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SloTime
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Haggis Hunting
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11/30/2007 10:23:34 AM
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For those of you with or without Scottish blood, here is a web site discussing St Andrews Day, the National Day of Scotland.
http://www.scotland.org/standrewsday/
Today is also the first day of Haggis Hunting Season. Never been Haggis hunting? Go to the web site below for all the details. There is also an excellent Haggisclopedia to answer any questions you may have. If hunting is not your preference, and you are a bit parched from sitting on your dock, looking at the water line in the far, far distance, go to the Haggisclopedia link, then click on the drop down menu and select Page 11: Drinks. You will find a number of interesting recipes that will take your mind off the shore line. For safety reasons, it is best to leave the dock before trying any of the recipes.
Happy Haggis hunting!
URL: Haggis Hunt
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rude evin
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Haggis Hunting
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12/3/2007 6:01:16 PM
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Slo-Time..............sounds like you have pretty extensive knowledge about this Haggis that you should share with us..........my one and only experience was to attend a very formal Tux dinner with a distingished group of Scottish expatriate decendants with a promise that we would be treated to a special evening of Robert Burns (I think) poetry and an extraordinary dish that we woulf forever remember! We were enjoying the evening of wine, dancing and great friendship .......and then as a part of the early courses, we heartly sampled what was a large mouthful of something akin to chitlins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's funny how arkward it can be to try and void a mouthful of food when a table of eight other people who know the drill are watching and waiting for a reply! Indelicate is a word that comes to mind. I have great admiration for the Scots and the many contributions they have made to this country (including some very prominant political leaders) .....but I don't share their like of Haggis. Now I know why Burns is so dark and brooding!! Are you involved with an association of Scots or something?
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SloTime
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Haggis Hunting
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12/4/2007 7:45:32 AM
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Rude, in response to your last question - no I'm not involved with any Scottish association. We are always at Auburn on the weekends when the Highland Games are held at Stone Mountain and I have not pursued it further - I should. As for my "extensive Knowledge" of the Haggis, it is not extensive as what I know is from the Internet and, of course, the Scotsman.com Haggis Hunt web site.
I have done a great deal of research in the Internet for genealogical purposes as my mother's family came from Edinburgh into Canada (heathen country according to family documents ) in the 1830's and then into Indiana. My dad rescued mom from "the d*** Yankees and brought her South in 1942. After her death in 1995, I came across a family tree & other documents which got me interested in more of my ancestry, thus our 2 trips to Edinburgh.
I have had haggis once. . .on our 2nd trip to Edinburgh, we went with a tour group and were treated to an "authentic" Scottish dinner, which of course included haggis. My impression was that it tasted like a combination of spam & a dry pate (after extensive sampling of the local liquids). I experienced some of the same reaction as you with everyone looking to see what the other's reaction would be. A fun time, but I prefer a 12 oz rib eye or 8oz fillet :-)
I came across the Haggis site because of the Scotsman.com site and have challenged my first cousins to go "haggis hunting" each year. Just another way to waste time on the Internet.
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