Haggis - a bushcrafters feast

[andy_e]

In order to prevent the hijacking of another thread I thought I'd start one on the subject of the noble Scots Haggis.

I think as a food it epitomises one of the tenets of Bushcraft - waste nothing. That and it's tasty.

And just for you two; Spamel, Firebreather, here's something to salivate over ...

 

[spamel]

I'm definitely gonna do it! Got to get the haggis I've had just though, asit was so nice and peppery. I can still taste it now! To be doable, all we need is a billy with a couple of haggi (plural for haggis?) a average size billie doing carrots and neeps and a biger pot doing spuds. Maybe some gravy, job done! Quite easily done between a small group of people. Maybe some rabbit on the side!

 

[andy_e]

Here's a thought for you Spamel, haggis steaming, peppery and lovely, served in a fire-baked potato with big lump of butter

 

[spamel]

That sounds pretty good, quite clever too! Do you think sweet potatoes would be going too far? Not sure if they'd go together or not.

 

[andy_e]

Well mashed swede (or turnip as we confusingly call it up here) is quite sweet.

 

[EdS]

Just watch out for Firebreather's stealth haggis hound.

 

[littlebiglane]

Funny you should raise this but I often pack a small vegetarian haggis (because it can last 4 days without fridging it) in my pack when I go jaunting on Dartmoor. The little McSween ones you can get in loads of places and taste not bad for a veggy option - I should know - I used to eat proper Haggis for lunch every weekday for 3 years. And its cheap as chips (well cheaper).

 

[andy_e]

Just watch out for Firebreather's stealth haggis hound.

We'll be OK as long as no-one asks for a Haggis game prep demo

 

[firebreather]

Just watch out for Firebreather's stealth haggis hound.

Hey that was sophie who is Lin's pooch not mine the only reason empi did not get in on the act was she was too big to fit under the fire unnoticed.

Question - why do haggis have two legs shorter on the left side ?

Answer - beacuse they grow up running around the hill the same way all its life.

I'll get my coat


Greg

 

[spamel]

The missus just grabbed the last one down the local shop. It's gonna get done tomorrow along with a brace of pheasant (kindly given to me by Bernie, cheers mate!) and some roast tatties! No doubt there will be gravy, I am in Yorkshire after all!

 

[Greg]

Ummmmm! Haggis - Food of the Gods!

 

[Robby]

One small tin of haggis and one tin of Ravioli stick them in the same pot and heat thouroughly. The ravioli will break up as you have to keep stirring and it'll end up looking like someone's already eaten it, but will be delicious eaten with a slice of bread and butter.

Cheap, easy to carry, and cook. Give it a go, you might need to close your eyes to manage the first mouthful , but after that?

 

[andy_e]

Question - why do haggis have two legs shorter on the left side ?

Answer - beacuse they grow up running around the hill the same way all its life.

It is said that there are two distinct sub-species, one with its left legs short the other with its right legs short. Since while running round the hills the only meet face to face, they can't inter-breed, that and if they tried one would end up rolling down the hill.

It's true, I read it on the internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_haggis

 

[John Fenna]

Chieftan of the Pudding Clan!
Love it!

 

[firebreather]

It is said that there are two distinct sub-species, one with its left legs short the other with its right legs short. Since while running round the hills the only meet face to face, they can't inter-breed, that and if they tried one would end up rolling down the hill.

It's true, I read it on the internet

It is now fact and thats undisputable because 2 of us have said it and referenced it with a quote from the internet.....that never lies


Greg

 

[andy_e]

And what better to wash it down with than a nice bottle of Cairn O Mohr, and then a dram or six.

 

[firebreather]

On a side note I will see your haggis and raise you a bury black pudding from my home town. Fresh ingredients and boiled served up with a little bit of brown sauce or mustard.
HHHHHHHmmmmmmmmmm

http://www.buryblackpuddings.co.uk/index.php

Greg

 

[firebreather]

There must be a way of combining the two haggis and black pudding in one meal?????

Now that would have the punch to match the staggering amounts of alcohol drank at certain meets uppy_dog

Greg

 

[andy_e]

How about a breakfast of left-over haggis fritters, sliced black pudding and eggs to banish the morning after-effects.

BTW Found a reference to Spamel's savoury ducks here ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(food)

 

[Robby]

The Haggis or Haggasii lemmus Asymetris quadrupedis. is actually a distant relative of the lemming. and was not, as is commonly thought, hunted. the next time you're out and about on hillside in Scotland, watch out for walls od hedgrows that run spirally down hill towards a depression in the landscape. there are the vestigial remaind of "haggis runs" some of the earliest examples dating back to the medieval period. The local serfs would beat through the heather covered hillside driving the haggis towards the runs. Once the haggis encounted the stricture of the wall it would be forced to follow the course of said impediment into the confines of the terminating dispatching pen (many of these are now mistakenly Identified as sheep pens).