Is there a standing joke about the Scots and their haggis? What is wrong with haggis? I tried it once. It tasted quite nice. Truthfully.
So, what is the joke?
2006-08-18 04:02:32 · 17 answers · asked by Sleuth! 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
There is nothing wrong with Scotland, the land, people, the food either and haggis is a delicacy. You ask where the joke originated? Probably outside Scotland! I wouldn't be surprised and by someone who'd never seen Scotland. never tasted the haggis either! You'd better believe it is scrumptious! I miss out so much in Ireland! Anytime i go home i bring back haggis with me!
2006-08-18 04:17:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those who ask a Scotsman about it rarely get a straight answer. A common reply to the question "What is a haggis?" often goes along the following lines. "A haggis is a small four-legged Scottish Highland creature, which has the limbs on one side shorter than the other side. This means that it is well adapted to run around the hills at a steady altitude, without either ascending or descending. However a haggis can easily be caught by running around the hill in the opposite direction." You can't shoot a haggis as they'll explode, you have to hit it over the head with a large hammer called a haggis basher! and so on.....
2006-08-18 04:12:22 · answer #2 · answered by woody13974 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not quite sure, but I suppose that it is a combination of disgust at the idea of having to eat something that is essentially a stuffed animal organ, and the fact that the Scots are really, truly convinced that it is a good dish. I do not understand those jokes either, since I see nothing wrong with eating something like haggis - though I suppose it's because I regularly eat foodstuffs that other people would find far more disgusting.
2006-08-18 04:09:46 · answer #3 · answered by sleepwalkingdreamer 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no joke. Haggis is the national dish (not that we eat it everyday or anything). It has been said that haggis is a little creature that runs about the hills when in fact this is false. It is made from sheep and oats and various other things. It's quite nice but I prefer the vegetarian option, not that I am a veggie, I just prefer it.
2006-08-18 04:10:56 · answer #4 · answered by koolkatt 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i like haggis!! i'm from the states,and moved right here 13 years in the past. even as a pal invited me round for tea at hers,and then suggested me we were having haggis because it became Burn's nighttime,my first theory became,''Bleeeeeuuuuurrrggghh!!" yet being a well mannered man or woman,I familiar the dish and tried it-and on the prompt fell in love with it! it truly is scrumptious,and each and absolutely everyone ought to easily positioned aside their pre-concieved recommendations and a minimum of have a flavor!
2016-11-05 02:24:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born on the Isle of Mull,west coast of Scotland.My grand used to make us eat Haggis as a child,it is kinda like Liver for kids in the states.Not aware of any joke about it other than most kids did not like it(lol).But then again,I don't eat hot dogs after I saw how they were made(lol).
2006-08-18 04:08:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no problem. The people that knock it normally have not tried Haggis.
2006-08-18 04:09:18 · answer #7 · answered by thecharleslloyd 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I like haggis. Now vegemite from Australia is another story.
2006-08-18 04:11:23 · answer #8 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Haggis is nice!
2006-08-18 04:09:39 · answer #9 · answered by A True Gentleman 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had haggis for my lunch and it was great!
Im pro haggis!
2006-08-18 04:07:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋