Various Scottish eateries: H is for Haggis
The Haggis...as mad as food gets. I have no wish to know exactly what is in a haggis. I do know it contains most of insides of a sheep, whithout the sensible bits - like meat.I remember taking the plunge once,and ordering it in a Fort William restaurant. I must admit I rather enjoyed it and thus asked the waitress to mention it to the chef.She replied in that dour manner that only the Scots can muster that "Aye, there's no need - he just gets it out of a can from Safeway's". So much for the sign that said "Good home cooking" on the door.The existence of Haggis is of course a boon to the tourist board who market it along with all the other hallmarks of Celticness.It is also fairly well known that a traditional way to 'wind-up' tourists is to go about the existence of the Haggis as an actual animal. Apparantly the BBC reported in 2003 that following a survey of 1,000 American touristsA...
