I've seen it around. There's even a vegetarian version
A different brand
>consists of kidney beans, lentils, peanuts, walnuts, almonds, carrots, turnip, mushrooms and vegetable margarine, together with the traditional ingredients of oatmeal, onions and our special blend of spices and seasoning. These are all put into a man-made casing and cooked together to produce this unique version of Scotland's national dish.
An American blogger come up with some Scots fusion cuisine (her haggis is fresh, not canned)
>My favorite is Haggis Nachos, that’s right, instead of ground beef, crumble some haggis over your plate of tortilla chips slathered in cheese and jalapenos. How about some haggis curry, haggis with polenta, haggis pot stickers, haggis lasagna, or a haggis california roll. Haggis, it’s not just for Burn’s night anymore.
[Her tag line is a play on an old ad for orange juice. "Orange juice. It's not just for breakfast anymore."]
I won't say: We've been here before; Nutrax, take note.
I will say: Canning has long been practised in Britain (think of tin mines). But only the best, the most canny, were allowed to tin haggis.
I just can't see how they're possibly canned unless the little buggers have been de-boned. BTW - were they free range or farmed?
They're baby haggis, DD. Each haggi is so.small that you can pop it in your mouth, bones and all. Like tinned sardines, or ortolans. And since they're milk-fed, it doesn't much matter if they're freerange or battery.
That's unbelievable. The wonders of the web. Who'd have known.
Do the wee Rabbie Burns' worshipers have a sole agency franchise on the naming rights of haggis like the good citizens of say the Champagne, Armagnac and Cognac districts in Frogland etc.?
I'm seriously thinking of doing a business model on the viability of raising haggis here in the southern hemisphere and flood the northern market in their off season.
it didn't occur to me to read the label.
You can get haggis on prescription in Scotland from your GP (doctor) for certain ailments. Unlike in England, prescriptions are free for everyone in Scotland. Whenever prescriptions are issued they state 'Always read the label'. This is important in case you're allergic to any of the ingredients. Adverse reactions can take up to 72 hours to manifest, Usher - and they are far from rare when it comes to ingesting haggis. The chances are you'll be fine - but it might be prudent to review your will, just in case. Have you considered leaving money to the Haggis Foundation?
Needless to say, GPs' practices are full of people feigning illnesses to get free haggis on prescription.
P.S. Why do people add something after stating 'needless to say', except on those rare occasions when it's used to concur?
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