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Originally Posted by UtterBlitz
Sorry Maui....I can't do it. Animal organs and me just don't mix.
Send over the turkey cooked in the pit anytime and I will chow down, but lungs, stomach, heart and liver all cooked up together freak me out.
What is the purpose of Haggis? Is there some reason that this dish was/is made?
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Thousands of years ago, when the head of the household went hunting, a beast would be slain. The carcass would be partly eaten and the remainder could be dried or salted to preserve it. The edible offals would of course have to be dealt with right away because of the poor keeping quality in the heat. How simple, therefore, to chop them up, mix with cereal and cook in the ready made vessel - the stomach bag. Hey presto, the first 'haggis'. Once again necessity bears out to be the mother of invention ...
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