Haggis n neeps

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Anyone hud their haggis n neeps tonight and a wee dram tae wash it doon ?
 
yep - and dinnae forget the tatties
 
Yes indeedy.....for the rest of the week by the looks of it too :lol:

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We've got our rugby club Burns Night on Friday :D
 
Managed to get a haggis from Spainsburys, had it with tatties and carrots. Had some neeps too but the Spanish don't have very good neeps.
Forgot about the booze though. :eek:
 
I had a genuine one all the way from Sunny Scotland Yesterday.

We had neeps n tatties and fillet steak with it. Twas B....E.....A..... UUUUUUTIFUL!


I lurve da Haggis :love:
 
For all these english folks that don't believe haggis is a real beastie........
A haggis family....

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Haggis, also known as 'The Great Chieftain o' the Puddin' Race'. The origins of this nickname for haggis comes from the poem Address to a Haggis by Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland. It is thought that the origins of the word haggis comes from the old Scots word hag which meant to chop or to hack.

A haggis is a small animal native to Scotland. Well when I say animal, actually it's a bird with vestigial wings - like the ostrich. Because the habitat of the haggis is exclusively mountainous, and because it is always found on the sides of Scottish mountains, it has evolved a rather strange gait. The poor thing has only three legs, and each leg is a different length - the result of this is that when hunting haggis, you must get them on to a flat plain - then they are very easy to catch - they can only run round in circles
 
It's in ma blood,
i've only had haggis twice in Port Glasgow and i loved it but i must admit i've never looked for it in supermarkets, does it exist in England ? i have bought lorne sausage and slice though a while ago.
I get quite jealous when i hear of people going on a burns night here.
Happy Burns !
 
There's a funny story of American tourists who spent a holiday in Scotland, only to be disappointed when they took to the hills in search of "The Wee Beastie" lol and never once got a single sighting. legendary :lol:
 
Just saw on TV when the seas run out of fish it will be Jellyfish & Chips for the future.
 
She add it with all the trimmings.............I had chips n egg and runny yolks.................beats grit n woteva any day............yup no grit in my egg
 
will somemeone take er bak to scotland................shes goin on about white puddin now sayin its as good as Black pudding, if its owt like she says we may as well eat the road as haggis is like grit and she says she loves it, bit o tarmac.............lovely
 
Dangermouse1964 said:
will somemeone take er bak to scotland................shes goin on about white puddin now sayin its as good as Black pudding, if its owt like she says we may as well eat the road as haggis is like grit and she says she loves it, bit o tarmac.............lovely
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Southern softie :lol:
 
we escaped burns night in the mess this year thank god.... sorry but i really do not like haggis and it would have to have been piped in and i hate bag pipes...
 
fabs said:
I do it especially to pee of the jocks! :p
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you're just jealous ;)

Scottish Inventors and Inventions

The average Englishman in the home he call his castle slips into his national costume, a shabby raincoat, patented by Chemist Charles Macintosh from Glasgow, Scotland.

En-route to his office he strides along the English lane, surfaced by John Macadam of Ayr, Scotland.

He drives an English/Italian/Japanese/German Indian car fitted with tyres invented by John Boyd Dunlop, Veterinary Surgeon of Dreghorn, Scotland.

At the office he receives the mail bearing adhesive stamps invented by John Chalmers, Bookseller and Printer of Dundee, Scotland.

During the day he uses the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. At home in the evening his daughter pedals her bicycle invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Blacksmith of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

He watches the news on television, an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh, Scotland, and hears an item about the U.S. Navy founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.

Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots.

He has by now been reminded too much of Scotland and in desperation he picks up the Bible, only to find that the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot, King James VI, who authorized its translation.

He could take to drink but the Scots make the best in the world.

He could take a rifle and end it all, but the breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland.

If he escaped death, he could find himself on an operating table injected with penicillin, discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming of Darvel, Scotland, and given chloroform, an anesthetic discovered by Sir James Young Simpson, Obstetrician and Gynecologist of Bathgate, Scotland.

Out of the anesthetic he would find no comfort in learning that he was as safe as the Bank of England founded by William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland.

Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him to ask:

"Wha's Like Us?"
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fabs said:
I think you'll find Jack Daniels is made in the US. :D
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:eek::eek: :gag:

See that guy in the white coat behind you fabs, it's you he's coming for :p
 
Contradiction in terms I know but, has anybody tried veggie haggis? I can only find them at this time of year. They're lovely! We had one on saturday. I've a freezer full of both varieties at the mo! :)
 
dod said:
Scottish Inventors and Inventions

The average Englishman in the home he call his castle slips into his national costume, a shabby raincoat, patented by Chemist Charles Macintosh from Glasgow, Scotland. :shake: T-shirt and Jeans

En-route to his office he strides along the English lane, surfaced by John Macadam of Ayr, Scotland. All workmen are Irish

He drives an English/Italian/Japanese/German Indian car fitted with tyres invented by John Boyd Dunlop, Veterinary Surgeon of Dreghorn, Scotland.Car built in Belgium by American Car Manufacturer who was actually Irish, Yes I use Dunlop tyres, but He was probably of Irish desent.

At the office he receives the mail bearing adhesive stamps invented by John Chalmers, Bookseller and Printer of Dundee, Scotland.
Office mail is franked and the post office print their own postage labels meaning I don't have to buy stamps.

During the day he uses the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. At home in the evening his daughter pedals her bicycle invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Blacksmith of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. I never answer the phone and I don't have a daughter

He watches the news on television, an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh, Scotland, and hears an item about the U.S. Navy founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland. LCD screen and I don't watch the news.

Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots.

He has by now been reminded too much of Scotland and in desperation he picks up the Bible, only to find that the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot, King James VI, who authorized its translation. Only if you bother to read the unimportant bit, but would have been translated by Englisg because if it had been by Scots, we'd all still be none the wiser.

He could take to drink but the Scots make the best in the world. My protein powders are made in England

He could take a rifle and end it all, but the breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland. Don't want or have a gun license.

If he escaped death, he could find himself on an operating table injected with penicillin, discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming of Darvel, Scotland, and given chloroform, an anesthetic discovered by Sir James Young Simpson, Obstetrician and Gynecologist of Bathgate, Scotland. Allergic to penicillin

Out of the anesthetic he would find no comfort in learning that he was as safe as the Bank of England founded by William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland. Is any bank safe these days?

Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him to ask:

"Wha's Like Us?"
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:D:D
 
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