Re: Lidl's haggis
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot
> Lidl are advertising McKechnie Jess traditional scottish haggis, on
> sale from 21st January @ 44p /lb
> It's a fraction of the usual price at my butcher.
> Has anyone tasted this particular brand? If so, is it any good?
I don't know how they compare to other...haggi(?)...but I'll be there to buy
a load anyway!
It's not regional, is it? *Frantic checking* Bugger, the website doesn't go
that far. Is it regional??
Si - Ah loooooooooooves a haggis.
Derek
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> Lidl are advertising McKechnie Jess traditional scottish haggis, on
> sale from 21st January @ 44p /lb
> It's a fraction of the usual price at my butcher.
> Has anyone tasted this particular brand? If so, is it any good?
I can hardly wait the tinned beastie can stay in the cupboard for now , its
not on the website yet did you get the offer off a flyer I hope its not
going to be regional
Derek
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot
I hope they leave the legs on - you hardly ever see them these days.
Si
Angus Rodgers
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>Derek wrote:
>>
>> I can hardly wait the tinned beastie can stay in the cupboard for now
>> , its not on the website yet did you get the offer off a flyer I hope
>> its not going to be regional
>> Derek
>
>I hope they leave the legs on - you hardly ever see them these days.
What puts me off is the extreme cruelty of the traditional method of
rearing, fattening and slaughtering the young haggis.
It hardly bears thinking about - please don't ask me for details!
I fear that Lidl may now be targeted by animal rights protestors.
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SteveN
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Not since I was a lad, at least. Haggis legs, cold from the fridge, for
lunch the day after, with leftover crannachan to follow. Ahhh, heaven ...
Apparently my Mother can still get them from the local butcher, (but not
from the supermarket, anymore it seems). Where are you based? Perhaps I
can find somewhere local for you?
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SteveN
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> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:13:51 -0000, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
> <uf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Derek wrote:
>>>
>>> I can hardly wait the tinned beastie can stay in the cupboard for now
>>> , its not on the website yet did you get the offer off a flyer I hope
>>> its not going to be regional
>>> Derek
>>
>>I hope they leave the legs on - you hardly ever see them these days.
>
> What puts me off is the extreme cruelty of the traditional method of
> rearing, fattening and slaughtering the young haggis.
So buy a free-range one! Unfortunately www.freerangehaggis.com has been
taken over by some cypbersquatter, but they used to do the best in the
business.
If you're in the US (but I can't vouch for this first-hand) there is a
population of wild haggis, descended from those which escaped from some
18th Century Scottish settlers' stock.
And the best thing is that because they are an introduced species, they are
not protected, so can be shot (and sold, and eaten) wherever they're found.
Unfortunately, they are somewhat smaller than the Scottish ones, although
stronger in flavour, so perhaps - if you would like to try something a
little out of the ordinary and can get the American ones - you might want
to double up on the number required.
How Bizarre
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>
> Lidl are advertising McKechnie Jess traditional scottish haggis, on
> sale from 21st January @ 44p /lb
> It's a fraction of the usual price at my butcher.
> Has anyone tasted this particular brand? If so, is it any good?
Lidls haggis was voted best taste in some competition recently. The results
were in our local paper the Daily Record.
Derek
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left handed gundog to turn them on the hill allowing the stalker to get a
shot as they regain their composure and turn back to run cross the hill
otherwise they are too quick to shoot with a rifle
Derek
btw do you know Angus McCoatup
Graybags
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have been found on some of the more unscrupulous haggis-farmers' land. Once
caught and bred with domesticated haggis, they help with longevity of the
species. However, many connoisseurs claim that these bastard-haggis (as they
are known) lose much of the taste and texture of the wild haggis - and who
needs a food animal that lives a long time anyway?
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot
>
> Not since I was a lad, at least. Haggis legs, cold from the fridge,
> for lunch the day after, with leftover crannachan to follow. Ahhh,
> heaven ...
>
> Apparently my Mother can still get them from the local butcher, (but
> not from the supermarket, anymore it seems). Where are you based?
> Perhaps I can find somewhere local for you?
I'm as far away from Scotland as it is possible to get without falling in
the sea, unfortunately, and I find that frozen haggis legs are no match for
fresh. Thanks anyway.
Si
Andy
Alan Gauton
So that'll be.... I dunno south-east China? You do know there's a tunnel
underneath the English channel now, so you can go further without
falling in the sea, or crossing over it anyway.
(-:
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MC_Emily
> btw do you know Angus McCoatup
I don't but I do know the two Scottish gays - Ben Doon and Phil McCavity.
Jaqy
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> "Derek" <del.watts...@ntlworld.com> wrote
>
>> btw do you know Angus McCoatup
>
> I don't but I do know the two Scottish gays - Ben Doon and Phil McCavity.
It is Ben Doonagen to his friends and his cousin Phil McCracken!!!
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot
>> falling in the sea, unfortunately, and I find that frozen haggis
>> legs are no match for fresh. Thanks anyway.
>
> So that'll be.... I dunno south-east China? You do know there's a
> tunnel underneath the English channel now, so you can go further
> without falling in the sea, or crossing over it anyway.
>
> (-:
Hmmm...I'm in Ramsgate and I think that qualifies as it's on a sticky-out
bit. Possibly. Anyway, I meant walking, not in a car. You try driving offa
the West cliff and you'll never worry about finding haggis legs ever again
coz that's what you'll have hanging off your hips.
Si
Mike
from a South Korea breeding farm where scientists cloned a Highland Bog
Jumping Haggis and now sell the meat as genuine Scottish Haggis. It
won’t surprise me if they are feed on genetically modified heather too.
Angus Rodgers
>I have heard from a good source that the Haggis sold by Lidl is imported
>from a South Korea breeding farm where scientists cloned a Highland Bog
>Jumping Haggis and now sell the meat as genuine Scottish Haggis. It
>won’t surprise me if they are feed on genetically modified heather too.
If it's from South Korea, it's probably only a hoax. I doubt if
anybody has yet really succeeded in cloning a haggis.
Livewire
twi...@bigfoot.com says...
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:11:32 +0000, Mike <mike....@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> >I have heard from a good source that the Haggis sold by Lidl is imported
> >from a South Korea breeding farm where scientists cloned a Highland Bog
> >Jumping Haggis and now sell the meat as genuine Scottish Haggis. It
> >won t surprise me if they are feed on genetically modified heather too.
>
> If it's from South Korea, it's probably only a hoax. I doubt if
> anybody has yet really succeeded in cloning a haggis.
>
>
claiming to!
PC Paul
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:11:32 +0000, Mike <mike....@bigfoot.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have heard from a good source that the Haggis sold by Lidl is
>> imported from a South Korea breeding farm where scientists cloned a
>> Highland Bog Jumping Haggis and now sell the meat as genuine
>> Scottish Haggis. It won't surprise me if they are feed on
>> genetically modified heather too.
>
> If it's from South Korea, it's probably only a hoax. I doubt if
> anybody has yet really succeeded in cloning a haggis.
Well where do they come from then? Damn difficult getting them to breed...
Clive Savage
<uf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
There`s no meat on the legs anyway.... ;)
Haggis soup anyone? :)
Bye for now.
Clive.
Clive Savage
wrote:
>>
>I have heard from a good source that the Haggis sold by Lidl is imported
>from a South Korea breeding farm where scientists cloned a Highland Bog
>Jumping Haggis and now sell the meat as genuine Scottish Haggis. It
>won’t surprise me if they are feed on genetically modified heather too.
Just say NO to GM Haggis!! ;)
Bye for now.
Clive.
Angus Rodgers
I believe a scientist in Uzbekistan claimed success in breeding
from a pair of haggises in which the male was clockwise and the
female anticlockwise! Unlikely, I know, and there is now much
understandable scepticism in the scientific community regarding
such claims (especially when made by Johnny Foreigner types, or
Scotsmen, for that matter). But it would be fascinating to see
the outcome of such a match, if there's any truth in the rumour.
Alan Gauton
cl...@milllom.fsnet.co.uk says...
I'm sure I saw Haggis soup in Asda recently. And I'm not joking. (-:
Jackie Green
> In article <2cqfs11c6vjjllnb1...@4ax.com>,
> cl...@milllom.fsnet.co.uk says...
>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:13:51 -0000, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
>> <uf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I hope they leave the legs on - you hardly ever see them these days.
>>>
>>
>> There`s no meat on the legs anyway.... ;)
>>
>> Haggis soup anyone? :)
>
> I'm sure I saw Haggis soup in Asda recently. And I'm not joking. (-:
No, you're not, Hubby tried it (we love haggis) he wasnt impressed. The
Proper Pasty Company have a haggis pasty on promo at the minute too...