SC - Haggis on TV

[Mark S. Harris]

Kiri replied to me with:
> Stefan li Rous wrote:
> > However, I think the only documentably period recipes are the
> > ones for the fruit haggis.
> > haggis-msg        (79K) 10/ 6/99    Scottish haggis recipes. comments on haggis.
> 
> That's odd.  I was under the impression that the original version of haggis was the
> one with sheep innards and oats....hmmmmmmm

I didn't say the original/older version wasn't the organ meats in the stomach.
I just said that none of the recipes for this version I had in the 
Florilegium were documentably period. I know that some aren't or at
least they aren't medieval. Not with the chili peppers and other things
like that.

But I would love to get any evidence for that kind of haggis being period.

> > "Christmas haggis"??? I keep thinking of this blob of sausage covered in
> > red and green splotches. :-(
> 
> No, silly.  A Christmas haggis must be the fruit haggis you reference above...it
> sounds like it comes out vaguely resembling a steamed pudding made of various kinds of
> fruit and nuts.  It really sounds good, and I may try to make it one of these years!

Okay. You might also be interested in looking at some of the info in
the puddings-msg file. Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether
something is a pudding, sausage or haggis.

And to think, not so long ago the only pudding I was familar with was
the instant stuff you make by dumping the packet of dry powder in milk
and then chilling it. 
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THL Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
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