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Tis Burns Night tonight so how many of our Scottish brethren here will be indulging in the wee hill dwelling beastie this evening. :D

No, I have no Scottish connections whatsoever but we seem to have slipped into the habit ever since first tasting haggis on Burns night. So, how will you have yours? Ours will be with tatties and cabbage (not a fan of neeps) although I have in the pas done a sort of shepherds pie with it.

Oh, and there may be a certain amount of Laphroaig involved at some point as well. :naughty:
 
My brother in law is Scottish and sometimes has a Haggis party with friends and does the 'toasting' of it as well!

Personally I can't stand Haggis!
 
Oooh can I send Merlin round, he loves haggis :thumbs:
 
piped in then the big speach then with the useual stuff a very long evening unless i can get out of it which i am working on.
 
Took me a couple of hours but I caught my Haggis earlier today so we're sorted.
 
fabs said:
Lasso, pounce or projectile weapon method?
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I'd left a saucer of whisky out (they love it but it slows the little blighters down) then it was just a simple case of a remote triggered rocket propelled net.

Works every time plus I can't be doing with a farmed one.
 
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I'm a regular haggis scoffer and had some on the 19th wi neeps n tatties. Just a matter of time before the next one, yum and so easy to cook if you use a microwave. It will still be a food I can eat in my old age when I've nae teeth.
 
dinners said:
I'd left a saucer of whisky out (they love it but it slows the little blighters down) then it was just a simple case of a remote triggered rocket propelled net.

Works every time plus I can't be doing with a farmed one.
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Regarding farmed Haggis, I agree wild Haggis do taste better, however numbers are low up here in the North East where the stock numbers have suffered due to over hunting and an unfortunate leak from the nearby distillery which resulted in many Wild Adult Haggii becoming intoxicated and falling off the hills and into the Lochs, and we all know the Haggis does not swim so well. It was not pretty :(

As a result it's farmed Haggis for me, not going to complain though. There may be a bit more fat in them but the taste is just as good (It's all in the sauce) and I have gone for the free range and not that nasty Battery Haggis farms....that Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall would cry if brought to within 100 feet of that building.
 
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I have sent Yves Geza out armed with a harpoon and nets - it keeps him entertained trying to catch a wee beastie to go with this evenings fine malt. he better catch a smallish one though, its about this time of year I suddenly consider vegetarianism as an option :gag:
 
Well that's mine clubbed and washed.
 
MackieStaggie said:
Regarding farmed Haggis, I agree wild Haggis do taste better, however numbers are low up here in the North East where the stock numbers have suffered due to over hunting and an unfortunate leak from the nearby distillery which resulted in many Wild Adult Haggii becoming intoxicated and falling off the hills and into the Lochs, and we all know the Haggis does not swim so well. It was not pretty :(

As a result it's farmed Haggis for me, not going to complain though. There may be a bit more fat in them but the taste is just as good (It's all in the sauce) and I have gone for the free range and not that nasty Battery Haggis farms....that Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall would cry if brought to within 100 feet of that building.
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Do you agree with cooking them live? I heard it is the best way really :shrug:
 
u8myufo said:
Do you agree with cooking them live? I heard it is the best way really :shrug:
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It's not too cruel if you freeze them for half an hour first ........ A knife through the head is the best way but they do tend to squeal a bit :shake:
 
Och aye, i will be sitting doon tae eat mine affa soon... :)
 
Address To A Haggis By Robert Burns

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o' need,
While thro' your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dight,
An' cut ye up wi' ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright
Like onie ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich!

Then, horn for horn, they strech an' strive:
Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve,
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
'Bethankit!' hums.

Is there that owre his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi' perfect sconner,
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view
On sic a dinner?

Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As fec*less as a wither'd rash,
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;
Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He'll make it whissle;
An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned,
Like taps o' thrissle.

Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o 'fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer,
Gie her a Haggis!
 
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I've had haggis already today on my breakfast roll.

Now waiting on my haggis, neeps and tatties now with whiskey sauce.
 
Not tonight, but I do indulge quite regularly, McSweens Haggis roolz!
 
Mine escaped so had to have home made chicken soup instead :thumbs:
 
Love haggis didnt know it was Burns night tonight :bang:

Ah well I just a fabulous Pork Thai green curry with boiled rice and prawn crackers it was yummy :thumbs:
 
MackieStaggie said:
... and we all know the Haggis does not swim so well. It was not pretty :(
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The reason that they can't swim well is their legs being of unequal length they tend to spin around in circles, exhaust themselves and subsequently drown, the poor dears.

It would be perfectly possible, with selective breeding, to rear an aquatic haggis strain for less mountainous regions thus allowing the expat community, such as the Surrey Scots, to keep them in the lowlands without fear of open water incidents. After all it's their inquisitive nature that often gets them into trouble with water in the first place.

No Haggis for this house tonight unfortunately, but I will probably indulge later in the week; it's just not the same without Macallen 18 though. :(
 
Well he didn't die in vain.

Full tummies all round.
 
I am nae eating that crap ...having a chinkie ;)
 
I am worried about Charlie A.K.A Sawman. Many a brave man has gone out in search of the Haggis but never to return :eek::eek:
 
Haggis earlier accompanied by tatties and neep, a dram now and the leftover haggis will get a wee reheat for consuming in rolls at lunch tomorrow.
 
mj4456 said:
Haggis earlier accompanied by tatties and neep, a dram now and the leftover haggis will get a wee reheat for consuming in rolls at lunch tomorrow.
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So your Rolls has a built-in microwave?
 
u8myufo said:
Do you agree with cooking them live? I heard it is the best way really :shrug:
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No, and it's a common misconception really that you have to boil them live. There is no reason why the Haggis should not be culled humanly. There are some who seem to try and capture the Haggis alive and then boil it as it keeps with tradition, but I tend to disagree with them

DemiLion said:
The reason that they can't swim well is their legs being of unequal length they tend to spin around in circles, exhaust themselves and subsequently drown, the poor dears.

It would be perfectly possible, with selective breeding, to rear an aquatic haggis strain for less mountainous regions thus allowing the expat community, such as the Surrey Scots, to keep them in the lowlands without fear of open water incidents. After all it's their inquisitive nature that often gets them into trouble with water in the first place.

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Agree selective breading does help for the ex-pats who have left Bonnie Scotland, or even for those who aren't Scots but love the taste of the Haggis. However there are concerns about how the wild Haggis would take to the 'even Legged Haggis' if introduced to the Highlands.

u8myufo said:
I am worried about Charlie A.K.A Sawman. Many a brave man has gone out in search of the Haggis but never to return :eek::eek:
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This is concerning, although the Haggis is normally a solitary and lonely critter, when threatened (and at this time of year they are) they do tend to form packs and can become quite vicious....I only hope he got away in time.
 
Was this really the last time I started a Haggis thread? Boy, am I slipping!

Anyway, it's almost that time of year again. I can already hear the Laphroaig calling and I'm off out on the annual haggis hunt this afternoon. Once again, I will be seeking out that special creature of the clan MacSween in the wild & misty hills of the Scottish Highlands.



Or Waitrose, whichever I get to first. :D
 
I was confused when I read the original post then realised it was from 2011.

Mine is bought but need to pick up the accompanying neeps n tatties.
 
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fabs said:
Once again, I will be seeking out that special creature of the clan MacSween in the wild & misty hills of the Scottish Highlands.



Or Waitrose, whichever I get to first. :D
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I tried their veggie haggis for the first time last weekend. It was sort of OK, but not a proper substitute for the real thing!
 
Julie1979 said:
I was confused when I read the original post then realised it was from 2011.

Mine is bought but need to pick up the accompanying neeps n tatties.
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BOUGHT?! Haggis should be hunted by the end consumer and the best ones run clockwise when viewed from below. Unfortunately, I'm having several teeth out later today so chewing might be difficult for a week or 2. Haggis might be doable though (but will have to be farmed not wild.)
 
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