--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ronn! wrote: > > > > >> Remember: you are what you eat. (Or drink.) > I replied: > > > > > Anyone on the list eat haggis? > Willam T Goodall responded: > > > > Some people don't eat haggis? > Julia answered: > > > I've never had the pleasure. (I wasn't weaned > > > yet the only time I was in > > > Scotland, for one thing....) > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >Several years ago I had to go to Scotland to look > >at some radiology equipment.... > (snip) > >Customs said that it was not properly packed. I > >think that they just don't > >let it in because it is, well, haggis > Kansas City has a Highland Games weekend every year, > and depending on > which vendors come, sometimes you can get haggis and > sometimes you > can get "haggis sausage." There are Scottish > Festivals and Celtic Festivals > like this across the US every year where you can get > decent haggis, or > haggis sausage. Not being able to import it or eat > it in Scotland is no > excuse, at least not for Americans... ;-)
I've had something that *purported* to be haggis at a local Scottish festival, but it was made with rice instead of oatmeal, and I think it was lamb instead of mature sheep; in addition it wasn't boiled in a sheep's stomach... It tasted like very bland 'dirty rice,' which is a Cajun dish made of various giblets/assorted undefined animal parts/rice/onions etc. Almost anything Cajun will taste *quite* spicy to those who don't eat Mexican/Thai/Indian/Cajun...I couldn't even find *medium* salsa when I worked a couple of near-veggieless months in North Dakota! Standard veggies at people's houses and restaurants in Dickenson: white: potatoes (boiled, mashed & fried), cabbage (pickled or boiled), onions (fried or boiled), navy beans (boiled with salt and maybe some pepper if the cook was adventuresome that day...;} ) and corn (boiled or creamed). In northern Wyoming, they did add baked beans with mild barbeque sauce, and canned green beans (boiled for 10 minutes - no seasoning :P ). Spice Girl Maru ;) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l