 Editor in Chief Bill   | 02 Aug 2009 6:25 p.m. PST |
A haggis recipe was published in an English recipe book hundreds of years before any evidence of the dish in Scotland, an historian has claimed. link |
| Jakar Nilson | 02 Aug 2009 7:12 p.m. PST |
So? Most Non-Scots seem to think (wrongly) that it's the Devil's food. I can't see why they'd be hungry to brat about what they detest… |
| Streitax | 02 Aug 2009 8:03 p.m. PST |
Just another case of those thieving English taking the credit for somebody else's ideas. But why steal Hagis??????? |
| Mr Pumblechook | 02 Aug 2009 8:31 p.m. PST |
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| Zyphyr | 02 Aug 2009 8:32 p.m. PST |
We knew that Scottish food is all based on a dare. Now we know that in the case of Haggis the dare was "Hey, bet you can't eat that daft thing some english fool came up with." |
| kyoteblue | 02 Aug 2009 8:57 p.m. PST |
I'm still not going to eat it……… |
| Jana Wang | 02 Aug 2009 9:07 p.m. PST |
There's nothing in it that's not in your average hot dog. |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 02 Aug 2009 10:39 p.m. PST |
Of course this doesn't mean that the English beat the Scots to haggis. Just to writing. |
| x42brown | 02 Aug 2009 11:18 p.m. PST |
I was always taught, and have seen some evidence for, it being French. Brought back by Scots fighting for the French during the 100 years war. x42 |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 03 Aug 2009 1:34 a.m. PST |
Gosh. Next thing they'll be telling us that bagpipes and kilts weren't invented by the Scots. Wait…wadayamean they weren't? |
| Veteran Cosmic Rocker | 03 Aug 2009 2:42 a.m. PST |
When we go to visit my wife's family (the scottish side not the sicilian half) at new year I always find that haggis is best washed down with several (several!) whiskey macs – to the point that my face is numb and I can't walk – it seems to help with the haggis. |
| Chortle | 03 Aug 2009 3:25 a.m. PST |
No surprise there. William Wallace is also English (from Newcastle.) So much for Brave heart! The Scots are always trying to steal our thunder. Next they will be claiming that Scotch isn't from London. |
| Henrix | 03 Aug 2009 5:59 a.m. PST |
It's good to see that England and Scotland is still competing for the worst food! (Though the US has shaped up quite a bit, if not surpassed them.) |
| Honcho | 03 Aug 2009 8:00 a.m. PST |
This reminds me I've been meaning to deep fry a candy-bar… |
| Balin Shortstuff | 03 Aug 2009 9:23 a.m. PST |
"and kilts weren't invented by the Scots." The English tried to lay claim. Check out the section on the "small" kilt. link |
 McKinstry  | 03 Aug 2009 1:20 p.m. PST |
They are all really the same people. The English are simply Southern Scots. London is to Edinburgh as Atlanta is to New York. |
| charared | 03 Aug 2009 5:23 p.m. PST |
Hmmm… How 'bout deep fried haggis? "Now at Burger King… have your wee Haggis YOUR way!"… or… Maybe "McDonald's" could serve up a deep fried heaping helping of haggis wif' "special sauce" Yum… 
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| Toaster | 04 Aug 2009 3:06 p.m. PST |
1000 years ago the Scots invaded Ireland, in revenge the Irish gave the Scots the bagpipes, and the Scots still havn't got the joke. And I'm of Scots descent myself. Robert |
 Der Alte Fritz | 04 Sep 2009 11:43 a.m. PST |
I've enjoyed haggis the few times that I ate it. |
| Steve Holmes 11 | 12 Oct 2009 3:24 a.m. PST |
I suspect that Haggis, like a number of other offal based snacks evolved independently across the world. I've been surprised to find Black pudding equivalents in Catalunya (I also noticed Jamie Oliver enjoying some native american black pudding in Arizona). Another thing I considered a northern staple (Tripe) shows up in Catalunya and Malaysia. So Haggis is a pretty practical food for rustlers/foragers.
1. Locate livestock.
2. Kill.
3. Eat first the bits that won't keep (Intestines and contents)
4. Domesticate the recipe by adding chopped intestine and seasoning. |
