The REAL Haggis
As much as we Scots love to kid on about our "wee highland beastie" Here is the facts about our beloved Haggis:
Haggis is a kind of savoury pudding containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach and simmered for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach.
As the 2001 English edition of the Larousse Gastronomique puts it, "Although its description is not immediately appealing, haggis has an excellent nutty texture and delicious savoury flavour".
The haggis is a traditional Scottish dish, considered the national dish of Scotland as a result of Robert Burns' poem Address to a Haggis of 1787. Haggis is traditionally served with "neeps and tatties" (Scots: turnip and potato, boiled and mashed separately), especially as the main course of a Burns supper. However it is also often eaten with other accompaniments.
Haggis is a kind of savoury pudding containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach and simmered for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach.
As the 2001 English edition of the Larousse Gastronomique puts it, "Although its description is not immediately appealing, haggis has an excellent nutty texture and delicious savoury flavour".
The haggis is a traditional Scottish dish, considered the national dish of Scotland as a result of Robert Burns' poem Address to a Haggis of 1787. Haggis is traditionally served with "neeps and tatties" (Scots: turnip and potato, boiled and mashed separately), especially as the main course of a Burns supper. However it is also often eaten with other accompaniments.
What is this site for?
This site was created for fun due to the popularity of our Wildlife cards.
Every culture has some sort of creature that they like to use to have fun with tourists, whether it be a Snipe, a Jackalope or whatever. We all like to laugh and have fun so we made this site to have fun and to honour our Scottish heritage.
The idea of a wee creature running around the highlands created a great deal of interest and tourism. You may have at one time been fooled by the stories of the Highland Beastie so take our wee test to see how sharp you are:
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Every culture has some sort of creature that they like to use to have fun with tourists, whether it be a Snipe, a Jackalope or whatever. We all like to laugh and have fun so we made this site to have fun and to honour our Scottish heritage.
The idea of a wee creature running around the highlands created a great deal of interest and tourism. You may have at one time been fooled by the stories of the Highland Beastie so take our wee test to see how sharp you are:
BEGIN TEST