Haggis.
Posted: December 13, 2005 Filed under: Uncategorized 6 Comments »
Thanks to Steakbellie’s post today, we had the opportunity to discuss haggis at dinner. Admittedly, it was the beginning of a downward slide of conversation. You might be surprised to know that my 10 year old knew what haggis is:
…a traditionally Scottish dish that consists of the heart, liver, and lungs of a sheep or a calf minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, and seasonings boiled in the stomach of the animal…though his description was even ickier than that!
But as you can imagine, if the starting point is haggis, the end point is really gross. When you share the dinner table with a man and 3 boys, what else can one expect?
Photo credit goes to John Pettigrew’s blog.
you have no idea…..
Oh. Gawd. I’m an adventurous diner, and recently made a promise to shop up for some Haggis-fest in a local bar, the next time it rolls around…
…but after seeing your picture, I think I’m out of town that weekend.
That picture bothered me so much, I had to post this morning! Yes, missing that haggis-fest sounds like a plan.
Steakbellie, did you really eat 2 lbs of it?
the one i ate was 1.5lbs
Yikes.
Wendy, one of the strangest things John and I have ever seen on a menu in Scotland was something sorta Scottish/Texas — fried haggis balls in BBQ sauce.
We couldn’t help ourselves. And they were just dreadful! We shoulda known, huh?
Janet
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