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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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
--Daniel Boone
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 <[log in to unmask]> 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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