Haggis still banned.

[gturner]

It's still illegal to import haggis from Scotland, despite reports saying otherwise. There's been a ban on this concoction of sheep meat cooked in a stomach since 1989, when mad cow disease was in the news.

If you don't already know, haggis is made from sheep innards — heart, liver, lungs and fat — which are mixed with spices and oatmeal, then cooked in the sheep's stomach.

American haggis lovers were elated last week when word spread that the ban might be lifted. Haggis producers in Edinburgh were pretty excited, too. They were already salivating over potential sales to a U.S. market.

But when the BBC contacted the U.S. Department of Agriculture, they said not so fast. "Recently, several news articles have incorrectly stated that the U.S. will be relaxing or lifting its ban on Scottish haggis," a spokeswoman wrote to the news organization.

While a review of the ban on beef and lamb is under way, there's no time frame for its completion.

Plus, there may be another barrier to importing haggis: Since 1971, the U.S. has banned all food made with lungs.

NPR link

I was hoping I could tell all the Scots/Klingon Trekkies that haggis was back on the menu, but sadly, it's not.

Well, back to eating potted meat food product...

 

[Trekker4747]

Haggis should be banned world-wide.

 

[Chaos Descending]

Haggis is delicious. Nothing at all like what you would expect it to taste like.

 

[LitmusDragon]

Groundskeeper Willie is not amused.

 

[Colonel Green]

99% of those who badmouth haggis have never tried it. It is a hearty sausage, that's it.

Frickin' delicious IMHO.

 

[Trekker4747]

99% of those who badmouth haggis have never tried it. It is a hearty sausage, that's it.

Frickin' delicious IMHO.

Made of sheep's liver, heart and tounge but, yeah, a "hearty sausage." Sorry, I've made it a personal rule to not eat another animal's organs.

I'll stick with muscle meats, thanks.

 

[Hoser]

It's excellent.

And I may have committed a crime in the past. :/

 

[Sephiroth]

I tried it once, it was a unique experience, but I realy don't care for organ meat

 

[scotpens]

I've never eaten haggis, but I'd like to try it sometime just to satisfy my curiosity. Well, I suppose I'll just have to wait till I can afford a trip to Scotland.

Oh, and I'm also curious about the taste of cooked human flesh . . .

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Lisa: They can't seriously expect us to swallow that tripe.
Skinner: Now as a special treat courtesy of our friends at the Meat Council, please help yourself to this tripe. (Class cheers and runs to table loaded with tripe)

Ahh, The Simpsons have a quote for everything!

 

[Roger Wilco]

I've never eaten haggis, but I've eaten plenty of similar dishes and imo there's absolutely nothing wrong with eating innards if they are properly prepared.

 

[Deckerd]

I fail to see how a product made from sheep, oatmeal and spices attracts a beef ban.

 

[Roger Wilco]

I think there's a similar disease as BSE in sheep too. Or isn't that even where BSE comes from?

Anyway, most of such bans in agricultural production have nothing to do with health concerns, but are in reality only hidden protectionism in favour of local production imo.

 

[Deckerd]

BSE is thought to be a crossover from an ovine disease called scrapie. However no sheep exportation bans were instigated because of BSE.

 

[gastrof]

This thread has me wanting sausage for breakfast.

 

[Roshi]

I thought the poster whose name is Haggis and Tatties was still banned... I didn't know he was banned in the first place...

 

[Pindar]

Hmmmm, Haggis Pizza.

 

[Deckerd]

The Italian government (or an excitable chef who works for the government) issued an edict last year that only classic pizzas could be called pizza. Everything else was an abomination. I'm fairly sure haggis pizza comes under the abomination category, by this rule.

 

[Pindar]

The Italian government (or an excitable chef who works for the government) issued an edict last year that only classic pizzas could be called pizza. Everything else was an abomination. I'm fairly sure haggis pizza comes under the abomination category, by this rule.

We better get Sainsbury to stop selling them then.

 

[John Picard]

99% of those who badmouth haggis have never tried it. It is a hearty sausage, that's it.

Frickin' delicious IMHO.

Made of sheep's liver, heart and tounge but, yeah, a "hearty sausage." Sorry, I've made it a personal rule to not eat another animal's organs.

I'll stick with muscle meats, thanks.

So, you've never eaten *any* other kind of sausage? If you have, or know anything about sausage, then you'd know it's made up of pretty much anything not used in other cuts. Plus, there's the old saying that the two things people should never witness being made are sausage and legislation.