Burns Night - Haggis!

[WJA96]

We eat it quite often during the year - It's not an attractive food to photograph though!

Whenever I get to Edinburgh, I always manage to get a haggis supper from the Clamshell. I'm sure @Muban would approve

With sauce I hope?

 

[Feek]

With sauce I hope?

Aye, salt and sauce (but just a splash).

 

[WJA96]

Aye, salt and sauce (but just a splash).

I grew up in Portobello and you've no idea how shocked I was when I went anywhere else in Scotland and they didn't have sauce.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

We quite regularly get the Mcsweens one in costco, they do a large one that's about a kg for about 4 quid.
Whilst it's one of the spicier ones I've had the bairns enjoy it too

Swede's for the last few month have been well tasty, way better than some of the tasteless bland junk we've had througout the year
To peel them I find it easiest to chop em in half, then cut each half into slices and take of the skin as I'm dicing them up.

Apparently tho if you ***** them with a fork and then pop them into the microwave for 15mins you can just chop the top off and scoop the cooked inside out

EDIT: apparantly ***** isnt allowed so stab lol

 

[Feek]

Just a couple of days before it's Burns Night again.

This year I've got two haggis from Galloway Quality Meats defrosting in the fridge. They were ordered about three weeks ago along with some haggis and steak pies which I've already eaten and were really good. I often find haggis pies to be either lacking in filling or a bit dry but these were neither, they were stuffed full and nicely moist.

The haggis were frozen straight away as soon as they were delivered so 48 hours in the fridge should be plenty for them to be defrosted for Tuesday evening.

 

[Scam]

I have to say we tried cooking haggis the other year (boiled it?) and the smell was horrendous. It tasted fine, we weren't I'll etc and I can't remember if our subsequent Google searches told us that was normal or not (?) but either way I shan't be going for that again I'll certainly go for a dram or two though!

 

[Feek]

(boiled it?)

haggis is pre-cooked so all you're doing is warming it up. It makes no difference how you get it from cold to hot, we just take it out of the casing, break it up and bung it in the microwave for a few minutes until it's toasty hot. Then put it in a dish, add a knob of butter and some pepper and throw it under the grill for a few minutes to get as hot as the surface of the sun before serving.

I can't say I've ever noticed a bad smell while it's cooking.

 

[BUDFORCE]

I love haggis honestly I think it's best cooked in the microwave.

Very low oven can also be good but takes ages.

Best haggis I ever had was bought at the market in Carlisle, I love proper haggis.

 

[PlacidCasual]

Last year I used the leftover haggis to make haggis and onion pie which was lovely.

 

[Feek]

leftover haggis

Does not compute

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Couldn’t find any volunteers to smuggle any over this year, so we’re having Balmoral Chicken instead.

 

[Hotwired]

Need to go on the hunt for one or more.

I don't think there's anything in haggis that cares much how it's re-heated. It's all minced and cooked already so its down to the recipe. Used to poach in a big pot according to instructions but after trying with a microwave for VASTLY less time it's obviously a better way. If doing a herd of haggis then yeah probably chuck them all in a vat of boiling water but home scale -> microwave.

 

[Quartz]

Try a slice of haggis as a base for eggs benedict instead of bread.

 

[ttaskmaster]

I have to say we tried cooking haggis the other year (boiled it?) and the smell was horrendous. It tasted fine, we weren't I'll etc and I can't remember if our subsequent Google searches told us that was normal or not (?) but either way I shan't be going for that again I'll certainly go for a dram or two though!

I always wrap mine in tinfoil and boil for about 45 minutes, depending on the instructions. Some require as long as 75 minutes... but not once can I recall there being smells of any sort, until I slice open the skin and get the lovely aromas you'd expect.
Perhaps you had some muck on the hob top or base of the saucepan which was burning off?

I won't get too snobbish about microwaving your haggises (haggi?), although I personally don't enjoy the results as much. I find them quite dry compared to the boiled versions.

 

[Feek]

Paging @Stan_Lite and @Muban

 

[Rotty]

Had some Donald Russell haggis over weekend, nice enough but not spectacular

 

[robfosters]

Paging @Stan_Lite and @Muban

Are you Scottish?

 

[Scam]

Perhaps you had some muck on the hob top or base of the saucepan which was burning off?

Yeah I don't know. It was very odd. I've had haggis in a restaurant before and really liked it.

Anyway, I fancied a dram tonight and realised that we have potatoes, swede and some gravy leftover from Sunday. So it's be rude not to saunter down to the butchers to pick one up. Will report back

Edit: Apparently it's a Farmers Son haggis if that means anything to anyone. I didn't expect a west London butcher to make their own, although they have made some sausages according to their insta

 

[Feek]

Are you Scottish?

Me? Nope. I just like haggis.

 

[roccles]

Love haggis and eat it all year round and have for most of my life and it has always Haggis, Beans and Mash.