Is the New Sushi Offal or Bibimbap?

Haggis, anyone?

Preparation time overnight

Cooking time over 2 hours

Ingredients

1 sheep's stomach or ox secum, cleaned and thoroughly, scalded, turned inside out and soaked overnight in cold salted water
heart and lungs of one lamb
450g/1lb beef or lamb trimmings, fat and lean
2 onions, finely chopped
225g/8oz oatmeal
1 tbsp salt
1 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp ground dried coriander
1 tsp mace
1 tsp nutmeg
water, enough to cook the haggis
stock from lungs and trimmings

Method

1. Wash the lungs, heart and liver (if using). Place in large pan of cold water with the meat trimmings and bring to the boil. Cook for about 2 hours.
2. When cooked, strain off the stock and set the stock aside.
3. Mince the lungs, heart and trimmings.
4. Put the minced mixture in a bowl and add the finely chopped onions, oatmeal and seasoning. Mix well and add enough stock to moisten the mixture. It should have a soft crumbly consistency.
5. Spoon the mixture into the sheep's stomach, so it's just over half full. Sew up the stomach with strong thread and prick a couple of times so it doesn't explode while cooking.
6. Put the haggis in a pan of boiling water (enough to cover it) and cook for 3 hours without a lid. Keep adding more water to keep it covered.
7. To serve, cut open the haggis and spoon out the filling. Serve with neeps (mashed swede or turnip) and tatties (mashed potatoes).
www.bbc.co.uk

Anyone? Anyone?

I haven't felt this nauseous since that last ronald raegan film.

No doubt the cooks in hell are British.

Almost thought I'd need a translator to get past the headline.

When we were on tour in the UK a few years ago, our driver cooked up a batch of Haggis. I found it quite enjoyable.

When we were on tour in the UK a few years ago, our driver cooked up a batch of Haggis

I saw it in butcher shops in Scotland. I couldn't get past the looks of it.

My son wanted to eat pizza when we were in Edinburgh. He had already seen the haggis (both on menus and in the store) and I explaine to him what it was. He was duly disgusted.

I jokingly told him the only kind of pizza they had in Scotland was haggis pizza. After I had my laugh, I told him I was joking. We found a pizzaria, and to my surprise, there really was a haggis pizza!

It's minced though, it's just like spicy ground meat. Personally, I loved all the food over there. Bangers and mash and nothing beats a street corner fish and chips at 3 a.m.

And back on topic, I was doing a run through rural Virgina and was surprised to find sushi in the case at a truck stop there.

and to my surprise, there really was a haggis pizza!

Of course. Just like in the Muslim areas of Europe you won't be surprised to find shoarma pizza.

It's pretty tasty, too...

"And back on topic, I was doing a run through rural Virgina and was surprised to find sushi in the case at a truck stop there."

I would have been, too.

But here's no surprise: The Mexican food in Cordele, Georgia sucks.

But here's no surprise: The Mexican food in Cordele, Georgia sucks

But I'll bet there are some locals who think it's great. When I lived in Kennesaw, GA, there was a Mexican restaurant that was always jam packed. My wife and I always avoided it having moved there from Texas we didn't think it would be any good. Finally, a few months later we changed our minds since the place was always crowded.

It was the worst Mexican food we ever had. The enchiladss were flour (not corn) tortillas with poorly spiced beef inside and tomato sauce on top. But the locals raved about the place.

Yo comprendo, Hombre de Cabra.

You're absolutely right. The Cordelians thought the place was just peachy. Lard-encrusted frijoles surmounted by "enchiladas" glistening with melted Velveeta, the entire composition covered in a sea of grease. Perfecto!

This encounter with this monster of "Mexican" cuisine occurred as we were driving down to Key Largo to visit our son. One night we were together he said, "You know something they absolutely, positively cannot do down here?" My wife and I both replied, "Mexican food." He was flummoxed. "How'd you know?" I'm sure he thought that, as he'd been told when very young, his mom and dad really were psychic.