United Kingdom
Photo: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0, croppedHaggis
/ˈhaɡɪs/HAG-iss
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- When
- Lunch & dinnerFestive
- Taste
- SavorySpicy
- Made with
- OffalLamb
History
Haggis is a savoury pudding of sheep's heart, liver and lungs, minced with oatmeal, onion, suet and spices, and traditionally cooked in the animal's stomach. Making use of every part of the animal was a farming habit in many countries, and similar dishes existed in England, but Scotland adopted haggis as a national symbol. That is thanks largely to Robert Burns, whose 1786 poem "Address to a Haggis" calls it the "great chieftain o' the puddin-race". On Burns Night, 25 January, the haggis is carried in to bagpipes, the poem is read, and it is served with neeps and tatties.
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