho999

Just remember Burns night does not refer to a cooking instruction.

ohnonotgmail

Irish people will find any excuse to drink whisky.

smash

It's kind of like a big black pudding isn't it?

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smash wrote: »

It's kind of like a big black pudding isn't it?

Well sort of of it got chopped lungs heart and live mixed with porridge and spices so it related to black pudding but not the same.

smash

mariaalice wrote: »

Well sort of of it got chopped lungs heart and live mixed with porridge and spices so it related to black pudding but not the same.

Sounds delicious. Enjoy your dinner you monster!

:pac:

GAAman

smash wrote: »

It's kind of like a big black pudding isn't it?

Taste wise it can be more like white pudding. Had it in the Conan Doyle bar in edinburgh a few months back for the first time it was delish!

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smash wrote: »

It's kind of like a big black pudding isn't it?

Making this one myself for a few people coming over. Some select scotch around too.

Kovu

Haven't bought one yet but if I see them tomorrow in Aldi I'll get one. Had them before and they're just like a higher spiced white pudding imo.

ScumLord

It looks a lot like a loose black pudding, I would have said it' tastes a bit like a spicier black pudding. It's really nice.

The Backwards Man

I don't like turnips

harry Bailey esq

mariaalice wrote: »

They had them in Aldi my husband got one and we are having it tonight with turnips and potatoes the traditional side dishes, tonight is Burns night. It looks a bit unappetising but I will taste it, then he can eat it and I will have the turnips and potatoes with lot of butter.

I had it just the once,20+ years ago, in Scotland don't ya know

it has a very distinctive taste,it was served to me without any veg to garnish it up a bit. The best way I could describe it would be a very spicy sausage, minced. It's something I'd definitely eat again.

endacl

I.
Love.
Haggis.
Neaps 'n' tatties ftw!!!

The Backwards Man

endacl wrote: »

I.
Love.
Haggis.
Neaps 'n' tatties ftw!!!

No true Scotsman eats that dung.

jimgoose

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the pudding-race!
Aboon them a' yet tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o'a grace
As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin was help to mend a mill
In time o'need,
While thro' your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dight,
An' cut you up wi' ready sleight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like ony ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin', rich!

Then, horn for horn, they stretch an' strive:
Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
Bethankit! hums.

Is there that owre his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad make her spew
Wi' perfect sconner,
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view
On sic a dinner?

Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckles as wither'd rash,
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash;
His nieve a nit;
Thro' blody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He'll mak it whissle;
An' legs an' arms, an' hands will sned,
Like taps o' trissle.

Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o' fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer
Gie her a haggis!

A child of five could understand this - send somebody to fetch a child of five! :pac:

Sunny Dayz

Was over in Scotland a week ago. Couldn't get over how popular Haggis is there. It was on the menu at most pubs/restaurants with many different ways, eg included with a burger, neeps n' tatties etc. It was even available at the cooked breakfast buffet in the hotel.

Didn't try it - I've heard its quite like our white pudding, but neither black nor white pudding agree with me anymore. (I use to love them when I was young, especially when the outside was crispy!)

The Backwards Man

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

Was over in Scotland a week ago. Couldn't get over how popular Haggis is there. It was on the menu at most pubs/restaurants with many different ways, eg included with a burger, neeps n' tatties etc. It was even available at the cooked breakfast buffet in the hotel.

Didn't try it - I've heard its quite like our white pudding, but neither black nor white pudding agree with me anymore. (I use to love them when I was young, especially when the outside was crispy!)

It's the bacon and cabbage of Scotland, it's all for the tourists. Scots eat puddingsuppers washed down with golden Tennent's. . . mmmmmmmmmmmm

osarusan

Never tried it. It never sounded all that appetizing, and it looks like something that got run over by a car.

c_man

Haggis is lovely. I've seen vegetarian haggis on certain menus, now that's a head scratcher!

ScumLord

osarusan wrote: »

Never tried it. It never sounded all that appetizing, and it looks like something that got run over by a car.

None of the ones I had looked like that (grey), they where really black like black pudding. The stuff you get in the hotel breakfast buffet where basically black pudding in everything but name.

sanna

Had mine last night, bought outta Marks and Spencers and washed it down with a wee whisky, fab meal!

Gandhi

I had haggis once at a tourist-trap cafe near Loch Ness. Was pretty good. Like a big pudding.

wilhelm roentgen

mariaalice wrote: »

They had them in Aldi my husband got one and we are having it tonight with turnips and potatoes the traditional side dishes, tonight is Burns night. It looks a bit unappetising but I will taste it, then he can eat it and I will have the turnips and potatoes with lot of butter.

Don't forget the deep fried mars bar for dessert.

Gandhi

Probable urban legend I heard once about haggis: Scottish lad working in London got tired of his workmates teasing him about haggis, among other Scottish-related things. He started telling them they were a bunch of Cockney nancy-boys who could not handle haggis, and said he would even cook some for them to prove it. They accept the challenge and agree they'll come to his flat one night for haggis.

He fills a condom with dog food, and bakes it in the oven for 24 hours. The lads show up and all force themselves to finish their plates to avoid looking like nancy-boys. Not too happy when they found out what they had eaten.

ScumLord

Gandhi wrote: »

Probable urban legend I heard once about haggis:

He fills a condom with dog food, and bakes it in the oven for 24 hours.

More than likely an urban legend.

kylith

I had one last week. Will probably get another couple this week, I love the stuff.

It looks like mashed black pudding, but it tastes like really good, spiced, white pudding. Leftovers are fantastic in Shepherd's pie.

endacl

The Backwards Man wrote: »

No true Scotsman eats that dung.

Luckily, I'm Irish.

Edit: Deep fry the bejaysus out of it and true Scotsmen would fling their grannies out of the road to eat it!

pawrick

Been years since I had some, this thread is making me hungry!

Cool_CM

Haggis is amazing. Make sure to wash it all down with an Irn Bru!

c_man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

No true Scotsman eats that dung.

Well that's a pile of crap tbh. But props to the use of the phrase!

Day Lewin

We bought three from Marks & Spencer who always have them at this time of year.
2 of the lamb ones and a small vegetarian one which was also delicious.

They also have (cheaper) haggis made of pork but this is so inauthentic we couldn't see the point.

I've made it myself in the past, quite simple: but you can't buy sheep lungs in Irish butchers anymore so it ends up as a mixture of liver, kidney and heart, plus a handful of gigot, chopped in food prosser, mixed with oatmeal, onions and spice, and cooked in a bowl like a plum pudding. (in greaseproof or muslin)

Bring it in with bagpipe ceremonial music, and turn out in front of the most honoured guest to be Addressed and "Cut thee up wi' ready sleight"

Bashed neeps, tatties, sprouts wi'bacon and cream. Nips of Scotch.

Don't forget that you must finish the evening with ALL the words of Auld Lang Syne!