[meteorite-list] Fw: Haggis
From: Dave Harris <entropydave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:49:02 2004 Message-ID: <003401c1445f$6ddf09c0$2df389d4_at_default> > >Grant inquired: > > > What is HAGGIS? It will be offered on the menu > > >Chiefly Scot: a traditional pudding made of the heart, > >liver, etc., of a sheep or calf, minced with suet* and > >oatmeal, seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the animal. > > * the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, > sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow. > > Reference: Random House Webster's Dictionary > > > Best wishes and > good appetite :-) > > Bernd > > =========================== > What Bernd doesn't clarify is the "etc" in the recipe - believe me you don't > want to know... (lungs and trachaea amongst other things) > Like eating roadkill! > > This is why us wimpy Southerners don't pick on the Scottish - they must be > dead hard to stomach (no pun intended) haggis. > Also, a little cooking tip "when boiling the lungs please remember to leave > the trachaea hanging outside the pot to allow the air to escape, otherwise > the resultant explosion may coat your kitchen with disseminated lung tissue" > now you see why I gave up biology for telecoms & Meteoritics! > > C'mon, back to rocks! > > -- > In gentle decay, > dave > > http://www.meteorites.ic24.net/index.html > > http://www.thc.u-net.com/davethc1.htm > > > "I have a proof that x^n+y^n=z^n never has integer solutions for n>2. > However, it won't fit into my signature file...." > > > > > Received on Sun 23 Sep 2001 02:41:58 PM PDT |
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