Crazy Scottish Food in Boston, or: The Night I Ate Haggis!
For the first part of the Robert Burns Scottish Dinner, no one would tell me what is actually IN Scottish Haggis.
"You've had McDonald's before, right?" said David. "Well, then you've already ingested random animal parts. Don't worry about it-- just eat."
Finally it came out: Haggis is a whole bunch of lamb parts (heart, liver, lung... maybe even "bollocks"), cooked in a sheep stomach. Wow. Haggis is traditionally served with "neeps and tatties," turnip and potatoes, and there is a famous long poem by Robert Burns (author of "Auld Lang Syne," which we sing on New Years), celebrating the glorious "buttocks" appearance of the food. Come watch the play-by play of what happened last night at the Haggis party! Click a thumbnail to enlarge the photo.
And that's what happened last night! I'm pleased to report that we are not only all still alive this morning, but now we also have some hilarious (and some might argue, delicious) cross-cultural memories! (Though I'd still prefer fufu.) So what about you? Have you had Haggis before? How'd you like it? And if you haven't, are you now tempted??
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Very cute post! We're always eating crazy things, and haggis is always brought up as a dare - we haven't had the chance yet! Glad to see you survived!
You can do it!!! :)
It sounds very bad, but the pictures of the haggis looks good. Did you guys stuff the sheep stomach and then sew the stomach back together again? The haggis looks like a huge sausage. You get to try the neatest foods in the world. I am envy of the food you get to try.
Hehe thanks :) I wasn't there when David cooked it, so I did no stomach sewing!