Bizarre Food #4: Haggis
I’ve been on the search for the most strange and bizarre foods that people eat…with every scroll and click of my mouse, I get more and more hesitant…
There were some foods that I thought were extremely odd and fit the bizarre food category very well, yet I just could not stand to look at the picture or even stand the thought of writing a whole post about it. I hope my bizarre food findings aren’t scaring or grossing anyone else also.
I am thinking that I should directly post this project onto the Bizarre Foods Page. That way my readers are able to click on each bizarre food item for each week verses coming to my homepage and seeing something extremely creepy (last week’s Brain).
Let me know what you think.
On to it then. This week’s Bizarre Food is Haggis.
Haggis is derived from Scottish cuisine. It’s made of a sheep’s stomach. Yes, stomach. It’s prepared by removing the stomach contents then cleaning it thoroughly. The rest is basically similar to how you would cook any other type of animal protein—flavored with onions, vegetables, and baked until tender.
As Durian, it is considered a delicacy, however, Haggis was once thought of a poor man’s meal. Now it’s sitting in the ‘gourmet’ foods category.
How to prepare Haggis:
You can choose to simmer it slowly aka poaching it. The length of time depends on how much the stomach weighs (not referring to yours). 1 kg of Haggis takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes to cook.
Another option is to bake it. In this method it is advised pour a little bit of water in a casserole dish with the Haggis inside and then bake it for 1 hour at 350 F
Microwaving is also another cooking method that is used, but you would have to cut it up into even sized chunks to promote proper and even cooking.
When it’s cooked, you can enjoy it with potatoes on the side or a bottle of Whiskey!
Source:
According to Livestrong, Haggis is about 28% carbohydrate, 17.3 protein and a whopping 54.7% fat!
Here is an interesting article in the UK Guardian about Haggis and the U.S.
US to Lift 21-year Ban on Haggis
your bizarre foods definitely gross me out a bit – haha. but i still enjoy reading about them and learning
good to hear that you enjoy reading about them!
Yeck I’ve never had haggis and have no desire too haha but I do want to try vegetarian haggis. Found any weird vegetarian/vegan foods? How about stinky tofu. Or I heard about this Korean dish where fish is basically left to rot and undergoes an alkaline fermentation.
vegetarian haggis? oh gosh that still sounds gross. LOL
I actually have not had stinky tofu and ew! that fish sounds so disgusting!
Those are all great ideas for my next bizarre foods post. Thanks Ashley!