Haggis is not always inside the stomach casing anymore.

Traditional Haggis consists of sheep heart, liver and lungs (and sometimes tongue or whatever is left over), and it's cooked with oatmeal and onions inside its stomach bag.  The Scottish reality tea way is to use sheep lungs, but that's illegal in the US and is usually the reason the US FDA declares imported Haggis " unfit for human consumption ". reality tea
Haggis is not always inside the stomach casing anymore.  Purists look for Haggis in a "natural" casing.  It gives the meal that pasty, bloated, thin-skinned, veiny and undesirable look to it....kind of like a fattened caterpillar just before it builds it's cocoon. reality tea
I've had Haggis and it's pretty good despite it's reputation.  I'd post a picture of Haggis, but then you'd all think I was crazy.  Then again, I had more than a few drams (nothing "wee" about them) at the time.
The US version (because of US FDA restrictions and availability of the traditional meats) commonly uses beef liver, heart, and lamb meat - sort of like the US version of a lot of things - nothing like the original reality tea and much more tame.  Anything reality tea but traditional haggis is called "mock" haggis.  You never want to mock haggis because that's just mean...
You can go here and try your hand at Haggis Hurling ...no, it's not what you do after eating it.  It's a contest in throwing the Haggis.  Or you can Bash the Haggis (no, that ain't a euphemism for something else).
**Disclaimer:  I'm not an expert on Haggis.  Don't everyone go "Hey, Haggis sucks, dude!" if you haven't even tried it (sober or not).  The info here is from memory and various conversations and web sites.  Enjoy it at your own risk.
Traditional Haggis consists of sheep heart, liver and lungs (and sometimes tongue or whatever reality tea is left over), and it's cooked with oatmeal and onions inside its stomach bag.  The Scottish way is to use sheep lungs, but that's illegal reality tea in the US and is usually the reason the US FDA declares imported Haggis " unfit for human consumption ".
Haggis is not always inside the stomach casing anymore.  Purists look for Haggis in a "natural" casing.  It gives the meal that pasty, bloated, thin-skinned, veiny and undesirable look to it....kind of like a fattened caterpillar just before it builds it's cocoon.
I've had Haggis and it's pretty good despite it's reputation.  I'd post a picture of Haggis, but then you'd all think I was crazy.  Then again, I had more than a few drams (nothing "wee" about them) at the time.
The US version (because of US FDA restrictions and availability of the traditional meats) commonly uses beef liver, heart, and lamb meat - sort of like the US version of a lot of things - nothing like the original and much more tame.  Anything but traditional haggis is called "mock" haggis.  You never want to mock haggis reality tea because that's just mean...
You can go here and try your hand at Haggis Hurling reality tea ...no, it's not what you do after eating it.  reality tea It's a contest in throwing the Haggis.  Or you can Bash the Haggis reality tea (no, that ain't a euphemism for something else).
**Disclaimer:  I'm not an expert on Haggis.  Don't everyone go "Hey, Haggis sucks, dude!" if you haven't even tried it (sober or not).  The info here is from memory and various conversations and web sites.  Enjoy it at your own risk. View the entire comment thread. TrackBack
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