Food Jam: Haggis for dinner tonight

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Tis Robert Burn's night so we're having haggis, neeps (mashed swedes) and tatties (mashed potatoes)

That's some good eating Walter.:thu:

They were discussing how haggis is banned in some parts of the US on the radio this morning and someone made the point that it's ridiculous you can buy an 8 patty burger from cows that have been pumped with all sorts of hormones, cover it in cheese, serve it with fries (also covered in cheese) but you can't have something which is pretty organic and much much healthier.
 
jbj said:
noms.

Tis Robert Burn's night so we're having haggis, neeps (mashed swedes) and tatties (mashed potatoes)

That's some good eating Walter.:thu:

They were discussing how haggis is banned in some parts of the US on the radio this morning and someone made the point that it's ridiculous you can buy an 8 patty burger from cows that have been pumped with all sorts of hormones, cover it in cheese, serve it with fries (also covered in cheese) but you can't have something which is pretty organic and much much healthier.
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But Haggis sounds gross. Americans EAT lots of gross food but if it comes from a "yucky" part of the animal then we consider it nasty. :embarrassed:
 
Haggis isnt banned. but an ingredient is, i think its sheep lung that can't be sold in the US.

I'd give haggis a shot. :embarrassed:

I dont know about mashing swedes though.
 
Phil513 said:
Haggis isnt banned. but an ingredient is, i think its sheep lung that can't be sold in the US.

I'd give haggis a shot. :embarrassed:

I dont know about mashing swedes though.
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Mashed swede is awesome. Really, oneof my favourite vegetable foodstuffs.
 
...I'd give haggis a go...I enjoy scrapple; its not that far off from haggis...

...where is haggis banned?...
 
Coda said:
...I'd give haggis a go...I enjoy scrapple; its not that far off from haggis...

...where is haggis banned?...
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All over the US. One of the main ingredients is sheep lung, which for some reason is illegal to sell in the US. I dont know why though.
 
Phil513 said:
All over the US. One of the main ingredients is sheep lung, which for some reason is illegal to sell in the US. I dont know why though.
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...thats rediculous...first off, there are waaaaaaay worse things in food we eat everyday...various additives, preservities and what have you...theres a reason america's waist line is on the rise...things like high fructose corn syrup, or "corn sugar" as they'd have you know, are causing people to pack on weight, while they think they are eating low fat...

...secondly, if, say animal rights people or whatever, were so up in arms about killing sheep for the sweet, sweet lung meat...you'd think they would be fine with it, cause at least your using all the sheep, instead of just the chops and the roast or what have you...I would rather eat sheeps lung than anything with "corn sugar"...
 
Coda said:
...thats rediculous...first off, there are waaaaaaay worse things in food we eat everyday...various additives, preservities and what have you...theres a reason america's waist line is on the rise...things like high fructose corn syrup, or "corn sugar" as they'd have you know, are causing people to pack on weight, while they think they are eating low fat...

...secondly, if, say animal rights people or whatever, were so up in arms about killing sheep for the sweet, sweet lung meat...you'd think they would be fine with it, cause at least your using all the sheep, instead of just the chops and the roast or what have you...I would rather eat sheeps lung than anything with "corn sugar"...
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After a lot of digging i found this.

In both the US and Japan, the consumption of sheep-lung is illegal (as is brain and stomach in some states of the US).
That sheep-lung is considered unfit for human consumption seems to stem from an age of rampant tuberculosis and less-than-rigorous farm hygiene. Health officials apparently feared that eating infected sheep-lung tissue might cause a human to contract the disease. These countries now enforce strict farming hygiene. Eradication of TB in these countries is almost complete. A little haggis will not hurt anyone. (Just wait for my rant on the ban of unpasteurised cheese in Australia!)
 
Phil513 said:
After a lot of digging i found this.

In both the US and Japan, the consumption of sheep-lung is illegal (as is brain and stomach in some states of the US).
That sheep-lung is considered unfit for human consumption seems to stem from an age of rampant tuberculosis and less-than-rigorous farm hygiene. Health officials apparently feared that eating infected sheep-lung tissue might cause a human to contract the disease. These countries now enforce strict farming hygiene. Eradication of TB in these countries is almost complete. A little haggis will not hurt anyone. (Just wait for my rant on the ban of unpasteurised cheese in Australia!)
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...Ive worked in, and around a few restaurants in my day...lets just say infected sheeps lung is the least of our worries :embarrassed:...
 
I've had haggis.

Didn't really care for it much.

Kind of tasted like when you were a little kid and ate dirt in the backyard.
 
Coda said:
...Ive worked in, and around a few restaurants in my day...lets just say infected sheeps lung is the least of our worries :embarrassed:...
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Oh of course. Besides, there is a whole country full of Scottish people that seem to survive the ordeal.
 
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