[Sca-cooks] Haggis: [Fwd: News of the Weird]

[Mark.S Harris]

Elizabeth asked:
>     So what is good haggis like?  I had some at the Richmond Highland
> games and Bleeaahh!  I happen to love scrapple, although I haven't had
> any in years, and that was wonderfully spiced.  The haggis had all the
> qualities I despise in oatmeal:  bland, glutinous and heavy.

That doesn't sound like any of the haggis I've had. I remember them
actually being rather dry and crumbly, rather than glutinous.

Also, the organ-meat based haggis is only one of the types of haggis.
I do notice though that there seems to be an almost universal dislike
for canned haggis. At least Spam can be good if fried.

For more details on haggis, check this file in the FOOD-MEATS
section of the Florilegium:
haggis-msg        (88K)  5/16/01    Scottish haggis recipes. comments on
haggis.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/haggis-msg.html

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net