well we just had a haggis for tea.. and I liked it!

Haggis, neeps and tatties. Gotten at tesco. easy to cook and tasty!

Im not a fan of offal, but there's something different about haggis (in small doses!) that makes you forget what you're actually eating.

Glad to hear you liked it!

How brave you are! Glad you liked it!

well liver and kidneys are good for you. I thought it was quite tasty, as were the (turnips) neeps, with lots of pepper on them. I am now washing everything down with a Tennents. 

I don't understand exactly what goes into haggis?  It's stuffed into a sheep's gut - is that right?  And it has oatmeal in it?  Just wondering more specifics?

When we were in Edinburgh over New Years, Steve was going to try one but he chickened out because he wasn't sure how to eat it -- meaning are you supposed to eat the casing or leave it?  Etc.

Most people dont eat the casing... if it was served to you in a restaurant, it would probably not have the casing on it anyway.

It is indeed a stuffed sheep's stomach... stuffed with oatmeal, onions, spices... and liver, kidneys, heart and lungs of the sheep.

Honestly,  you could not eat it if you thought about what was in it, but as a once-or-twice a year thing, it's not bad.  When i eat it, i generally eat it as a stuffing... like a chicken breast stuffed with it.  Occasionally i might have the chip shop version, which is a sausage stuffed with haggis, battered and fried, with chips.

Honestly,  you could not eat it if you thought about what was in it, but as a once-or-twice a year thing, it's not bad. 

With lots of whisky!  LOL

Ok, I don't think I could/would eat haggis -- I don't mind what it's stuffed into, but I just don't like offal meats, at all.  I would probably eat a veggie haggis but I would say that doesn't count as it's not 'real' haggis.  I'll tell Steve though so if he gets brave again in the future...

Thanks for the info, QG!

You are so brave!  I don't think I could do it!  But Then I can't really say how gross it is either  (I hate when people do that about food they never tried!)

I tried it in Edinburgh a few years ago, and liked it.  Until I really thought about it.

I like minced collops, though, which to me tastes a lot like haggis but without the echy feeling.  So I make that fairly often, with mash.

With lots of whisky!  LOL

_{There's not enough whiskey on the planet.....}

Nope, no way. I completely agree with Stacey that it's irritating when people say "yuck" about something they aren't willing to try, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to do just that. I wouldn't be able to get beyond what it is.... I've tried kidney once and hated it with a passion. That's about as close as I've come or intend to get. 

I don't eat meat anymore (haven't for nearly 30 years), but I used to love kidney! Steak & kidney pie was one of my very favourite meals as a child -- until my uncle started calling it Snake & Pygmy pie. But even then, when I was a carnivore, I couldn't eat things hotdogs! Just the thought of what was in them .... eeeeuw.

I like minced collops, though, which to me tastes a lot like haggis but without the echy feeling. So I make that fairly often, with mash.

What are minced collops?

Nope, no way. I completely agree with Stacey that it's irritating when people say "yuck" about something they aren't willing to try, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to do just that. I wouldn't be able to get beyond what it is.... I've tried kidney once and hated it with a passion. That's about as close as I've come or intend to get. 

Anne, I completely agree! I have given all of the kids in the family grief for years "What do you mean you don't like it?! You've not tasted it yet!" But, I don't eat liver....well, because it's liver so the idea of eating other organs just completely turns me off. Maybe if I didn't know what it was I could do it BUT....on second thought, just no way! 

I have only ever tried veggie haggis and I liked those just fine.  I'd try the other kind, but don't think it's something I'd love either... though...

I keep telling people if you eat hot dogs, bologna, tinned meats, pate, pressed reformed lunch meat or any other processed food containing meat you are likely eating offal. 

Not that I make offal any part at all in my day to day diet. 

I keep telling people if you eat hot dogs, bologna, tinned meats, pate, pressed reformed lunch meat or any other processed food containing meat you are likely eating offal. 

Not that I make offal any part at all in my day to day diet. 

Yes but the thing about hot dogs, etc. is that I don't KNOW I'm eating offal so but with haggis....