Okay... haggis: love it or loathe it?

[grumpyduck]

And if you loathe it, have you ever really treid it?

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

1. Never tried it...

...but the recipes I’ve seen don’t sound very appealing

[Siwsan]

2. I like it - and I've tried the real thing, in Scotland

It was served with turnips, as I recall. Actually quite tasty.

I had it again at a Highland Festival in Alma, Michigan. Again, tasty but not quite the same as the real, tradtional version.

[ailsagirl]

33. Ditto here

Tried it in Scotland-- pretty tasty!

[PJMcK]

3. Loathe it!

I will never eat it again!

I've tried it about half a dozen times without any success. It's just not my thing. Than again, I don't like organ meats.

Once, I had to eat it at a funeral for the husband of a friend. They were born and raised in Scotland and I presume that the haggis served was superior. I feared I would get sick from the taste/texture/smell.

Never again!

But go ahead and enjoy it yourself!

[sinkingfeeling]

4. It's okay when in Scotland.

[hlthe2b]

5. I have an issue with organ meats... whether it is chitlins, tripe, haggis,

or any of the rest of it.

As a child someone tried to get me to eat kidney upon which a good temper tantrum provided escape.

Later on (and after having participated in dissection of both human and animal kidneys) I could not find a way to escape trying the proffered kidney pie as an adult, and as prepared by British colleagues. OMG, it tasted and felt on the tongue--just like the kidney anatomy revealed under finger tips. UGGH. I could literally "feel" the tubules. UGGGH. Did I say UGGH?

I've traveled extensively and eaten some grotesque things, but no organ meats for me...

Bon appetit! More for thee and thine.

[Liberal Veteran]

9. My dad made beef tripe once when I was a teen. He seemed to like it. My response was....

...less than enthusiastic. That was my initial, "I think I'll be a vegetarian today" day.

I know I've eaten some nasty stuff, but beef tripe stood head and shoulders and stomach lining above the rest for being in the category of "only if I was literally starving and even then starving might be preferable".

[Drahthaardogs]

18. Menudo

Mmmmmm, best hangover cure ever

[T_i_B]

23. Tripe is just about the worst offal

Can't get on with that texture at all.

[snowybirdie]

6. Had it for dinner one night

Spent the entire next day's tour in the bus bathroom! Sick as a dog the entire day

[Runningdawg]

7. Loathe it

I am an adventurous eater (fish cheeks, calf fries, heart) but I tried it twice and hated it. I'm not much of a drinker, the first time I was sober, I figured that might have been the problem but it didn't go down any easier drunk.

[braddy]

8. Freeze dried Haggis? Is it April yet?

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[pansypoo53219]

10. i'll have the brat please.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

11. Liked it! nt

[3catwoman3]

12. I ate it every morning for 2 weeks...

...while in Edinburgh, at the scrumptious breakast buffet at the Marriott Dalmahoy hotel. It was fine.

I also like scrapple.

[mulsh]

13. Good haggis is fine. I've had haggis smuggled in from Scotland that was great and there's a local

butcher shop that makes it on order. There's some real crap haggis out there. My Irish family is amused at my culinary daring. I haven't told them about the large quantities of Drambuie and Whiskey one consumes when eating haggis.

[Dave Starsky]

14. I've had it and kind of liked it.

Nice savory taste.

But I wouldn't go out of my way to eat it.

[auntAgonist]

15. I love haggis. Truly. Served with Mashed Potatoes and 'Neeps.

I like the potatoes and turnips mashed together OR mashed potatoes with cubed turnips.

The spices have to be 'just right' and it is delicious.

I was born and raised in Scotland. We didn't have haggis very often but when we did ... oh my.


I hope those of you who loathe it are speaking from having tried it. I'm sorry you didn't like it.


aA

[GoneOffShore]

16. Haggis, black pudding, boudin noir - Love them all.

Can't deal with andouillette though - chitlin sausage. Even with lots of strong mustard.

[zanana1]

25. My father used to eat boudin noir...

He ate it every morning for years. I'd slowly exit the kitchen.

[jmowreader]

34. Chitlin sausage? You're kidding, right?

Chitlins are sausage casings. What the hell is the point of stuffing sausage casings with more sausage casings?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

17. I've never had it so i"m not sure but how are you feeling about scrapple?

I love it!

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

19. Unlike some here, I am very fond of organ meats such as kidney and tripe.

However, I have said that haggis is made from the bits of sheep that civilized people throw to the dogs. It is served with whisky, so that you can properly drink yourself into insensibility before eating it. It is traditionally brought in to the music of bagpipes so as to distract you from the haggis.

[grumpyduck]

20. LOL!

[bikebloke]

21. I ate some in Scotland.

Haggis, neeps and tatties. I liked it. It was the turnips I didn't care for.

[RobinA]

22. Was In Scotland

and a lot of people seemed to like it. Me? I wouldn’t try it for money. I don’t think I could get it down. Yes I like scrapple. It’s all what you’re used to, I guess. I grew up eating scrapple.

[T_i_B]

24. I really like haggis

But being from Sheffield, I like it best when covered in Henderson's Relish!

[SWBTATTReg]

26. If the food, then 'YUCK!!!!'...nt

[Eyeball_Kid]

27. I've trended vegetarian for decades, but when in Scotland,

I tried haggis twice; once at the home of my host and friend in Edinburgh, Roddy, and once in a hotel in Portree, Skye. What I learned is that the quality of the taste of haggis is dependent on the preparation. Roddy cooked up some haggis that was, shall we say, uneventful, but tolerable. I think it had to do with the length of time on the skillet. In Portree, the haggis, as part of a "genuine Scottish breakfast", was disgusting and nearly nauseating, because of the overwhelming taste of sheep blood. In my younger days, I was a committed carnivore, and enjoyed a rare steak. But the Portree haggis was so over the top with the taste of blood, I was spontaneously conjuring up visions of cannibalism. Gack.

[T_i_B]

30. I was Edinburgh last week.

I ate haggis every day I was up there in some form or other. The pork & haggis sausages I tried were excellent. The haggis burger less so. I just don't think that the offally charms of haggis work particularly well in burger form.

[C_U_L8R]

28. Never touched my lips

I'll appreciate it from afar, thank you very much

[Laffy Kat]

29. Never even tasted it. I hate it, though. nt

[MikeJelf]

31. I Hated Haggis Until It Saved my Life

Thanks in part to the vagaries of the U.S.D.A.'s food import restrictions, my knowledge of the food was limited to a description of its manufacture in an episode of a kids' TV show ("Adventures of Robin Hood&quot . Based on that English calumny, I loathed it.
Decades later I found myself in Edinburgh on St. Andrew's Day, in the early grip of Scotland's worst winter in 50 years.
Everything was snowy and frozen, but fortunately I'd packed all the appropriate clothing.
Unfortunately my bag never made the switch from the prior flight, so it languished at Heathrow while I arrived at Edinburgh.
"A temporary setback, but not a fatal one," thought I.
After reporting the bag unarrived I went to the ATM to get some local currency, as had been done so easily many a time before.
But this time the cash cow was dry.
In my possession was nine pounds in coin.
The long and frustrating story of how near to impossible it proved to call the bank's toll-free number to prove I really was me will be bypassed, but survival that first night was possible by two factors:
1. The hotel room was prepaid.
2. There was nine pounds of quiddich in my pocket.
I set out looking for ye frugal dinery, and within a few short blocks of Shandwick Place on Queensferry found a take-out offering various fat-rich dishes, including haggis.
"Will you never be a man?" asked I of myself. "Order the haggis. If your forbears survived it, so can you!"
Shortly the meal arrived in its convenient carry-out container, and I repaired to my room.
At first bite I was in love, and fully understood why Bobby Burns would write a paean to this delicacy.
I may never forgive the late Richard Greene (Robin Hood). I know he didn't write the script, but he spoke the haggis-detesting lines with such conviction.
In following years, alas, haggis has proved harder to find in Edinburgh than "Mexican" food.
Yet still I seek it.

[Dave Starsky]

32. I had it once, and it wasn't too bad.

Very savory and hearty.

But I wouldn't go out of my way to try to eat it again.

[OriginalGeek]

35. Love it

Depending who made it. We have it periodically at our local St Andrew's society pub nights. Some folks are better at it than others. Would love to try it in Scotland though.