Hows your haggis

Lovely.

Went for haggis, swede, mash, roasties, cabbage, carrots and green beans.

Big jug of gravy too.

Poetry is rubbish, but I'll take any excuse to have it.
 
Love Burns, don't partake of the haggis. As well as being a genius, he was what is perhaps most politely described as 'a bit of a lad'.
 
Matt Hancock is shown round a hospital ward where people are aimlessly wandering round shouting things like “wee cowerin’ timorous beasty”, “a man’s a man for all that”, “my love is like a red red rose”, and “great chieftain of the pudding race”.

Hancock says “I take it this is the mental ward”, and the accompanying doctor says “No, it’s the serious Burns unit”.


Sorry, couldn't resist posting it, even a day late.
 
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Soutra said:
Nick Hancock is shown round a hospital ward where people are aimlessly wandering round shouting things like “wee cowerin’ timorous beasty”, “a man’s a man for all that”, “my love is like a red red rose”, and “great chieftain of the pudding race”.

Hancock says “I take it this is the mental ward”, and the accompanying doctor says “No, it’s the serious Burns unit”.


Sorry, couldn't resist posting it, even a day late.
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Before or after he presented "They think it's all over" ??
 
We had a vegetarian haggis, turnip and mash last night - absolutely lovely.

Even though I do eat meat, couldn't stomach a real haggis, just the thought of it turns my stomach.
 
Coincidently I had Haggis yesterday for the first time in a few years. Had no idea it was Burns Night. Used to have an excellent Haggis and Bacon Bun for my t-break when Offshore. Their Haggis was brilliant. About the only thing I miss from my Offshore days.
 
The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
We had a vegetarian haggis, turnip and mash last night - absolutely lovely.

Even though I do eat meat, couldn't stomach a real haggis, just the thought of it turns my stomach.
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Most of the ones they sell in supermarkets these days don't use stomach. They're made of heart lungs and liver and have a man made casing. Don't know if heart or lungs are any easier for you to swallow like.

One of the things I liked about living in certain parts of North London is it's much easier to get stuff the English long ago turned their noses up at thanks to the Greek Cypriot and Turkish communities. And the Irish to an extent. The butcher's I used to go to sold all sorts of offal, calf's brains, sweetbreads and sheep's heads. They also had game like pheasants and rabbits. You could also get sheftalia which are meatballs wrapped in caul fat that were very nice. Some of the kebab places on green lanes in harringey even sold penis. Never tried any myself but when I lived in houseshares in my 20s someone showing off by eating a **** kebab after a night out was a pretty regular occurrence.

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Sheftalia (Cypriot Lamb and Pork Sausage) Recipe

Instead of being bound in traditional sausage casing, Cypriot sheftalia (lamb-and-pork sausage) is wrapped in sheets of caul fat, which renders over a live fire. As the fat drips, little towers of flame lick the meat, creating a super crusty exterior that's still moist and juicy inside.
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Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
I like haggis, also like white pudding but can't find it in many places.
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When I was at university most evenings were finished off with a couple of pints in the pub and a stroll down the road for a white pudding supper. Only ever had white pudding in Scotland. Looking on google maps now I see the chippy, the last remaining old fashioned chippy in the town, is now a funeral parlour. Kind of fitting in a way, last time I was in there a few years ago it was real coronary on a plate stuff, deep fried pizzas and Mars bars.
 
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