Burns Week

[blue b4 the moon]

Correction: a load of butter, a pinch of salt 'n pepper! Carrots 'n swede mash is food for the heart 'n soul as well as the body.

Ha I used 'bit' for the ultra health conscious.

 

[aka blue jambo]

I think I like haggis but always so pished I can never remember

 

[LWashington]

When I was a kid we used to have haggis, mashed potato and mushy peas about once a month. No idea where my dad used to get the haggis from. I think I've only had it once since, somewhere was selling it in the mid 1990s and I bought one, again can't remember where. Do supermarkets sell them or is it only butchers ?

 

[Alex - City Matters]

When I was a kid we used to have haggis, mashed potato and mushy peas about once a month. No idea where my dad used to get the haggis from. I think I've only had it once since, somewhere was selling it in the mid 1990s and I bought one, again can't remember where. Do supermarkets sell them or is it only butchers ?

Morrisons definitely sell it.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

As do Waitrose and Tesco.

 

[TheBlueDune]

Haggis chips and beans works well for me. Spicier the better.

Had veggie haggis once and that was good as well.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

If you go to a good butcher in Scotland, you can buy one of the great dishes of the world. A good Haggis is marvellous with a really subtle flavour. Tatties and neeps set it off nicely. Beats tripe and onions.

I agree. Done a lot of work in Scotland and the best haggis I've ever had was from a small independent butcher/fishmonger in a village somewhere along the A76 south of Kilmarnock towards M74. If anyone knows this shop please tell me, as next time I'm over the border I'll make sure I go to this shop. Like I said he also had a fish counter and I also bought some lovely fresh haddock there.

I like haggis with a friend egg on top.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I think I had it as part of a cooked breakfast along with bacon,black pudding etc. So maybe it was the wrong way to try eating haggis for the first time.

A good Scottish breakfast beats a good English breakfast IMO. Tatty scones, square (lorn)sausage, haggis and good Ayrshire bacon tips the balance I think.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

When I was a kid we used to have haggis, mashed potato and mushy peas about once a month. No idea where my dad used to get the haggis from. I think I've only had it once since, somewhere was selling it in the mid 1990s and I bought one, again can't remember where. Do supermarkets sell them or is it only butchers ?

Supermarkets sell haggis. Avoid 'Halls,' they are the equivalent of Bells whiskey. Mass produced and far too salty.

 

[Gabriel]

A week? What do they do for the other six days and 23 hours?

Good question. It's Burns Night, not even a day let alone a week.

A test of Boris Johnson's negotiation skills should be to see whether he can get the USDA to reverse its ban on the importation of haggis. "We'll see your chlorinated chicken and raise you a haggis..."