I am in search of traditional recipes. What is Haggis, Neeps and Tatties?
2007-03-13 12:04:56 · 19 answers · asked by Lauretta R 3 in Dining Out ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
Wow! People eat this and enjoy it?
2007-03-13 12:12:13 · update #1
I had asked a question earlier about peoples favorite pub food. Many answered with this delicacy. I was, well, curious.
2007-03-13 12:14:06 · update #2
Neeps are mashed turnips
tatties are boiled potatoes (usually mashed with cream & Butter)
Haggis is a spicy lamb meat with oatmeal, traditionally contained within a stomach- ready to boil. You can generally buy Haggis ready made from large supermarkets / sympahetic butchers.
Lang may yer lum reek ! xx
2007-03-13 12:12:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish. It is actually a type of sausage of which the outer cover is discarded and only the juicy inner meat is eaten. It is composed of mutton and lamb and their offal, highly spiced and bound together with oatmeal, and packed into a sheeps stomach ready for lengthy boiling. Nowadays haggis is generally sold cooked, ready for further cooking and reheating. Haggis is still widely made and is often served with "neeps and tatties", otherwise known as turnips and potatoes.
Haggis is tradionally served for supper on Burns Night, when Scottish communities throughout the world commemorate the birth of the poet Robert Burns (25th Jan 1759). Before the supper is served Burns' Selkirk Grace is recited:
'Some hae meat and canna eat and some wad eat, that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit.'
Burns night is heavily ritulized, with the haggis being addressed with the Burns Poem 'Address to a Haggis'. Whisky toasts, songs such as Auld Lang Syne and cheers for absent friends makes Burns night an intimate and magical night.
Haggis crisps can also be eaten (for those not brave enough to eat the real thing) and until recently they could be purchased on Scots Rail lounge car. They had to be taken of the bar list as the staff were eating them all!
2007-03-14 05:12:43 · answer #2 · answered by becks 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is haggis which is very tasty though sounds awful turnip preferably very orange in colour and mashed potatoes tastes lovely honest i enjoyed it when i had it. You are better getting your haggis from a scots person? the supermarket haggis is sh.t . enjoy if u dare after all the crap ive seen on here ? how long has haggis been eaten IS EVERYONE STILL LIVING thats eaten it 4 ? i dont claim to know . its been eaten 4 centuries as 4 as i know.Im pretty sure its a delicacy in some parts.
2007-03-13 12:36:30 · answer #3 · answered by Spike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scottish delicacy, Haggis is haggis, neeps is turnips, and tatties is mashed potato. Loverly Grub.
2007-03-13 12:14:31 · answer #4 · answered by Jeanette 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Haggis is stuffed sheep's stomach, Neeps are turnips, Tatties are potatoes.
2007-03-13 12:08:49 · answer #5 · answered by tagette 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
haggis neeps and tatties is haggis turnip or swed and potatos and it tastes really nice lol a lot of scottish ppl have it on burns night
2007-03-13 22:08:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A FORM of 'meat and 2 veg'
"Haggis " is offel in a sheeps stomach
"Neeps" are turnips
"tatties" are potatoes
tatty scones are nice.
2007-03-13 18:55:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the others have said,
Haggis is haggis - Minced offal with oatmeal and spices
Neeps - turnip, lovely mashed with butter and pepper
Tatties - potatoes usually mashed when served with haggis.
Haggis sounds gross but tastes lovely.
One of our favourite meals on a cold winter night!!
2007-03-13 12:15:22 · answer #8 · answered by mistyblue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haggis (sheeps stomach filled with meat and veg) neeps (turnips) tatties (potatoes)
2007-03-13 12:09:35 · answer #9 · answered by Pat 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Haggis, turnips and potatoes.
2007-03-13 23:55:34 · answer #10 · answered by Captain Sarcasm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋