Found this URL through a google search about haggis:
http://www.electricscotland.com/escgi/print.pl
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From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: Haggis again
>I think that's just another Scottish item that is sold at the games,
> wherever they are held. It's not like a local food or anything. I'm
> not aware of anything like haggis coming out of the mountains around
> here, where so many Scots-Irish settled. Until I went to some of the
> games, I'd never even heard of it. I've never seen it at any
> restaurant that wasn't Scottish-themed.
>
> Nancy
>
> -------
> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>
> --Daniel Boone
>
>
>
> On Jan 15, 2007, at 5:17 AM, Clara Callahan wrote:
>
>> But it did follow the Scots. It sells like hotcakes at Highland
>> Games throughout the country. Normally, if one does not arrive at
>> the Games a good two to three hours before they are scheduled to
>> begin, it's already sold out. At least in my experience that has
>> been the case.
>>
>> I think it's along the line of foods like liver and onions. You
>> either love it or you hate it. Personally, I understand why you
>> didn't eat the stuff in Edinburgh. I wouldn't have eaten haggis
>> "soup," either. It sounds like the stomach leaked during the
>> cooking process.
>>
>> By the way, sheep stomachs are not used as often as they used to be.
>>
>> Diane Ethridge <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> We were in Edinburg, Scotland some years ago & it was a typical
>> cold, foggy, rainy day in August. We walked from our hotel over to
>> a shopping mall for our noonday meal & were hoping to find some
>> soup or Scottish broth. We followed a wonderful aroma to one of the
>> food stalls where the young girl was filling steaming bowls of a
>> delicious looking substance that looked like chili. After our order
>> was placed & while she was preparing two steaming bowls full of
>> this "soup", I inquired as to what kind of soup this was & how they
>> made it. That's where I made my mistake! She said it was "Haggis" &
>> proceeded to describe the recipe which sounded absolutely horrible.
>> It was something like a mixture of oats, barley, onion, ale, mutton
>> & various seasonings which are stuffed into a sheep's stomach,
>> which is then sewn shut & boiled in more ale & seasonings. Since I
>> was having a difficult time understanding her anyway, I'm sure
>> there were parts of the recipe I missed. However, I heard
>> enough to have second thoughts about our choice of lunch & we
>> settled for a "Jacket Potato", (which is what they call a baked
>> potato).
>>
>> I, for one, am glad this particular tradition didn't follow the
>> Scottish folks over here.
>>
>> Diane in TX
>>
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