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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

There's a Ban on Haggis?!?





Haggis (shown above in all its glory) is a delightful Scottish treat. According to Wikipedia, it's made from "sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours."

And I have to say . . . it's really good. (Sorry, veggies.) But apparently it's been banned in the US since the outbreak of mad cow disease in Britain. (Which was quite some time ago.) Now the Scots are planning to lobby the US government to lift the ban. They seem to think that lots of people in America are craving a little sheep stomach surprise. I'm not sure about the rest of my countrymen (and women), but they can put me down for a serving or two.

In the meantime, maybe I'll try vegetarian haggis--or this tasty product.

(Actually, I have a contraband can of haggis in my cupboard. Come and get me!)

Thanks for the story, Elizabeth!
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21 comments:

  1. SpringJanuary 23, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    How did you have it if it's banned? I guess you have "ways." LOL.

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  2. anankaJanuary 23, 2008 at 4:16 PM

    Haggis smugglers.

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  3. SpringJanuary 23, 2008 at 5:03 PM

    LOL. I remember a while back we were talking about the different "Kiki Strike" books covers. Here's some cool ones!

    http://www.fantasymagazine.it/imgbank/ARTICOLI/kiki_fz1006.jpg

    http://www.nnbh.com/base/3X/LBcover/906005623X.jpg


    One of the covers I found was next to a "Winnie the Pooh" book. =( LOL. I also found a bunch in German..

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  4. International MastermindJanuary 23, 2008 at 6:10 PM

    oh. uhhhh...Y-Y-Yum...

    The gummy tapeworm actually does look good, though!

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  5. ElizabethJanuary 23, 2008 at 9:01 PM

    I wonder if the lobbying will work. Lobbying almost always works at one of the schools I go to, so it might. I don't think there's been any lobbying for haggis at the school (no one probably knows what it is).

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  6. KuroSignalJanuary 23, 2008 at 9:01 PM

    I agree with international mastermind, that tape worm does look good.
    Haggi's sound pretty good. But I'm one of those people that have the suddenly-seem-super-aware-ever since-they've-seen/read-about-the-disease-people. Wow that's mouthful...of haggi...

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  7. ElizabethJanuary 23, 2008 at 9:35 PM

    Here's some cool stories.

    Pennies :)
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080124/ap_on_fe_st/odd_pennies_saved;_ylt=AmNwj.nttEgakk_me_rAiVEZ.3QA

    Ouch.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080124/ap_on_fe_st/odd_foot_shooting;_ylt=AntYKEZTGWXjHA6c6SxpII_tiBIF

    Banned? Why?
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080122/od_nm/opera_dc;_ylt=Am8w3VYw6DSbbhYP9dTQEBDtiBIF

    Did they buy a ticket?
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080118/od_nm/snakes_dc;_ylt=AvTqEI101ZJTwY6v3sUMFDbtiBIF

    Oops.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080124/ap_on_fe_st/odd_live_rocket;_ylt=AlAp1xKUVVXNdyneCCk14kbtiBIF

    Good kitty.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on_fe_st/odd_lifesaving_cat;_ylt=AnAzM6DTouWmeYDrS4RMwYTtiBIF

    Definitely the wrong newspaper section.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on_fe_st/odd_horse_on_menu;_ylt=AqdK1OnhcM4Rx1iu0bXL7H3tiBIF

    Excuse me: Studying cows belching.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_belching_cows;_ylt=AtnnBxWAV5S4p6463lgpET7tiBIF

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  8. hobbesJanuary 23, 2008 at 10:34 PM

    *involuntary shudder* ew... I just don't do stomachs when they're outside of their owner

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  9. anankaJanuary 24, 2008 at 9:43 AM

    Same Anonymous: Where's your blog? I can't seem to find the URL.

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  10. SpringJanuary 24, 2008 at 5:24 PM

    I changed my blogger picture. Does it look familiar?

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  11. SpringJanuary 24, 2008 at 6:44 PM

    Here's some cool Toledo news.

    http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=5909441
    http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080116/ART16/801160309/0/ART11

    I actually have this guys autograph, and he's talked to me! He always performed at the Harry Potter midnight parties at the library and I went to a magic thing at our library too. (Our library ROCKS! It's ranked like one of the 10th best in the nation and It's walking distance from my house. It's in the Toledo Lucas-County Public Library system. My mom also rocks, she's a librarian.)

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  12. ElizabethJanuary 24, 2008 at 7:21 PM

    Snail Mail! (See, mathematics is good for something)
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080124/od_nm/mail_dc_1

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  13. ElizabethJanuary 24, 2008 at 7:28 PM

    Where's my house?
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080124/ap_on_fe_st/odd_missing_home;_ylt=AhENDNsGJ.UH6Yi2hd5zwiDtiBIF

    There's a frog in my salad!
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080124/ap_on_fe_st/odd_frog_in_lettuce;_ylt=AslHY7WHPVJyettlCPM1FgntiBIF

    Counterfeit?
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080124/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_silkstreet;_ylt=AiXHj3qdB93xmxmdojtVII_tiBIF

    Not so efficient.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080124/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_water;_ylt=AkM.7Xfw8meNtnLXexEkauTtiBIF

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  14. SpringJanuary 24, 2008 at 7:35 PM

    This is really kind of.... I don't know! SCARY!!! (John, don't get any idea's)

    http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/bizarre&id=5909934

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  15. SpringJanuary 24, 2008 at 7:44 PM

    I keep finding MORE news! I can't figure out why the video won't play though...

    http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/bizarre&id=5911136
    http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/bizarre&id=5906450
    http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/bizarre&id=5906457

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  16. anankaJanuary 24, 2008 at 9:42 PM

    Spring: Thanks for finding the covers! I think Kiki and Winnie go well together. And thanks for the links, too. I've got a lot of surfing to enjoy!

    Elizabeth: You're a powerhouse! You guys are fabulous. I'm going to go check everything out now.

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  17. NellieJanuary 25, 2008 at 5:59 AM

    Hysterical Thing:

    http://www.biertijd.com:80/mediaplayer/?itemid=4702

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  18. anankaJanuary 25, 2008 at 11:37 AM

    Spring: PS, love the pic!

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  19. ss chickJanuary 25, 2008 at 8:04 PM

    im no vegatarian (although half my family is) but I would NEVER IN MY LIFE eat something as disgusting as that. I mean, Im grossed out by eggs, so haggis nearly has me choking... I think I might look into becoming a vegatarian after all.

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  20. creativeartistJanuary 26, 2008 at 8:41 PM

    ananka:cllik on my name and when you get to my profile clik on it again

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  21. littlecharJanuary 27, 2008 at 2:50 PM

    poor Scottish enthusiast's, what will they do w/out their cultural delicacy?

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