Opa's place -Where an old rooster visits with friends

[Highlander]

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Do you want me to tell you?

 

[YakLady]

Actually, I just looked it up.

"Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours.

Haggis is a kind of sausage, or savoury pudding cooked in a casing of sheep's intestine, as sausages are. As the 2001 English edition of the Larousse Gastronomique puts it, "Although its description is not immediately appealing, haggis has an excellent nutty texture and delicious savoury flavour".[1]

Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach. There are also meat-free recipes for vegetarians.

The haggis is a traditional Scottish dish memorialised as the national dish of Scotland by Robert Burns' poem Address to a Haggis in 1787. Haggis is traditionally served with "neeps and tatties" (Scots: swede, yellow turnip or rutabaga and potatoes, boiled and mashed separately) and a "dram" (i.e. a glass of Scotch whisky), especially as the main course of a Burns supper. However it is also often eaten with other accompaniments, or served with a whisky-based sauce."

So, Sam, that answers your question, too. Neither one came first-they are served together.

 

[YakLady]

Honestly, it looks a great deal more tasty and nutritious than an American hot dog. I'd try haggis anytime....with a dram, of course.

And neeps n' tatties sound wonderful!

Edited for type-o's

 

[Highlander]

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PM me your address and I'll send you one! Been trying to send one to Sam and Ranchie, but they are too chicken.

 

[YakLady]

Seriously?! How cool is that! Address on the way...

 

[Opa]

Thistle, congratulations on the new chick. A single chick in a brooder can be a lot of hassle but with a broody it should grow up fine.

I would love to tell you about my experience with haggis but that would end something that keeps Ranchie amused.

 

[ranchhand]

Go ahead Sam, I can always find something amusing with this gang!

Highlander, congrats on Spawn of Sam!

 

[easttxchick]

C'mon, Opa-spill the beans on the haggis story-please!

 

[MagsC]

Yes Opa...Pleeeeeeeze????

Actually, haggis doesnt sound any worse than liver and onions? Or as said, hot dogs.

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

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PM me your address and I'll send you one! Been trying to send one to Sam and Ranchie, but they are too chicken.

I want some!!!