I ate haggis this weekend!

[RumpusCat]

I was at the Celtic Fling rennisance festival and, well, my girlfriend and I just couldn't resist the challenge. And you know what?

It was good. :9 Basically a liver pudding. I'd eat it again!

[tjwmason]

1. I love haggis,

always eat it for Burn's Supper. :9

[ThomCat]

2. Ick.

Even if I wasn't a vegetarian I don't think I could eat that. Sorry.

I'm glad you liked it thought. :)

[LeftyMom]

3. There's a vegan version at Food Fight.

I have no idea what it tastes like though. :scared:

[ThomCat]

4. Why would anyone make a vegan version of this?

I can't imagine there's a big market for this.

Very :scared: indeed.

[LeftyMom]

5. Gag gifts?

I mean, we need something to leave on people's doorsteps as a prank, and fish heads are right out. :shrug:

[anarch]

8. I've always thought the standard Tofurkey

looked sort of like a haggis. If I ever have any money again, I'm going to buy myself one of those and a bottle of Laphroaig and then sit down and read a bunch of Robert Burns poems while I eat my Tofaggis and get drunk.

[LeftyMom]

9. The roast thing with the rice-based stuffing

I guess it sort of does. Really it only exists as an excuse to eat that really good gravy, I think.

[seemunkee]

15. I think there is one in the Moosewood cookbook too

I saw it somewhere Sunday while looking for new recipes and that is the only vegetarian book I have.

[MissHoneychurch]

6. There is a reason why the Scots

invented whiskey as well!!!!

[bikebloke]

7. I liked it.

When I was in Scotland, I had some haggis, neeps and tatties. If anyone doesn't want their haggis, I'll swap my neeps for it.

[RumpusCat]

20. Are those the turnips?

Are those any good? I like turnip greens but I can't recall if I've never eaten the whole turnip before.

[mduffy31]

10. Mike Myers said it best...

...in So I Married and Ax Murderer

"..Scottish food is based on a dare"

I would add that for Irish cuisine also.

[chaska]

11. I love liver pudding! Where can get haggis?

[TreasonousBastard]

12. Find a Scotsman around Christmas. n/t

[RumpusCat]

18. I had it at the Celtic Fling in PA

http://www.parenaissancefaire.com/

Maybe next year? :D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. What kind of liver?

I could probably deal with chicken; but beef liver send shivers down my spine to think of it...

[RumpusCat]

17. Traditionally sheep's liver, heart and lungs

Boiled with barley in a sheep's stomach. However, most 'commerical' haggis isn't made with the stomach and is rather made with commercial sausage casing. I also believe you can't serve sheep's lungs in the US. What I had was probably just the liver and heart.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. I wonder why they can't be served here?

That's weird...
Was it strong like calves liver?

[RumpusCat]

22. I thought it was pretty mild

Definitely tasted of liver but also of onions and other spices. It was all ground up pretty well. I don't think heart has much flavor--those were just the slightly less mushy bits, I believe.

Just for you, I've uploaded a picture of the haggis! This is my girlfriend, holding it cautiously before the initial bite.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Haha! It looks wretched!

Of course, looks aren't everything... :9

[TreasonousBastard]

14. Liver, onions, and oatmeal...

boiled up in a sheep's stomach. Along with other secret ingredients handed down for hundreds of years that most experts believe have something to do with 16th century garbage disposal problems. Not all that bad, though.

I remember ordering it at a restaurant in Edinnburgh, and the waitress gave me the strangest look. Earlier, when asking the locals where I could get somne Scottish home cooking, one just said "Yer mad! We dinna eat that shit-- we go to the Chinese place down the street."

It's Scottish fruitcake-- necessary for celebrations and offered with great ceremony, but eaten? Unlike fruitcake, however, you can't save it for a year and give it to someone else.

[chaska]

16. You people are crazy! I love fruitcake and beef liver! lemme at 'em.

[RumpusCat]

19. I'm with you, I love a lot of disgusting foods

Chopped liver? Mmm!
Vienna sausages? I'll eat the whole can!

And no, there's nothing wrong with my sense of taste or smell! :D