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@Menorca Mike Neeps are turnips or sweads, usually mashed and goes well with the haggis. Tatties are potatoes that are also mashed. Each compliaments the other.
Haggis is usually made of Oats and barley with the Lungs and heart of the lamb, boiled and then shredded and mix with the oats and barley. Black pepper. Of course there are many variations of the ingredients.
Personally, I love haggis, being a scot an all.
Haggis Ingredients
1 sheep’s stomach bag
1 sheep’s pluck – liver, lungs and heart
3 onions
250g beef Suet
150g oatmeal Barley.salt and black pepper
a pinch of cayenne
150mls of stock/gravyJoss
Current car: BMW X2 sDrive 20i M Sport 5dr Step Auto In metallic Portimão Blue. 04:10:2025
Previous car:Peugeot 308 GT Premium 1.2 Pure tech Petrol.Original or proper offal Haggis is not to my liking, as a Scottish friend found out after we had four day stay with them many years ago. Visits since have been mock haggis made with spiced minced meat in a sheeps stomach, which is carefully rejected to one side at the disgust of his wife. On a positive note the Highlands scenery is superb.
As has been said many times,
A Haggis looks like a football only you don’t kick it, you eat it.
It’s only after you’ve eaten it that you wished you’d kicked it 🙂
Had my first proper Haggis (and single malt!) when I was 12, best friends mother was Scottish and I got taken up to Bathgate for a proper Hogmanay. Not something I’ll ever forget 🙂
Other good memories are being taken to Berwick on Tweed for weekends/weeks holidays with them. I can vividly remeber the first time we went to the local chippy (Miranda’s) and I asked for pie and chips, did I want the pie hot? yes please, then the look of shock as he dropped it into the deep fat fryer!!
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
I just put a haggis in my Sainsbury’s online shop. Main ingredients:
Lamb lungs 32%
Beef fat 24%
Oats 20%Other good memories are being taken to Berwick on Tweed for weekends/weeks holidays with them. I can vividly remeber the first time we went to the local chippy (Miranda’s) and I asked for pie and chips, did I want the pie hot? yes please, then the look of shock as he dropped it into the deep fat fryer!!
I wonder if they invented the deep fryed Mars bar 🤣
Love haggis, one of my favourite meals and having it for tea tonight! 😍
MacSweens haggis is one of the best I’ve ever tried, Sainsbury’s sell it this time of year and it’s beautiful. However, after a bit of research I discovered that MacSweens make the Haggis for Lidl under the “MacAndDonalds” brand name and it’s a mere £1.49 for a 400g haggis and what I’m trying tonight.
Hoping it’s the same recipe. If it is I’m clearing the shelves at my local Lidl tomorrow and filling the freezer. 🤣🤣
Original or proper offal Haggis is not to my liking, as a Scottish friend found out after we had four day stay with them many years ago. Visits since have been mock haggis made with spiced minced meat in a sheeps stomach, which is carefully rejected to one side at the disgust of his wife. On a positive note the Highlands scenery is superb.
Not all are like that Kezo but I understand what you are saying. I’ve tried some and they taste disgusting to my tastes, far too gamey with probably (I guess) far too much offal in them. The MacSweens brand I mentioned in the post above is a much milder tasting wee beastie than many. Maybe give it another try? 😁👍
Love Haggis me yum
Address to a Haggis
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang ‘s my arm.The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o’ need,
While thro’ your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.His knife see Rustic-labour dight,
An’ cut ye up wi’ ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like onie ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich!Then, horn for horn, they stretch an’ strive:
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive,
Till a’ their weel-swall’d kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
Bethankit hums.Is there that owre his French ragout,
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi’ perfect sconner,
Looks down wi’ sneering, scornfu’ view
On sic a dinner?Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckless as a wither’d rash,
His spindle shank a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;
Thro’ bluidy flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread,
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He’ll make it whissle;
An’ legs, an’ arms, an’ heads will sned,
Like taps o’ thrissle.Ye Pow’rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o’ fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu’ prayer,
Gie her a Haggis!The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.Mike I hope you like enjoy your Burns Night and if course your Haggis.
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.Look forward to it Mike
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.I can’t wait Brydo will tell you all about it first thing in morning everyone I know loves Haggis
If you enjoy that Mike, which I’m sure you will, the next step should be a deep fried one from a Glasgow chippy followed by a deep fried Mars bar for dessert. Beautiful!! 😍😍🤣
What a lovely evening the haggis was superb to me it tasted like black pudding we had a Scottish gentleman in a kilt and tartan who read your long text Brydo above just before the haggis came out . The mash potato and turnip were delicious too
Eton mess Kezo and then thortons chocolates was lovely evening I haven’t saw that budget Oled or mini led in person yet but you know me I’m looking at reviews and price drops
Mike here is a “sort of” English translation of the address.
Really glad you had a good time 👍
Address to a Haggis Translation
Good luck to you and your honest, plump face,
Great chieftain of the sausage race!
Above them all you take your place,
Stomach, tripe, or intestines:
Well are you worthy of a grace
As long as my arm.The groaning trencher there you fill,
Your buttocks like a distant hill,
Your pin would help to mend a mill
In time of need,
While through your pores the dews distill
Like amber bead.His knife see rustic Labour wipe,
And cut you up with ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like any ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm steaming, rich!Then spoon for spoon, the stretch and strive:
Devil take the hindmost, on they drive,
Till all their well swollen bellies by-and-by
Are bent like drums;
Then old head of the table, most like to burst,
‘The grace!’ hums.Is there that over his French ragout,
Or olio that would sicken a sow,
Or fricassee would make her vomit
With perfect disgust,
Looks down with sneering, scornful view
On such a dinner?Poor devil! see him over his trash,
As feeble as a withered rush,
His thin legs a good whip-lash,
His fist a nut;
Through bloody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit.But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread,
Clap in his ample fist a blade,
He’ll make it whistle;
And legs, and arms, and heads will cut off
Like the heads of thistles.You powers, who make mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill of fare,
Old Scotland wants no watery stuff,
That splashes in small wooden dishes;
But if you wish her grateful prayer,
Give her [Scotland] a Haggis!The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.All things Scottish this reminds me of when I was younger lol
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.
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