Would a Tesco or similar have

[99problemsbutapitchaint1]

Haggis?

If it in Birmingham?

I live abroad and just got a message from a mate saying he is England, just wondering if the supermarkets in England might stock this wonderful delicacy?

 

[MegaSteve]

They do in these parts...
But they are nothing like the real deal...

 

[Oxfordcomma]

Our local Tesco (in Oxfordshire) has this one in stock usually. I think it's OK, quite peppery, although as a southern softie I've got no idea what it's actually supposed to be like ...

 

[99problemsbutapitchaint1]

Our local Tesco (in Oxfordshire) has this one in stock usually. I think it's OK, quite peppery, although as a southern softie I've got no idea what it's actually supposed to be like ...

ok thanks, that is a start, i am after Macsweens mmmmm sorry i love this stuff!
ahaahhahh

 

[CliveW]

Simon Howie's haggis is far superior to McSweens and certainly not too spicy. Great with neeps and tatties. Yum! (Bang in season just now if you can get a freshly shot one.)

 

[pbrown7582]

Simon Howie's haggis is far superior to McSweens and certainly not too spicy. Great with neeps and tatties. Yum! (Bang in season just now if you can get a freshly shot one.)

and I was thinking shooting season didn't start until October.

 

[Slab]

Haggis?

If it in Birmingham?

I live abroad and just got a message from a mate saying he is England, just wondering if the supermarkets in England might stock this wonderful delicacy?

50/50 chance

I get tinned versions brought out by relies living in England whenever someones coming out here. Sometimes they can get one it in one of the bigger stores and sometimes they just order it online

(I find after a few months without it any brand tastes good even the tinned stuff)

 

[patricks148]

50/50 chance

I get tinned versions brought out by relies living in England whenever someones coming out here. Sometimes they can get one it in one of the bigger stores and sometimes they just order it online

(I find after a few months without it any brand tastes good even the tinned stuff)

Tinned haggis.... and i didn't think there could be anything worse than a fresh one

 

[Slab]

Tinned haggis.... and i didn't think there could be anything worse than a fresh one

Sounds weird I agree but when opened its still wrapped in the skin inside the tin so looks the same as the ones in the refrigeration section, just a diff way to preserve it for a longer shelf life

 

[freddielong]

So do scots actually still eat haggis regularly I thought it was more a once a year traditional thing like Turkey.

 

[Rooter]

So do scots actually still eat haggis regularly I thought it was more a once a year traditional thing like Turkey.

I eat turkey regularly, its cheaper and lower fat than chicken. whats not to like about that?

I have never tried Haggis, knowing the ingredients, nor do i want to!

 

[Slab]

So do scots actually still eat haggis regularly I thought it was more a once a year traditional thing like Turkey.

If I was back home I'd eat it every couple of weeks or so, its got more uses than how its served as part of a Burns supper

Try as a starter: Haggis Baws

Haggis made into small meatball sized 'baws', rolled in some egg yolk to bind, then roll in some fine breadcrumbs, stick in oven to cook
Serve with cherry tomato's and drizzle warmed garlic butter over them...done!

Just slavered over laptop now...


edit; forgot to say roll them lightly in flour before rolling in the breadcrumbs

 

[patricks148]

If I was back home I'd eat it every couple of weeks or so, its got more uses than how its served as part of a Burns supper

Try as a starter: Haggis Baws

Haggis made into small meatball sized 'baws', rolled in some egg yolk to bind, then roll in some fine breadcrumbs, stick in oven to cook
Serve with cherry tomato's and drizzle warmed garlic butter over them...done!

Just slavered over laptop now...

if you go out to a restaurant in Inversneck, almost every dish has haggis in it... the Tourists Love it.... though the thought of Summer Pudding served on a bed of Haggis turns my stomach .

 

[ger147]

So do scots actually still eat haggis regularly I thought it was more a once a year traditional thing like Turkey.

Born & bred here and lived here all my life. I never eat it, it's revolting.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

You get haggis and/or stornoway black pudding in many restaurant dishes these days - I especially like my local Italian's Pizza Highlander - Crumbled haggis, Stornoway black pudding and Italian sausage meat. With handmade Burrata cheese. Yum.

Besides - my chippie favourite was always a haggis supper - all year round

 

[Tarkus1212]

ok thanks, that is a start, i am after Macsweens mmmmm sorry i love this stuff!
ahaahhahh

Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Waitrose and ASDA all stock MacSweens haggis. Plus you can buy it online:

http://www.macsween.co.uk/where-to-buy/

 

[rosecott]

Simon Howie's haggis is far superior to McSweens and certainly not too spicy. Great with neeps and tatties. Yum! (Bang in season just now if you can get a freshly shot one.)

~I assume you are old enough (and definitely from the right side of Scotland) to remember what was once the finest haggis ever – from Gronbachs of Cowdenbeath.

While googling haggis, I came across a website whose google headline was “Simon Howie Butchers – Perth Chat– we are Perth forum” and the first item was:

“There wis a butchers in Cowdenbeath called Gronbach.They used tae have brilliant haggis,better than the expensive s***e fae MacSweens in the day.”

 

[CliveW]

So do scots actually still eat haggis regularly I thought it was more a once a year traditional thing like Turkey.

I never realised that Haggis was eaten in Turkey.

 

[Val]

Love it, I don't eat it often enough if I'm honest.

Those who won't try it need to see past the ingredients and give it a go then decide what you think.

 

[Foxholer]

Been a while, but used to enjoy it occasionally when working in haggis-land! It was even on the Caf rotation - with tatties and neeps - on a Thursday or Friday, though a poor imitation of the 'formal' style.

Having worked in an abattoir/freezing works during Uni days, I have no problem with the ingredients. It took me 9 months to bring myself to eat sausages after that work though! Yorkshire Pudding was/is simply a method of filling bellies with something cheap, in combo with minimal meat, after all, so in that regard Haggis, T&N rates higher than that combo! Lamb/Steak & Kidney Pudding is somewhere in between for me - a slightly more 'formal' version of haggis, with the same 'extension' by the containing crust!

There are, indeed, some specialist suppliers as mentioned. But the supermarket ones are not bad for what seems to be wanted. Not sure whether they are available all-year-round though, or just in January!