Slog - Comments on Haggling for Haggis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis Reuters reports that Scotland is considering lobbying the U.S. to lift a ban on haggis, hoping to boost sales of the sheep-stomach-based national dish. The U.S. banned imports of Scottish haggis after Britain's outbreak of mad cow disease, which is linked to the human brain illness Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Scotland's government insist its haggis -- which usually contains the heart, liver and lungs wrapped inside a sheep's stomach lining -- is safe and wants the ban lifted. "The Scottish government will consider engaging the U.S. government on its haggis import ban ... It is safe or we wouldn't eat it here,"... Copyright 2008 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:59:16 -0800 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:50:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Cato the Younger Younger I have an Uncle of mine (who was born and reared in Scotland) who makes Haggis and I hate to admit it but HAGGIS FUCKING ROCKS!!!!!

My GOD it is so damn good!!!! I know it sounds disgusting but it depends on how it is made. But buying and eating something from a can?.....No that I would not do.

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906508 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906508 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:57:34 -0800 Comment by kinaidos Gie her a Haggis!

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906513 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:58:01 -0800 Comment by monkey I think eating something that's made to have the same texture and flavor of haggis without actually being haggis would make me want to vomit just about as much as the real thing would.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906537 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:01:52 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Haggis is yummy.

Seriously.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906544 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:03:53 -0800 Comment by Barak I've got a bag of greasy looking "Ginkgo Biloba Rings" that have been laying around my office for a few years now that I'll never eat either. A great Strangercrombie combo package in the making.

]]> Barak http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906551 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906551 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:04:48 -0800 Comment by PA Native For a similar product, try scrapple.

You can get it locally at Philly Fevre in Madison Valley.

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906571 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:07:36 -0800 Comment by scharrera @3 - amen to that. Vegetarian haggis if offered at almost all pubs in Scotland. Asked if I ( a veggie) tried it, I answered just what you said.

]]> scharrera http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906583 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:09:03 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Can we boycott Crash writer/director Paul Haggis instead?

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906584 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:09:08 -0800 Comment by NaFun Haggis is goddamned delicious.

That is all.

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906625 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906625 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:17:49 -0800 Comment by Original Monique Haggis is delicious. So is the veggie haggis. I've had both here in the states and in Scotland.

Yum.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906630 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:19:31 -0800 Comment by Big Adventure Steve The British Pantry in Redmond sells canned haggis, both veggie and non. I served it at our somewhat-annual Gung Haggis Fried Chicken dinner and yes, it is gross. Especially when you pierce the heavy plastic "skin" and it explodes all over your tartan.

]]> Big Adventure Steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906643 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906643 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:22:16 -0800 Comment by YO - For a similar product, try scrapple -

SCRAPPLE!! Not at all comparable to Haggis, I'm afraid.... imho

Mmmm..... We had Haggis & Black Pudding just the other day :-D

]]> YO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906685 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906685 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:31:49 -0800 Comment by Big Sven I had haggis in a little inn just across the Scottish border north of Carlyle. Tastes like corn beef hash. Fucking rocked after a week of "Fry it Until All the Taste is Gone" English food. Though truth be told, most Scottish food is every bit as bland as English food. The key to a successful visit? Indian.

By the way- the English will tell you the Scots are stern and unwelcoming. Bullshit. They just don't like the English.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906691 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:32:42 -0800 Comment by Giffy Haggis is quite tasty, but I would not more eat it from a can then I would seafood. Some things need to be prepared fresh.

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906711 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:36:08 -0800 Comment by COMTE Hey, that looks just like Annex Theatre's "bar mascot", "Haggy!"

Someone dropped off a can of it during our recent run of "I Feel Fine", and even the amazing Pamala Mijatov, who can turn just about any culinary sow's ear into a silk purse, was flummoxed about what to do with it.

So, now it sits behind the bar, and occasionally we pull it out and drunkenly talk in Scottish accents.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906738 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:41:01 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 @13 Damn Right, Screw the English.
Vote SNP!

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906773 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:48:13 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool #8: YES PLEASE

]]> Ari Spool http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906798 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906798 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:52:59 -0800 Comment by another PA native yay for Scrapple. Boo for haggis! But it's fine with me for those who want to eat that stuff to get the chance.

I wonder if Craig Ferguson will say anything about this on his show tonight.

]]> another PA native http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906807 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906807 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:54:55 -0800 Comment by Yet Another PA Native Another thumb way up for scrapple. But trust me, you REALLY don't want to know what goes into it. Haven't had haggis, so will withhold judgement on that.

]]> Yet Another PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906891 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906891 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:22:20 -0800 Comment by dkstar Fresh Haggis is amazing !

And I didn't know we had a ban on it...don't they sell it every year up at that Scottish festival in Mount Vernon ?

]]> dkstar http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906954 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:42:12 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I imagine the stuff oozing out the can like something from a David Lynch film.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906987 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c906987 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:52:01 -0800 Comment by w7ngman How can haggis be fresh? Isn't it supposed to be buried for a month or something?

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907005 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907005 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:58:41 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways wow, Savage is such a great boss!!! He brings his employees treats from Europe! Granted, they're inedible treats, but it's the gesture that counts...

I shudder to think what "treats" he brought home from the porn convention...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907025 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907025 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:07:12 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Is it just me, or is Al Gore starting to look like a recently ousted member of the Gambino family? There's this Cosa Nostra look starting to happen...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907033 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907033 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:09:08 -0800 Comment by mac we have canned haggis at husky deli in WS. It's not half bad. No worse than canned chili vs. fresh.

]]> mac http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907182 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907182 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:00:36 -0800 Comment by mac we have canned haggis at husky deli in WS. It's not half bad. No worse than canned chili vs. fresh.

]]> mac http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907186 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907186 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:01:12 -0800 Comment by scot Vegetarian haggis is a fucking crime. Why not have vegetarian scrapple or vegetarian menudo. Or, for that matter, tofu made out of lard. WTF??

]]> scot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907386 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907386 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:45:34 -0800 Comment by Darcy How do you obtain vegetable fat? Do they mean in the form of oil, or is it like... veggie schmaltz?

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907387 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907387 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:45:46 -0800 Comment by gforce um, what is the "skin" this vegetarian haggis is in? and why would you want the skin?

]]> gforce http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907465 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907465 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:13:46 -0800 Comment by Gabriel Real haggis is amazing. It was my pub food of choice during my years in Scotland and I probably had it at least once a week. Especially excellent with a quality whisky. Veggie haggis is good but can't touch the real stuff.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907568 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/haggling_for_haggis#c907568 Chow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:50:18 -0800