If there were no sheep, I don't know if they would have carried on the tradition, but maybe their version(s) of pemmican might have been altered to resemble it. The pemmican I've seen in stores looks awful - like crisco with yucky bits stuck in it. In all the books I've read mentioning pemmican it sounded really good, however, I've not been able to bring myself to purchase what is sold as pemmican in the stores....
Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]> wrote: The old recipe I had made it seem most like a large sausage made with
oatmeal. Did the Scottish settlers to Va. carry on the tradition in
any way? Off hand, I can't think of any haggis-like food item here.
Maybe, lacking sheep up in the mountains, they didn't try to
translate it using other types of meat? Maybe meat was more abundant
here- wild game, if nothing else- that they didn't feel the need to
go through the mess and bother to make it?
Nancy
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On Jan 14, 2007, at 5:32 PM, Clara Callahan wrote:
> Haggis is one of my favorite foods, and I order it whenever I find
> it on the menu. Like any other type of food, there are good and
> not-so-good versions. The only bad haggis I ever have eaten was at
> The Western Isles Hotel in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. The two
> best were on the mainland in the Ft William area and Floddigary on
> the Isle of Skye. It can have the consistency of well-fried finely
> ground hamburger or can have a moister consistency, similar to
> meatloaf. I've tried all kinds and, like I said, the only nasty
> one I encountered was on Mull.
>
> Clara
>
> Sunshine49 wrote:
> They say that's why it has to be washed down with whiskey. A more
> recent event at the Highland Games around the US, along with the more
> traditional Scottish events, is a "haggis toss." Throwing a whole
> haggis for distance. Maybe that gives them an excuse not to have to
> cook and eat it.
>
> Nancy
>
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> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>
> --Daniel Boone
>
>
>
> On Jan 14, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Melinda Skinner wrote:
>
>> I have to tell you that haggis is pretty foul smelling, too.
>> My Scottish husband smuggled a couple of them into the US decades
>> ago and, when he cooked them, I had to leave the house. Worse than
>> chitlins, kidney stew, or stinky cheese!
>>
>> --
>> Melinda C. P. Skinner
>> Writer and Wonderer
>>
>>
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