[MrsJ]

Having just butchered 6 lambs, we're going to have a go at this.  My recipe says "Cook the tops".  I am assuming that we boil them as I also need stock but can anyone confirm this please?

[Andrew]

Yes cook the plucks and then mince them. Tetain the water that you cook them in, (we used to call it the bree) then add that to the mix instead of water.

[MrsJ]

Thanks Andrew.  Well, we now have 3 2lb and 8 1lb haggis boiling on the stove.  At least it takes my mind of missing cattle!

[shetlandpaul]

yuck

[doganjo]

yuck

So you're a renegade are you Paul?   or are you English?

[shetlandpaul]

yup english. the joke was i liked haggis until we got our first sheep back. now i have no ploblem with heart liver kidneys and whatever the lungs however are very off putting. being english i do have issues with the scottish blackpudding. way to many spices a real bury pudding thats diffrent.

[Gordon M]

Paul, you should try stornoway black pudding, it's not as spicy as some others and is similar to the Bury puddings I've tasted but none of them come close to a good Haggis. Yummy!!!

Gordon.

[jameslindsay]

Stornoway Black Pudding is just the best!

[shetlandpaul]

the joke is we can't get real black pudding just the cheap frying stuff. now fried black pud is fine but boiled is ten times better. i like haggis just now i see drained lungs. same with tongue love the taste but when your faced with a full tongue with taste buds. its off putting. wimpy i know

[MrsJ]

I'm doing Burns Night tonight.  So, have the haggis that we made, but have no idea how long to cook it for (I usually do what it says on the label, but we forgot to put a label on it!!!)  Can anyone help? 

If you're interested, we're starting with smoked scottish salmon (smoked in our smoker), after the haggis, is Burns Burgundy Beef (ours of course) and finally, Cranachan, made with raspberries that I rescued from the pig food we're given by the local green grocers!  All washed down with copious samples of whisky.........  Anyone know any good hangover cures?

[Jackie]

Sound delish MrsJ. Can we come? 

[MiriMaran]

Yum yum

[whitby_sam]

I went to a (belated) Burns Night supper on Thursday and instead of the traditional Haggis we were treated to Haggis Samosas. They certainly took my mind off the contents. I'm a little squeamish when it comes to Offal.

[sandy]

I love Haggis but do not like to know what is in it!! mind you, I would still eat it, love Black pudding too yummmmy

[Mickyork]

I was brought up on black pudding, haggis, white pudding, heart, liver, kidneys, rabbits & ducks shot on the canal.  My dad ate some real strange meals when I was younger. I eat the same stuff now lol.   I have never had a home made haggis, always one from the supermarket. I am pretty new to all this, but will hopefully have pigs, chickens, ducks, geese & maybe more before too long. I take hare, rabbit, pheasant, partridge & even the odd deer where I live & my freezer is always full of things made with them.  People eat with their mind instead of taste. They don't know what their missing