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    Re: Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by Beowulf1970 View Post
    Can't beat good ol' scotch broth.

    Carrot turnip onion leek and a cup full of scotch broth mix.

    Cook the haggis whatever way you like (I tried making a whiskey sauce once.. was absolutely disasterous.. but it's nice when it works)

    I normally make Cranachan as a pudding afterwards it's really easy

    coarse oatmeal
    double cream
    Drambuie
    fresh raspberries

    Toast the oatmeal in a frying pan on a high heat until lightly brown. Whisk the cream into a soft consistency and mix in the oatmeal ,Drambuie and rasps Serve in tall glasses

    Chill before serving
    Just had cranachan the other night - cooked by my lovely wife for some visiting Dutch peeps. Went down well. Not enough Drambuie though I suppose you could put any Whisky in it, but if its a good Whisky its better in a glass on its own

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    Re: Cooking Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by Heather View Post
    I usually buy mine at Marks and Sparks, I cut it open and stick it in a microwavable dish then zap it for about 5mins.

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    Me too. I usually have it with microwaved peas and, if there is some in the house, a dram.

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    Re: Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by Keith View Post
    Ok the boil in the bag bit I'm ok with, I'm after the extras like sauces & that personal touch, from the home country.
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    Why the common girls in particular - do you think the snooty ones don't eat haggis?

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    Re: Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by SteveK View Post
    I reckon the most important thing with the cooking is start with a decent quality one. Halls etc. are ok, but if you happen to be passing Dingwall, you have to make a detour to Cockburns Butchers. Their haggis are legendary - they are really nice and juicy, and sauce additions would be just a waste....

    (I tended to use the microwave technique - if you are boiling them up in a saucepan, wrapping the haggis in tinfoil reduces the likelihood of bursting).
    Completely agree Steve.... Halls are cheap and easily available but there is nothing as good as a Cockburns Haggis simmered (don't boil it - the skin will burst and that's way too messy to even contemplate) for about an hour in a pan with the water coming about 1/3 of the way up the Haggis.... serve with creamed mashed potatoes and mashed turnips( sprinkled liberally with coarse ground black pepper) - Neeps to those of us across the border! Never mind the pudding...... second helpings of haggis will mean you won't have any room for pudding!


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    Re: Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by Mezzosoprano View Post
    Completely agree Steve.... Halls are cheap and easily available but there is nothing as good as a Cockburns Haggis simmered (don't boil it - the skin will burst and that's way too messy to even contemplate) for about an hour in a pan with the water coming about 1/3 of the way up the Haggis.... serve with creamed mashed potatoes and mashed turnips( sprinkled liberally with coarse ground black pepper) - Neeps to those of us across the border! Never mind the pudding...... second helpings of haggis will mean you won't have any room for pudding!

    yum anyone going to a Burns night then ?

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    Re: Haggis

    Nope not to a Burns night - but will go to an RSCDS Country Dance tomorrow night.

    Just thought that the BBC's page here looks pretty good and gives lots of Burns related recipes:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/news_and_e....shtml#recipes

    Cheers Whitetiger

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    Re: Haggis

    Cockburns in Dingwall are the Scottish champion Haggis makers & definately the best!!

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    Re: Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    yum anyone going to a Burns night then ?
    2 friends can’t make it so I have 2 spaces at my table tonight

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    Re: Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    yum anyone going to a Burns night then ?
    Nope. But I did cook haggis neeps and tatties for dinner last night. I know it's a night early, but I don't have as much time between University and dancing in Perth today...

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    Re: Haggis

    The butchers on the square in Stonehaven (forget their name) make the best ones i've tasted.

    The also do veggie ones (IIRC) but I've never tried those.

    See Genie... I DO eat meat..

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    Re: Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by Beowulf1970 View Post
    The also do veggie ones (IIRC) but I've never tried those.
    The blue supermarket used to sell the Mcsween vegi ones for about 6 months of the year - but they stopped sometime last summer!

    I went to Waitrose yesterday (while on my way to pick my Euros for tomorrow) and found them there! Cant wait to tuck into one with some mashed turnips and carrots with a dollop of mayo to finish!

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    I don't know what to say - mayo?!? I'm intrigued but slightly revolted at the same time - how curious?

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    Re: Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    yum anyone going to a Burns night then ?
    Not going to a burns night, but helped organise a burns lunch for the lads n lasses at work, so it was a "burns lunch" was a great success!!

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    Re: Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by Beowulf1970 View Post
    The butchers on the square in Stonehaven (forget their name) make the best ones i've tasted.

    The also do veggie ones (IIRC) but I've never tried those.

    See Genie... I DO eat meat..
    No you don't, you eat fake meat, or meat that is only just meat, or meat that is barely there and surrounded by so much rabbit food you wouldn't notice it unless it actually made a noise.

    I am just teasing you babe.

    You eat bacon only if it is burnt to a crisp, you eat sausages (although not the kind I normally buy, what were they?) and you eat some chicken sometimes. Which only just puts you in the meat-eater's bracket.

    Although I understand why you don't eat steak and stuff. I know it makes you sick

    I really need a lamb casserole now

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    Re: Haggis

    Many thanks for all the advice, we abandoned the soup

    Ours was a Macsween, very good indeed

    My neighbor used a Cranachan recipe similar to Beo’s

    With a honey and whisky sauce

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    Re: Haggis

    Did Burn's night for 15 last night, all seemed to go well and no-ones called in sick with food poisoning yet

    Got four meat ones form local butcher and two MacSween veggie ones. Both were very good. Had left overs from each but think I've had enough haggis last night to face eating any more tonight

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    Re: Haggis

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    yum anyone going to a Burns night then ?
    Nope, but taught a ceilidh class on Burns night and going to a non-RSCDS Scottish Country Dance tomorrow

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