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Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:07:42 -0800 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:07:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/83839/Auld%2DScotland%2Dwants%2Dnae%2Dskinking%2Dware%2Dthat%2Djaups%2Din%2Dluggies%2DBut%2Dif%2DYe%2Dwish%2Dher%2Dgratefu%2Dprayer%2DGie%2Dher%2Da%2DHaggis <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/5960237/Haggis-was-invented-by-the-English-not-the-Scottish-says-historian.html">Just nae call i' English!</a> Food historian <a href="http://www.foodinscotland.co.uk/index.html">Catherine Brown</a> has <a href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Haggis-Invented-By-English-Says-Historian-Catherine-Brown-Cook-Book-Predates-Scottish-Recipe/Article/200908115352685?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Page_Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15352685_Haggis_Invented_By_English%2C_Says_Historian_Catherine_Brown%3A_Cook_Book_Predates_Scottish_Recipe">announced</a> that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis">Haggis</a>, the traditional Scottish dish, was <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1203863/If-youre-Scot-look-away--haggis-invented-English.html">invented</a> in England <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111511119&sc=fb&cc=fp">rather than Scotland</a>. Scottish butchers have <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/scottish-butchers-dismiss-english-haggis-claim-1766751.html">dismissed the daft claim</a>. But just in case she turns out to be right, there's always... <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/world/a-curry-might-be-more-scottish-than-haggis-20090803-e77t.html">curry</a>? The title of this post is from Robert Burns' <a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Address_to_a_Haggis">Address to a Haggis</a>. <small>(His most famous work outside of Scotland is probably <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne">Auld Lang Syne</a>.)</small> January 25th is the traditional date for <a href="http://www.scotlandistheplace.com/stitp/592.1.410.html">Burns' Night</a>, celebrated in Scotland with (you guessed it,) a traditional haggis meal. This year marked the 250th anniversary of Burns' birth. <a href="http://www.aubreyallen.co.uk/macsweenhaggis"> Charles MacSween and Son</a>, self-proclaimed "Guardians of Scotland's National Dish," make a wonderful haggis and <a href="http://www.macsween.co.uk/product-range/black-pudding">black pudding</a>. The former can be <a href="http://www.aubreyallen.co.uk/macsweenhaggis">ordered online</a>. (Just don't <a href="http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Haggis-listed-as-restricted-food-in-Scotland-7287-1/">eat it too often</a>.) Unfortunately, the FDA restricts importing haggis into the U.S. But, you <i>can</i> <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/haggis-recipe/index.html">make</a> your <a href="http://www.gumbopages.com/food/scottish/haggis.html">own</a>! tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.83839 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:07:42 -0800 delicacies food haggis history scotland sheep zarq http://www.metafilter.com/78570/Some%2Dhae%2Dmeat%2Dand%2Dcanna%2Deat%2Dand%2Dsome%2Dwad%2Deat%2Dthat%2Dwant%2Dit%2Dbut%2Dwe%2Dhae%2Dmeat%2Dand%2Dwe%2Dcan%2Deat%2Dand%2Dsae%2Dthe%2DLord%2Dbe%2Dthankit <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/robertburns/">Today</a> is the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns, time to <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=s6PKMex6ZFs">toast the haggis</a> <small>(youtube)</small>, or even <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/jan/23/haggis-recipe-burns-night">make your own!</a> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.78570 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:31:30 -0800 haggis robertburns Lanark http://www.metafilter.com/37373/Ach%2DA%2DWee%2DHaggis <a href="http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/">Haggis Hunt 2004/2005.</a> Well, now, lads and lassies! 'Tis time to seek out that "<a href="http://www.electricscotland.com/burns/haggis.html">Great Chieftan o the Puddin-race!</a>"<br> <a href="http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/camera.cfm?camera=1">Look for them.</a> <a href="http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/haggisclopedia.cfm">Learn about them.</a> <a href="http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/games.cfm">Or just smack them silly.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.37373 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 07:05:31 -0800 haggis haggishunt scotland grabbingsand http://www.metafilter.com/30222/Hunt%2Dthe%2DHaggis Now that they've found Saddam, it's time to <a href="http://www.haggishunt.com/">hunt the haggis</a>! tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.30222 Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:18:48 -0800 haggis scotland moonbird http://www.metafilter.com/30055/The%2Dbeguiling%2Dhaggis <a href="http://www.haggishunt.com/">The adorable haggis.</a> Think nothing of the <a href="http://www.haggishunt.com/haggisclopedia.cfm">myth</a> of <a href="http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/recipes/offal/haggis.htm">sheep and oatmeal</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.30055 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 06:29:27 -0800 contest creature fake haggis myth mythical snipe the fire you left me