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US to lift 21-year ban on haggis
Guardian ^ | December 25, 2010 | Severin Carrell

Posted on 01/25/2010 10:54:02 AM PST by C19fan

Smuggled and bootlegged, it has been the cause of transatlantic tensions for more than two decades. But after 21 years in exile, the haggis is to be allowed back into the United States.

The "great chieftan o' the puddin-race" was one of earliest casualties of the BSE crisis of the 1980s-90s, banned on health grounds by the US authorities in 1989 because they feared its main ingredient ‑ minced sheep offal ‑ could prove lethal.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bse; burns; foodsupply; haggis; scotland
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To: C19fan

They actually had to ban the stuff and people really smuggled it into the country?

I can understand eating everything you had to when it was a matter of not starving to death but really now....

What is wrong with people?


101 posted on 01/25/2010 5:48:56 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: glock rocks; SouthTexas
Do I get a commission for this Sale
102 posted on 01/25/2010 5:49:44 PM PST by tubebender (Freeploaders = The illegal aliens on Free Republic)
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To: tubebender; glock rocks

Wasn’t a sale, it was for winning one of the cartion pools.

And the fact that we had none this year because it never rained.


103 posted on 01/25/2010 5:52:50 PM PST by SouthTexas (Exterminate the rats!)
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To: Deb

Just don’t snag my idea for deep fried haggis.


104 posted on 01/25/2010 6:00:32 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: paulycy
Do they use dipping sauces for haggis? Chocolate? Taco? Ranch?

They use sheep dip, of course.

105 posted on 01/25/2010 6:01:33 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: paulycy
Do they use dipping sauces for haggis? Chocolate? Taco? Ranch?

Or get out a pot and melt some fondewe.

106 posted on 01/25/2010 6:02:20 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: humblegunner

The ox bung will have been thoroughly cleaned and salted so rinse it inside and out with clear water, pat dry with a kitchen towel and lay out on a tray. There is no reason for this except to allow you a smutty smirk at the sight of a two foot rubbery condom.


107 posted on 01/25/2010 6:02:51 PM PST by Eaker (Where I'm from, "Gang Colors" is Realtree and Mossy Oak. You know what I'm saying hoss. Rule.308.)
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To: piasa
They use sheep dip, of course.

Boy am I dumb for not knowing that...

108 posted on 01/25/2010 6:03:09 PM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: piasa
fondewe

ARRRGGGHHH! ;0)

109 posted on 01/25/2010 6:04:19 PM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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110 posted on 01/25/2010 6:40:37 PM PST by Redcitizen (Zartan for President 2012)
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To: piasa

Have you considered, Chicken Fried Haggis?

Haggis etouffee con Bacon?


111 posted on 01/25/2010 6:45:52 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: metmom

I can understand eating everything you had to when it was a matter of not starving to death but really now....

If I had to wear a kilt in the middle of winter, I
might eat the stuff just for the shrinkage factor alone.

I could maybe see it smoked then sliced and fried...alot.


112 posted on 01/25/2010 6:49:13 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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113 posted on 01/25/2010 8:27:24 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: happydogx2
Haggis and....okra?

...with fried eggs, bacon and spam...

114 posted on 01/25/2010 8:36:47 PM PST by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
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To: sionnsar

Wow, there had to be a formal ban? ;’) Thanks sionnsar.


115 posted on 01/25/2010 9:04:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: paulycy

Mooshy Peaz. Yummmmmm.


116 posted on 01/26/2010 11:35:39 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: piasa

It’s the Secret Sauce that keeps ‘em comin’ back.


117 posted on 01/26/2010 11:37:19 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: C19fan

LOL, I thought this was some form of pot... like they make rope and clothes out of.


118 posted on 01/26/2010 11:41:23 AM PST by LowOiL ("I adore McCain, support him 100% and will do everything I can to support his reelection" S. Palin)
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To: Deb

Mushy Peas = Yorkshire Caviar


119 posted on 01/26/2010 6:08:16 PM PST by 6323cd (I Am Jim Thompson)
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To: Deb

Two all Haggis patties, special sauce on a sesame seed
bun.

I’d get one but their Haggis patties are so thin...
I’d rather go get flame broiled at Haggis King.


120 posted on 01/26/2010 6:13:14 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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