Haggis anybody?

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dickymint

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26,256 posts

268 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Burns Night on the 25th so time to order a couple. So what's the recommendations and where do you buy from? Plus ideas for sauce would be valued thumbup

66bus

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85 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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McDonald’s of Dundee have always been most acceptable 😀😀

normalbloke

7,834 posts

229 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Oooh, forgot about Burns night. Haggis pie for us. Usually a McSween or whatever we can find locally that’s not Tesco value…

justin220

5,480 posts

214 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Haggis En Croute is usually my go to dinner to cook. Bit like a beef wellington

David-H

155 posts

112 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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For us it's always Findlay's of Portobello.

thepritch

1,241 posts

175 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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justin220 said:
Haggis En Croute is usually my go to dinner to cook. Bit like a beef wellington
This! A very enjoyable way of eating the wee animal, if, of course you can catch it first.

Everyone, remember to address it properly when you bring it to the table, it’ll taste far better for it too smile

Mobile Chicane

21,396 posts

222 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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I had Balmoral Chicken at a wedding and it was delicious. Chicken breast stuffed with haggis, in a whisky cream sauce.

I like haggis anyway, but this struck me as a really nice way of doing it.

Riley Blue

21,881 posts

236 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Don't forget the mealie pudding!

Mercdriver

2,788 posts

43 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Yuk, not for me minced offal only good for cattle food, sorry but no way!

ziggy328

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224 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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I've had it a handful of times. I quite like it but I'm the only one that does hence I don't get it very often. I prefer the spicy/hot versions. Can anyone recommend one?

Cotty

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294 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Mercdriver said:
Yuk, not for me minced offal only good for cattle food, sorry but no way!
Yes its a pass from me.

Driver101

14,376 posts

131 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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justin220 said:
Haggis En Croute is usually my go to dinner to cook. Bit like a beef wellington
Haggis Wellington is really nice.

Tye Green

831 posts

119 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Haggis used to be on the breakfast menu at every Hilton hotel (prob 20 years ago!). They dropped it but istr they had to bring it back cos their regular haggis guzzlers complained

TheInternet

4,953 posts

173 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Cotty said:
Mercdriver said:
Yuk, not for me minced offal only good for cattle food, sorry but no way!
Yes its a pass from me.
No doubt heresy to some, but the veggie MacSween bears a passable resemblence to the eyelids and sphincter version.

Edited by TheInternet on Sunday 14th January 17:22

sherman

14,028 posts

225 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Pictures from inside the Macsween factory yesterday as they ramp up production fof the 25th . winkhehe



sherman

14,028 posts

225 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Apart from Haggis, Neeps and Tatties
Chicken Balmoral is ny favourite way to eat Haggis
Its a chicken breast stufed with haggis wrapped in smoked streaky bacon.
Cook the chicken parcel in the oven 190c tightly wrapped in tin foil for about 30 mins.
Unwrap and drain off any excess. Put back in the oven to crisp up the bacon.
Serve with veg, potatoes and a whisky cream sauce.

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3,009 posts

61 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Haggis was a cheap staple when I was kid in 50s/60s Glasgow,. We had them regularly but it was very different then. The EU bureaucraps put paid to the real McCoy.
Mrs. 404 is (or was) an adventurous cook and, despite being English, has occasionally made it from scratch, which is not a sight for the faint hearted. Delicious though.
The hard part was getting the right bits and pieces and we have not been able to get them at all since our traditional independent butcher hung up his cleaver.
I've never tried the Haggis en Croute mentioned upstairs there, but I'm intrigued by the idea. I think I might give it a go. These days I do most of the cooking and I suppose we should move with the times.
Neeps and tatties traditional of course, as is Skirlie (yummy) but I have discovered recently how great Swede chips are.
They need cutting pretty thin and parboiling about three minutes. Allow to cool and dry off, salt them and cook in the air fryer or similar. (I use a Ninja cooker).
Very nom indeed.

Jer_1974

1,587 posts

203 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Halls and M&S are decent if you can't get a good butcher's haggis. I always keep a tin of Grant's haggis in the cupboard. It's great stuffed in chicken (Balmoral), served with steak, or on a roll.

Leithen

12,430 posts

277 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Yum.

thepritch

1,241 posts

175 months

Sunday 14th January 2024
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Just picked up a MacSween haggis from Tesco. My wife really isn’t a fan, and made some funny faces,, so the compromise was buying the vegetarian one!!!! We’ll see….

There was also a ‘chocolate Haggis’ …. To give a haggis like experience for those that would prefer a sweet option. Basically a fruit pudding.