Found this URL through a google search about haggis: http://www.electricscotland.com/escgi/print.pl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 >> >> >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the >> instructions >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> >> >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the >> instructions >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html