Happy Burns Night; also good haggis news!

[maximus otter]

May I wish all BFC members a happy Burns Night, and a hearty supper!

More good news is that the US Dept. of Agriculture is considering ending the silly ban on the import of haggis!

Hopefully, soon you chaps from the colonies will be able to enjoy some decent food.

Slàinte mhath!

maximus otter

 

[Gollnick]

We're sorry, we did not find any food recipe results for: Haggis.

Apparently not much call for it.






With almost 150,000 recipies online, Epicurious is probably the largest recipe collection assembled in history.

 

[555]

I see Tabasco and Beer sales going up because to eat Haggis it's going to take a lot of Tabasco and Beer to get it down.

 

[maximus otter]

Philistines. You're all Philistines.

m.o.

 

[555]

Philistines. You're all Philistines.

m.o.

LOL

Over here, across the pond. We don't take our food lightly, even when it's a bad homegrown Hamburger.

Angry Customer Vents Hamburger Frustration

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[UffDa]

Good haggis is an oxymoron. :barf:

Haggis

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Prep Time:
30 min
Inactive Prep Time:
12 min
Cook Time:
5 hr 0 min

Level:
Difficult

Serves:
Depends on how much you throw

Ingredients

* 1 sheep stomach
* 1 sheep liver
* 1 sheep heart
* 1 sheep tongue
* 1/2 pound suet, minced
* 3 medium onions, minced
* 1/2 pound dry oats, toasted
* 1 teaspoon kosher salt
* 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 1 teaspoon dried ground herbs

Directions

Rinse the stomach thoroughly and soak overnight in cold salted water.

Rinse the liver, heart, and tongue. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook these parts over medium heat for 2 hours. Remove and mince. Remove any gristle or skin and discard.

In a large bowl, combine the minced liver, heart, tongue, suet, onions, and toasted oats. Season with salt, pepper, and dried herbs. Moisten with some of the cooking water so the mixture binds. Remove the stomach from the cold salted water and fill 2/3 with the mixture. Sew or tie the stomach closed. Use a turning fork to pierce the stomach several times. This will prevent the haggis from bursting.

In a large pot of boiling water, gently place the filled stomach, being careful not to splash. Cook over high heat for 3 hours.

Serve with mashed potatoes, if you serve it at all. :barf:

 

[A.W.U.K.]

Yum!!

 

[Gollnick]

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown
....
Inactive Prep Time:
12 min

This twelve minutes is the time spend coming up with the courage to actually eat it.

Ingredients
...
* 1 teaspoon dried ground herbs

It doesn't really matter what kind of herbs... jus something, anything, to give it some flavor.

Directions

... In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook these parts over medium heat for 2 hours. Remove and mince. Remove any gristle or skin and discard.

It's not exactly clear what to discard.

 

[UffDa]

It's not exactly clear what to discard.

The haggis is discarded and you eat the pot.

I have seen several ceremonies where the haggis is escorted to the head table by pipers and is cut open with a dirk. ( The haggis, not the pipers) It is then removed from sight and real food is served.

 

[mete]

A very fine dirk that can penetrate the haggis !!

 

[Gollnick]

The haggis is discarded and you eat the pot.

Thank you for claifying that; I'm sure that this clarification has saved some from significant mistakes.

... the haggis is escorted to the head table by pipers and is cut open with a dirk. ( The haggis, not the pipers)

Thank you, also, for that important clarification which, I'm sure, will also prevent some significant mistakes.

 

[Mike L.]

I think I would prefer some tatties and herrin.

 

[WA Martin]

Could I settle for the steak and kidney pie?

 

[Steve Hayden]

I'll probably stick with menudo....

 

[T.K.C.]

No offense, but there is no amount of $$$$ on earth to get me to EVER eat Haggis.

 

[OldPhysics]

Philistines. You're all Philistines.

m.o.

Not so.

I've eaten plenty of it (haggis). Not, however, in the US.

Of course, my culinary judgment is considered suspect.

 

[555]

The haggis is discarded and you eat the pot.

I have seen several ceremonies where the haggis is escorted to the head table by pipers and is cut open with a dirk. ( The haggis, not the pipers) It is then removed from sight and real food is served.

Ya Know, I think I've seen this before in a Movie called Aliens.

 

[knarfeng]

I fear that in the states, this is as close to haggis as we get:

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[orca8589]

In the movie Armageddon, one of the oil drillers tells a NASA scientist how it's made. Our friends watching the movie couldn't believe it, until I showed them in the dictionary.

I've got Scotch-Irish ancestry in me, but I ain't touchin' haggis.

thx - cpr

 

[gajinoz]

Of course, my culinary judgment is considered suspect.

It would be my contention that anyone who would voluntarily eat that could consider their sanity suspect, and I'm half Scot ...