Haggis

[Ianthepaddy]

Can anybody tell me whats in a Haggis

[joggerjayne]

murray ...

Some guy brings it in on a big platter, and then says the "address" and chops it with a big sword ... all very dramatic.

[murraymints]

JJ..quite.....then you all get P****d...!

[jomifl]

that doesn't happen here, we just eat it wi' gusto.

[joggerjayne]

yep

[jomifl]

before anybody asks, gusto is a family friend.

[murraymints]

Jomi...we usually eat it wi neeps an tatties...but gusto is probably quite tasty whomsoever he/she is....couldn't eat a whole one though !!!

[joggerjayne]

It sounds like a Spanish liqueur.

But surely the haggis do is just an escuse to dance, get ratted, and wear my Campbell of Argyle ... and feel up all the blokes.

[murraymints]

Such is Brighton I hear.....lol

[anneasquith]

gusto, attends most parties where alcohol is served !

[Berkshirelad]

Address to A Haggis

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace
As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o' need,
While thro' your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dight,
An' cut you up wi' ready sleight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like ony ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich!

Then, horn for horn,
they stretch an' strive:
Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve,
Are bent lyke drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
"Bethankit!" 'hums.

Is there that owre his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi' perfect sconner,
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view
On sic a dinner?

Poor devil! see him ower his trash,
As feckless as a wither'd rash,
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;
Thro' bloody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He'll mak it whissle;
An' legs an' arms, an' heads will sned,
Like taps o' thrissle.

Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o' fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer,
Gie her a haggis!

[joggerjayne]

Hard to argue with that, murray x

[murraymints]

Blad...will ye no marry mi ?

[jno]

I don't know how people can bear to eat one of the wee things

http://planetbrowny.c...11/01/Wild_Haggis.jpg

[jomifl]

That soons like Rabbie's been at it again!

[murraymints]

Aye......

[dianahoohar]

I thought they looked like this:-
http://www.glenhaggis.com/description.html

[Arksided]

I'm sure the best bits are served to the English, because whilst in Scotland I loved it! as revolting as it sounds.

[sunny-dave]

Have recently discovered that, instead of all the boiling/disintegrating nonsense, it is possible to microwave haggis very effectively - just take out of the skin, break up with a fork & give it some serious rays for a few minutes :=)

Serve as usual with bashed neeps (with butter & black pepper), tatties of your choice and copious quantities of a nice Chablis - to celebrate the Auld Alliance.

[hc4361]

Faggots is the English equivalent. Butchers faggots wrapped in cawl, not this frozen MrBrain's rubbish.