I once, visited Scotland...
What is a Haggis ?
A haggis is a small animal native to Scotland. Well when I say animal, actually it's a bird with vestigial wings - like the ostrich. Because the habitat of the haggis in exclusively mountainous, and because it is always found on the sides of Scottish mountains, it has evolved a rather strange gait. The poor thing has only three legs, and each leg is a different length - the result of this is that when hunting haggis, you must get them on to a flat plain - then they are very easy to catch - they can only run round in circles.
One day I met another specy, quite different, a rather plumpie one, who had eaten too much sausage...(and haggis!!!)
After catching your haggis, and dispatching it in time honoured fashion, it is cooked in boiling water for a period of time, then served with tatties and neeps (and before you ask, that's potatoes and turnips).
It's generally served on Burns'night, January the 25th...and it's quite a treat...
Want some recipes ?
And don't forget, before you start dining, to address the Haggis:
4 comments:
I love the description of a haggis:) I'm happy to say that I've never actually eaten haggis - I'm all too well aware of what it contains!!
Hahaha!
In Wikipaedia they have a description of a haggis, and someone keeps logging in to delete the word "fictional". The administrators told them off in the end.
My Daddy's sister lives in Scotland, in Fife, and mummy has 2 cousins up there, in Edinburgh.
I haven't eaten haggis. I've seen them though.
:@o
LOL Mousie Ive caught many a haggis up there in those heather clad hills, My grandson used to love me tell him stories of haggis hunting
You must be very careful when eating the legs; they are very bony...LOL
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