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Haggis

Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish. It is usually served with mashed
turnips and mashed potatoes ("neeps and tatties").

Although there are many recipes, it is normally made with the following
ingredients: sheep's heart, liver, and lungs (or "lights"), minced with
onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock and traditionally
boiled in the animal's stomach for several hours. In this it somewhat
resembles other stuffed intestines, otherwise known as sausages, of which it
is one of the largest types. Vegetarian recipes also exist, and the best of
these make an extremely tasty haggis.

In some ways it resembles scrapple. However it differs in the following
ways: it uses sheep offal instead of pig offal and oatmeal instead of
cornmeal; it is a sausage rather than a meat loaf; and it is boiled instead
of being baked. As a result, the appearance and the flavour are very
different.

Haggis is traditionally served with the Burns supper on January 25th, when
Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, is commemorated. (He wrote a poem
about the haggis). During Burns' lifetime haggis was a popular dish for the
poor, since it made use of parts of a sheep that would otherwise have been
wasted.

Haggis is widely available in supermarkets in Scotland all the year round,
and the cheaper brands are normally packed in artificial casings, rather
than stomachs, just as the cheaper brands of sausages are no longer stuffed
into animal intestines. In addition, practically all Scottish fish and chips
shops will sell their customers a haggis supper. This consists of a small
single portion haggis dipped in batter and deep fried with chips; it
provides a hot, filling, and very satisfying high-calorie meal for a cold
winter's day. There are also fast-food shops that sell haggis burgers, with
a patty of fried haggis on a bun.

Since many countries' food safety laws outlaw some of the ingredients in
haggis, expatriate Scots and Scots descendants overseas have been known to
engage in haggis smuggling to obtain true Scottish haggis.

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