[la gran siete]

for the very first time and very nice it was too although I'm told that those found here in sunny Sussex are not a patch on the real Mckoy. Served with mash and veg and washed down with a glass or two of Merlot it went down a treat. It seems our Scottish cousins are capable of the odd culinary delight. I was always under the impression that anything north of Watford was a disaster food wise but it seems I may be wrong. Maybe you savages oop there might be able to enlighten me

[Mylo]

I will treat that post with the contempt it deserves Glad you enjoyed it.

If it was Halls or McSweens then it's the real deal anyway. The best haggis though can be found in some of the rural butchers oop north in my experience.

The worrying news is that the biggest haggis exporter now sells as many vegetarian ones as traditional

[la gran siete]

I bought this one from Sainsburys ,forget which make it was.Next time I'll look out for those you mentioned. I bought one to share with my missus and ended up eating threequarters of it as well. She quite liked it as well . This after curling her lips and saying it was full of offal

[Mylo]

Did you broil it?
My dad cooks them in the microwave these days as he doesn't want to risk the paunch splitting or the haggis drying out.

The two listed above are what you'd class as the well known commercial haggis makers, there are thundreds more

[unique]

i hope you had a deep fried mars bar for dessert :yum:

next time you should try the haggis with whiskey, or the traditional scottish wine called buckfast

[MrBlofeldt]

There are loads of great Northern foods... Stottie cakes, White Pudding, Saveloy's... There's loads of good beer as well, not that flat shandy sh**e you drink down there !

[Mylo]

Originally Posted by unique

i hope you had a deep fried mars bar for dessert :yum:

next time you should try the haggis with whiskey, or the traditional scottish wine called buckfast

I don't think LGS is ready for Buckie yet, then again how can thousands of Neds be wrong

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by mylo

Did you broil it?
My dad cooks them in the microwave these days as he doesn't want to risk the paunch splitting or the haggis drying out.

The two listed above are what you'd class as the well known commercial haggis makers, there are thundreds more

Broil??? thats an american term! No i BOILED it.

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by MrBlofeldt

There are loads of great Northern foods... Stottie cakes, White Pudding, Saveloy's... There's loads of good beer as well, not that flat shandy sh**e you drink down there !

One is a fact NORTHENERS havent a clue how to make decent beer.
hops are grown in the south BTW

[la gran siete]

and they dont know how toi swerve it either - too much froth !

[la gran siete]

BTW I have never seen anyone here drinking shandy . Thats a myth

[Mylo]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

Broil??? thats an american term! No i BOILED it.

I think you'll find that term existed before we invented america

my typo's are getting worse though

[mh123]

Urgh! Microwaved haggis? Sacrilege!!!!

It's gotta be steamed to get those grains fully puffed up - YUM!

[Mylo]

trust me it works fine, we wouldnt risk wasting it would we

just mind and take it out of the paunch first otherwise the inside of the oven would look

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by mylo

trust me it works fine, we wouldnt risk wasting it would we

just mind and take it out of the paunch first otherwise the inside of the oven would look

you mean that plastic bag they put it in?

[Mylo]

with your dictionary skills I thought you'd know the proper term for it

The plastic variety is the modern healthy/safe version.

I don't think your wife would have gone near a natural haggis casing link for you:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2216024.stm

[blueboatdriver]

I used to work in the north of Scotland and used to eat haggis in Popeyes bar in Scrabster nearly every Monday. The owner always used to recommend Cockburns haggis but I've never seen it down south.

[Timbo21]

In regard to Northern foods. Scottish smoked salmon I believe is World famous??? Imported to top hotels in Sardinia!

[booyaka]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

you mean that plastic bag they put it in?

Plastic Bag!!!! How dare you - should be a sheeps stomach or intestine that the haggis is in!

[blueboatdriver]

I've only ever had the plastic bag ones. Tastes just fine to me

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by mylo

with your dictionary skills I thought you'd know the proper term for it

The plastic variety is the modern healthy/safe version.

I don't think your wife would have gone near a natural haggis casing link for you:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2216024.stm

dictionary skills . What are they? . I live in the south remember?No Collins down here mate, only argiebargie

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by booyaka

Plastic Bag!!!! How dare you - should be a sheeps stomach or intestine that the haggis is in!

this one had plastic with a nametag to give it authenticity

[Garrett]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

One is a fact NORTHENERS havent a clue how to make decent beer.
hops are grown in the south BTW

No way Jos’e

I’ve drunk ale from the north to the south and the further north you get the better and as a beer drinker I’ve even had a decent pint of larger in Scotland.

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by Garrett

No way Jos’e

I’ve drunk ale from the north to the south and the further north you get the better and as a beer drinker I’ve even had a decent pint of larger in Scotland.

Sorry got to disagree, too much head on the pint for starters and some have yucky gas in them - Boddingtons. Newcsatle brown ale is vastly overrated aand evebn Theakstons have gon dowm the pan.
There isnt a finer pint than London Pride

[Beobloke]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

There isnt a finer pint than London Pride

Yes there is - Gales' HSB!!

However, that's further south than London and so still proves your point nicely!

[Mr Cat]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

Maybe you savages oop there might be able to enlighten me

why is it you soft southern f**ks always think we're a bunch of savages up north..?

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by Mr Cat

why is it you soft southern f**ks always think we're a bunch of savages up north..?

dont take it personally ,its a windup

[Ian J]

Originally Posted by Timbo21

Scottish smoked salmon I believe is World famous???

You have to be careful nowadays as most salmon available in supermarkets is farmed and not a patch on wild salmon and the same goes for smoked salmon too.

Scottish salmon and Scottish smoked salmon are now mainly just marketing expressions unless the label contains the all important word "wild"

[Ian J]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

One is a fact NORTHENERS havent a clue how to make decent beer.
hops are grown in the south BTW

Once upon a time all beer was conditioned in wooden casks but this was expensive for the breweries to produce and required a great deal of care and skill by the landlord to serve it at it's best so the breweries came up with an alternative.

They invented a system where the beer was pressurised within metal kegs which had the advantage of being cheaper to produce and was relatively maintenance free. The disadvantage was that the beer lost much of it's taste. This tasteless fizzy beer was slow to catch on in the South where the beerdrinkers had more refined palates but up North where they didn't mind what they swilled if it was a ha'penny cheaper it went down a treat.

The breweries were looking at ways to increase sales so came up with the novel idea that if the Northerners weren't fussed what they drunk they would try and increase their sales by mass producing a beer that was even fizzier with even less taste which would bring in the huge market of people that didn't really like the taste of beer at all so the multi million pound lager promotion started which again took the Northern markets by storm.

I think that I've got it right

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by Ian J

Once upon a time all beer was conditioned in wooden casks but this was expensive for the breweries to produce and required a great deal of care and skill by the landlord to serve it at it's best so the breweries came up with an alternative.

They invented a system where the beer was pressurised within metal kegs which had the advantage of being cheaper to produce and was relatively maintenance free. The disadvantage was that the beer lost much of it's taste. This tasteless fizzy beer was slow to catch on in the South where the beerdrinkers had more refined palates but up North where they didn't mind what they swilled if it was a ha'penny cheaper it went down a treat.

The breweries were looking at ways to increase sales so came up with the novel idea that if the Northerners weren't fussed what they drunk they would try and increase their sales by mass producing a beer that was even fizzier with even less taste which would bring in the huge market of people that didn't really like the taste of beer at all so the multi million pound lager promotion started which again took the Northern markets by storm.

I think that I've got it right

Now that has got to be a double wind up! Should get them going me thinks
Red Barrel & Tankard are two offenders that I remember