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hands up - I am Scottish and have never put Haggis in my mouth - nor would I - it gives me the heebie jeebies....
When I first moved down here I told everyone it was a furry animal with 6 legs - 3 short and 3 long which lived in the mountains
It could only run one way round and to catch one, you had to confuse it and make it turn back on itself, therefore falling over
I said haggis legs were a delicacy and if they were ever in Scotland to go into the butchers and DEMAND haggis legs....the butcher would try and tell them they didn't exist because they only sold them to scots....But to insist
I shall go straight to Hell...  |
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over a year ago
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Don't know about veggie ones but the best real ones available in England, in my humble opinion, are from Marks and Sparks.
Very tasty and easy to cook - instructions on the pack. |
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"hands up - I am Scottish and have never put Haggis in my mouth - nor would I - it gives me the heebie jeebies....
When I first moved down here I told everyone it was a furry animal with 6 legs - 3 short and 3 long which lived in the mountains
It could only run one way round and to catch one, you had to confuse it and make it turn back on itself, therefore falling over
I said haggis legs were a delicacy and if they were ever in Scotland to go into the butchers and DEMAND haggis legs....the butcher would try and tell them they didn't exist because they only sold them to scots....But to insist
I shall go straight to Hell... "
lol well i don't really eat a lot of meat just chicken so i was thinking if veggie one i may have a go , lol But give family real one with clap shot and whiskey sauce , lol |
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over a year ago
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Sweenies are some of the best, and has to be with tatties and neeps 
Just think of it as a large sausage and there'll no need to get all lahdidah about it |
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"Another fan of Mcsweens from Waitrose.well i am getting some tomorrow now xx thankyou xx "
Thres meat and Veggie ones - I only have the Veggie ones.
If you slice it in about half inch think slices, brush with oil and lay out on a tray then cook in the over for about 15 minutes at 180c - They are hot slightly crispy on the edges.
I use them as a substitute for Black Pudding in my world famous* Veggie breakfast.
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*Well, famous with overnight guests anyway |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Noooooooo!!!!!! Just watching hairy bikers and they've done haggis on there lol"
snap and i am making that tomorrow but needed to know if i could get veggie as me and my girl don't eat the stuff in a real haggis . xx sure others will have a go at nomal .. just be different , xxx
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"Another fan of Mcsweens from Waitrose.well i am getting some tomorrow now xx thankyou xx
Thres meat and Veggie ones - I only have the Veggie ones.
If you slice it in about half inch think slices, brush with oil and lay out on a tray then cook in the over for about 15 minutes at 180c - They are hot slightly crispy on the edges.
I use them as a substitute for Black Pudding in my world famous* Veggie breakfast.
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*Well, famous with overnight guests anyway "
wow that sounds fab i am always looking for new things xxx |
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By *atchMan
over a year ago
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Love haggis was on a business trip to Edinburgh and took the important Scottish client out for dinner in the evening I ordered Haggis and when the waitress bought it she said would you like anything else and I said yes some gravy please, she looked at me in disgust and said err you mean the stuff we put on lamb.
Nearly died of embarrassment but the client said its ok he's English, she just grinned and went and got me some.  |
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"Love haggis was on a business trip to Edinburgh and took the important Scottish client out for dinner in the evening I ordered Haggis and when the waitress bought it she said would you like anything else and I said yes some gravy please, she looked at me in disgust and said err you mean the stuff we put on lamb.
Nearly died of embarrassment but the client said its ok he's English, she just grinned and went and got me some. "
well you never new , its whiskey sauce thay make , Maybe should have offered you that .. x |
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Haggis are a bit like whisky. There are lots of different ones with different tastes.
Living up here I can go to different local butchers and get a different one from each. I prefer the coarser texture ones, preferrably with a bit more pepper than usual. I also like slices of it on a full breakfast.
When I was working up here and living in Norfolk I used to take orders for the local stuff and fill a coolbox with it on my last day! McSween, while probably the only one supermarkets stock, is overpriced and not the nicest.
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"Noooooooo!!!!!! Just watching hairy bikers and they've done haggis on there lol snap and i am making that tomorrow but needed to know if i could get veggie as me and my girl don't eat the stuff in a real haggis . xx sure others will have a go at nomal .. just be different , xxx"
I suppose you could swap the offal with ground korn mince  |
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love it!!
i used to have it with savoy cabbage, boiled potatoes and gravy with HP sauce in it.
Now i wouldnt have the potatoes so just a load of veg, maybe cauliflower etc or even just on its own with a poached duck egg on top |
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Personally I am against the hunting and killing of the Haggis for food.
Once prevalent all over Scotland you can now only find small flocks of Haggis in the Highlands and in the Outer Hebrides.
WHEN WILL MANKIND LEARN!!! GAH!   |
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"Can you get veggie one ? and how do you like your Haggis if you eat it .?  "
I love veggie haggis,,,, but I'm also very partial to veggie white pudding which some people mealy pudding.....
Deep fried white pudding done in a crisp beer-batter, with pile of homemade chips and generous dollop of brazed leeks smothered in onion gravy .... OMG.... heaven on a plate....  |
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"Can you get veggie one ? and how do you like your Haggis if you eat it .?
Having some for the first time tomorrow, at my friend’s wedding, so I’ll tell you after that! "
yes i should love to here what you think of it xxx |
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"Can you get veggie one ? and how do you like your Haggis if you eat it .?
I love veggie haggis,,,, but I'm also very partial to veggie white pudding which some people mealy pudding.....
Deep fried white pudding done in a crisp beer-batter, with pile of homemade chips and generous dollop of brazed leeks smothered in onion gravy .... OMG.... heaven on a plate.... "
wow i never new about this ... will open a new world up for me and my girl xx |
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"At Christmas my mum uses the veggie haggis as a middle layer in a nut roast, then a layer of roasted parsnips and serves with onion gravy. Yum!"
well i sall be giving that a go. Thankyou i am sure the rest may like nomal one but sounds different for us. xxxx
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"At Christmas my mum uses the veggie haggis as a middle layer in a nut roast, then a layer of roasted parsnips and serves with onion gravy. Yum!"
well i sall be giving that a go. Thankyou i am sure the rest may like nomal one but sounds different for us. xxxx
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By *atchMan
over a year ago
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I used to love going to McSweens butchers shop in Edinburgh when up there about 20 years ago before they started mass production for supermarkets was the bet haggis used to bring some home. |
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"Can you get veggie one ? and how do you like your Haggis if you eat it .?
I love veggie haggis,,,, but I'm also very partial to veggie white pudding which some people mealy pudding.....
Deep fried white pudding done in a crisp beer-batter, with pile of homemade chips and generous dollop of brazed leeks smothered in onion gravy .... OMG.... heaven on a plate.... "
Red pudding!!!! Don't know if you can get it anywhere other than in Fife......Deep friend with chippy chips....Heaven... |
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"At Christmas my mum uses the veggie haggis as a middle layer in a nut roast, then a layer of roasted parsnips and serves with onion gravy. Yum!well i sall be giving that a go. Thankyou i am sure the rest may like nomal one but sounds different for us. xxxx"
She also insists on doing me turkey, despite the fact I'm the only meat eater in my family and prefer nut roast. Bless her x |
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"Can you get veggie one ? and how do you like your Haggis if you eat it .?
I love veggie haggis,,,, but I'm also very partial to veggie white pudding which some people mealy pudding.....
Deep fried white pudding done in a crisp beer-batter, with pile of homemade chips and generous dollop of brazed leeks smothered in onion gravy .... OMG.... heaven on a plate....
Red pudding!!!! Don't know if you can get it anywhere other than in Fife......Deep friend with chippy chips....Heaven..."
is Red pudding veggie ? i new new there was all sorts of puddings and all sorts of haggis .. See i love nuts and oats and spices and like a little deep frying now and again x |
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"hands up - I am Scottish and have never put Haggis in my mouth - nor would I - it gives me the heebie jeebies....
When I first moved down here I told everyone it was a furry animal with 6 legs - 3 short and 3 long which lived in the mountains
It could only run one way round and to catch one, you had to confuse it and make it turn back on itself, therefore falling over
I said haggis legs were a delicacy and if they were ever in Scotland to go into the butchers and DEMAND haggis legs....the butcher would try and tell them they didn't exist because they only sold them to scots....But to insist
I shall go straight to Hell... "
Absolutely class..... Def worth burning for m'thinks. |
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"hands up - I am Scottish and have never put Haggis in my mouth - nor would I - it gives me the heebie jeebies....
When I first moved down here I told everyone it was a furry animal with 6 legs - 3 short and 3 long which lived in the mountains
It could only run one way round and to catch one, you had to confuse it and make it turn back on itself, therefore falling over
I said haggis legs were a delicacy and if they were ever in Scotland to go into the butchers and DEMAND haggis legs....the butcher would try and tell them they didn't exist because they only sold them to scots....But to insist
I shall go straight to Hell...
Absolutely class..... Def worth burning for m'thinks. "
Talk about old threads getting bumped..... |
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By *omaMan
over a year ago
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"Having seen how it is made, it put me off eating the stuff for life!"
If you had to see how most food stuffs are produced you wouldn't eat them.
None of the meat based products are a spectator sport. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"banned in America because it contains lung tissue. no more to say."
I find the notion of America, home of the pink gloop McDonald's burger, synthetic cheese, tootsie rolls and chemically-bleached chicken, banning wholly natural products quite amusing.
Probably not enough chemicals in haggis for 'em. |
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I love haggis. Got one in the fridge at the moment to eat this week. Whenever I'm back up in Scotland I have to get a haggis supper (deep fried with chips).
I also found a chippy in Oxford that does haggis supper, it was behind the old Radcliffe Infirmary. They also did deep fried mars bars, but that's a step too far, even for me! |
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Most fish and chip shops in the north east do haggis and absolutely love it. I try not to think about the ingredients though. I'm quite taken by a slice of black pudding as well. |
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I love haggis with a nice whisky sauce.
There's no such thing as a vegetarian haggis, it's just mixed vegetables in the shape of haggis, same as vegetarian bacon or whatever else they choose to falsely name. |
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A vegetarian haggis? What ever next...
By definition haggis is made with meat and offal...
It's like going to a butchers and asking for a steak with no meat in it...
If you are going to eat vegetables be original, don't copy meat dishes with pale imitations... |
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"A vegetarian haggis? What ever next...
By definition haggis is made with meat and offal...
It's like going to a butchers and asking for a steak with no meat in it...
If you are going to eat vegetables be original, don't copy meat dishes with pale imitations... "
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