Article: Scottish Cuisine: Haggis
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Scottish Cuisine: Haggis
Haggis is a traditional Scottish highland dish that resembles, in some senses, a rather rough sausage. It is the national dish of Scotland, and Robert Burns, the great Scots poet, who wrote the famous ?Address to a Haggis? called the haggis the ?chieftain o? the puddin-race.? It is a staple of Scottish cuisine, and is served in the traditional manner, as well as in the ?haggis supper? (deep fried haggis with a side of French fries) or even as a haggis burger. It is sold prepared in supermarkets year round. But what is actually in this mysterious and oft-misunderstood food?
Though the traditional response to the question ?what is a haggis?? is often answered with a joke about a small highland animal with one pair of legs shorter than the other (to more easily circle the highl...
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