Haggis

[Gogs]

With Burns night fast approaching, does anyone know where I can buy a good haggis??

[trevnhil]

Kolios have them and it is Buy 2 get one free.

Trev..

[Mike J]

Just got in under the net two weeks ago when he still had them as buy one get one free, €5 each normally . They are frozen so at least no need to pluck them remove their heads and feet nor take giblets out etc but he told me they are definitely free range !!

Cheers

Mike

[cyprusgrump]

Just got in under the net two weeks ago when he still had them as buy one get one free, €5 each normally . They are frozen so at least no need to pluck them remove their heads and feet nor take giblets out etc but he told me they are definitely free range !!

Cheers

Mike

[Wallace]

Are they 4 legged haggi from the flatlands,or 3 legged mountain variety?

[Firefly]

Oh heck, I thought they were vegetarian from the haggis trees, No ?

Jackie

[cyprusgrump]

Oh heck, I thought they were vegetarian from the haggis trees, No ?

Jackie

I thought pigs sniffed them out like truffles...

[cyprusgrump]

Article in the Sunday Mail today detailing all the goodies which go into Haggis. Have never tried Haggis...and after what I read today, won't be trying anytime soon. For the unitiated, it's: sheeps liver, lungs and heart, minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices and salt, all encased in the animal's stomach

There again, I love sieftalia...who knows what goes into those

I've never tried Haggis either - I'd give it a go though...

I know what goes into Sheftalia - my friend the local butcher talked me into helping him make 1,000 of them for a wedding many years ago!

[johnoddy]

I prefer the wild Haggis, much more taste. The free-range Haggis are okay but tend to be a bit stringy and the factory raised Haggis are way too tough and tasteless.

[Wallace]

Correct Hic, the shorter legs helps them climb the hills, it takes a full year to get to the top, by which time the haggis is mature.
The shorter leg becomes a problem going down the hill, and invariably it will roll down, and is often caught.
Hence the phrase "haggis bagging" when by law it can only be caught by a Scot in a kilt.

[Wallace]

It's true HIC. They can only be bagged in a sheeps stomach, which is stuffed with scotch porridge oats, then it is boiled alive in much the same way as lobster.
Not a lot of people know this, so keep it to yourself!

[memory man]

You're all wrong, 'cos it comes in a tin can!

[Wallace]

Some used to be canned, until Nicola Sturgeon deemed them environmentally unfriendly. Anyone eating haggis from a can will in future be branded a sassenach and face deportation.
Hence the reason I am now in Cyprus.
I am a haggis refugee.

[Firefly]

Couldn't you just use a plate ?

Jackie

[Wallace]

It's true Hic, but I hate the stuff!!!
Jackie, Scots law also states, "haggis can only be consumed from a sporran""
Failing that from a sturgeons brain!

[Wallace]

Anyone eating haggis from a can will in future be branded a sassenach and face deportation.
Hence the reason I am now in Cyprus. I am a haggis refugee.

But if Scotland leaves the EU alongside the UK, then EU environmental regulations will surely be binned?

Which means you will be able to return to the country of your birth...and once again eat tinned haggis to your heart's content

Unfortunately the EU environmental regulations will not be binned.
They will be canned, which will then be a criminal offence.
I can never return!!

[Firefly]

Wallace

I always wondered what Scotsmen put in their Sporrans, now I know, it's Haggis.

Jackie

[Dominic]

Kolios have them and it is Buy 2 get one free.

Trev..

I can confirm Kolios have them, as we were there today buying some nice steak.

Surprisingly, I didn't have to fight my way through a queue of people waiting to buy haggis.

[Wallace]

Scottish fish and chip shops sell deep fried haggis in batter, followed by deep fried mars bars for dessert!
Yum!

[Firefly]

Wallace

To me that's more like yuk. Each to their own.

Jackie