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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
The Haggis Are Coming! The Haggis Are Coming!
2010-01-25
Smuggled and bootlegged, it has been the cause of transatlantic tensions for more than two decades. But after 21 years in exile, the haggis is to be allowed back into the United States.

The "great chieftan o' the puddin-race" was one of earliest casualties of the BSE crisis of the 1980s-90s, banned on health grounds by the US authorities in 1989 because they feared its main ingredient ‑ minced sheep offal ‑ could prove lethal.
How offal!
Some refined foodies might insist it always has been and always will be: in the words of Robert Burns, in his Ode to a Haggis, looking "down wi' sneering, scornfu' view on sic a dinner". But now, as millions of Scots around the world prepare to celebrate Burns's legacy tonight with an elaborate, whisky-fuelled pageant to a boiled bag of sheep innards, oatmeal, suet and pepper, its reputation has been restored, on health grounds at least....
My mother was as proud of her Scots heritage as any lass, but even she wouldn't touch the stuff.
Posted by:Mike

#6  Canuckistan sniper, a great story!

Mr. Lotp & I attended a propoer Burns dinner a while ago, complete with the piping in of the freshly made haggis. Now, I confess I'd rather eat fresh trout from cold Scottish mountain streams, hot from the fire, but the haggis wasn't a bad runner up.

Of course the Whisky might have had something to do with that, although I sipped only a bit.
Posted by: lotp   2010-01-25 22:50  

#5  The Scots eat lots of haggis, the French eat snails and frogs
The Greeks throw kakis on their mousakis, and the Chinese love hot dogs
The Welshmen love to have a leek, the Irish like their stew
But you just can't beat that half-cooked meat at an Aussie barbeque

/channeling Aussie Barbeque song by Eric Bogle
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-01-25 22:05  

#4  

The possibilities are ENDLESS
Posted by: BigEd   2010-01-25 18:17  

#3  Haggis story from Canuckistan:

I ambushed some friends at a Christmas Eve dinner by my contribution to the menu of some red and green stuffed peppers. The red and green are Christmas colors, yes? The stuffing was haggis.

I waited until everyone at the table had committed themselves to saying how delicious the stuffed peppers were before I dropped the bombshell.

The room became very quiet after that.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper   2010-01-25 18:08  

#2  I love Enter The Haggis! My dream concert ticket would be to a double bill of EtH and Off Kilter.
Posted by: Mike   2010-01-25 17:40  

#1  Oh. At first I thought the article was about the current tour of these guys.
Posted by: xbalanke   2010-01-25 16:56  

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