Burns Night - Haggis!

silverblack · 26 Jan 2024 at 01:20

Wife came home last night with huge carton from her work a local restaurant. Filled with mince and tatties, peas, carrots, skirlie, haggis and neeps,im just about to attempt it

Barry Smalley · 26 Jan 2024 at 07:45

Rai200 said:
The aforementioned Haggis Scotch Eggs, I know putting salad on it might confuse the Scots but they came out quite good.

Looks tremendous.

Alice In Wonderland · 26 Jan 2024 at 08:53

Rai200 said:
The aforementioned Haggis Scotch Eggs, I know putting salad on it might confuse the Scots but they came out quite good.

Wow! That looks INCREDIBLE!! You must be an amazing chef?!

Mine looked like something one of the dogs threw up! I wouldn't dare take a picture of it! Lol

Alice In Wonderland · 26 Jan 2024 at 08:53

silverblack said:
Wife came home last night with huge carton from her work a local restaurant. Filled with mince and tatties, peas, carrots, skirlie, haggis and neeps,im just about to attempt it

Which brand of haggis is it?

Rai200 · 26 Jan 2024 at 11:33

Alice In Wonderland said:
Wow! That looks INCREDIBLE!! You must be an amazing chef?!

Mine looked like something one of the dogs threw up! I wouldn't dare take a picture of it! Lol

I am a chef, not sure about amazing though.

Haggis isn't the prettiest ingredient, like most things breading and frying it always helps lol.

silverblack · 26 Jan 2024 at 19:42

Alice In Wonderland said:
Which brand of haggis is it?

It was just shop bought Halls brand.

Feek · Saturday at 19:32

Just a Macsweens for us this year, I thought we had a large one from a butcher in the freezer and when I realised yesterday that we didn’t, I had to pick one up from the local supermarket.

At least it wasn’t Halls or one of those awful Simon Howie things.

Quartz · Saturday at 19:38

Rai200 said:
The aforementioned Haggis Scotch Eggs, I know putting salad on it might confuse the Scots but they came out quite good

Those look delicious.

Quartz · Saturday at 19:50

I was due to go to a Burns Night dinner last night but it was cancelled because of the high winds.

Derek W · Sunday at 19:21

Quartz said:
I was due to go to a Burns Night dinner last night but it was cancelled because of the high winds.

That usually happens to me if i have Haggis two days running

drakulton · Sunday at 19:31

Rai200 said:
The aforementioned Haggis Scotch Eggs, I know putting salad on it might confuse the Scots but they came out quite good.

and garnish with battered mars bars to taste.

BUDFORCE · Sunday at 19:45

Ahhh carp is missed this somehow.

That being said my gout has flared up for the first time in maybe 10 years, and that's probably not the best thing to be eating right now.

Shame though I love a good haggis.

The macsween brand is perfectly fine.

Shadowness · Sunday at 20:27

drakulton said:
and garnish with battered mars bars to taste.

I’m just on the train down from Edinburgh as the GF treated me to a birthday break there. Totally forgot it was Burns Night. We just went to an ice restaurant.
And I can confirm deep fried mars bars are not worth it.

monkeyspank · 2025-01-27T18:59:24+0000

It’s 2025. Anyone still eating haggis is deluding themselves on purpose to prove some sort of point imho

Feek · 2025-01-27T19:21:34+0000

monkeyspank said:
It’s 2025. Anyone still eating haggis is deluding themselves on purpose to prove some sort of point imho

Not sure what the date has to do with it.

We have haggis regularly through the year. It’s not just a one off thing.

ttaskmaster · 2025-01-28T10:56:47+0000

monkeyspank said:
It’s 2025. Anyone still eating haggis is deluding themselves on purpose to prove some sort of point imho

Do you feel the same about people who have Christmas Dinner, Easter eggs, pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, etc?

robj20 · 2025-01-28T11:39:37+0000

monkeyspank said:
It’s 2025. Anyone still eating haggis is deluding themselves on purpose to prove some sort of point imho

How so? I don't eat it on burns night but do have it at least every other month.

Quartz · 2025-01-28T13:17:26+0000

monkeyspank said:
It’s 2025. Anyone still eating haggis is deluding themselves on purpose to prove some sort of point imho

It's 2025. There are some delicious haggis in the shops. Try a slice of fried haggis with poached egg and hollandaise sauce. Basically Eggs Benedict with the haggis instead of the bread and ham.

monkeyspank · 2025-01-28T13:51:53+0000

ttaskmaster said:
Do you feel the same about people who have Christmas Dinner, Easter eggs, pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, etc?

No, because they are considered edible by most people.

monkeyspank · 2025-01-28T13:54:05+0000

Quartz said:
It's 2025. There are some delicious haggis in the shops. Try a slice of fried haggis with poached egg and hollandaise sauce. Basically Eggs Benedict with the haggis instead of the bread and ham.

I've only had the mcsweens stuff, but I'd rather eat my own intestines than try that again. Now I draw the line at black or white pudding.

Any recommendations for something I could find in a supermarket that's not 100000 miles away from black pudding?