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1961MJS said:Hi, somehow all of the guts etc taste good in sausage. I haven't had Haggis, but I have had chitin's and I've had the daily special at a Mexican Restaurant which turned out to be chitin's in a green chili sauce. The flavor was good, but the texture wasn't. I got through 2/3's of it before I gave up. I really gotta learn a little more Spanish.
I'm also not much on the etc that the Vietnamese put in Pho.
Later
Oh yes the "special beef" pho where you wonder what the heck you were just eating.
I'm not an indiscriminate offal lover. I think kidneys smell like wee and tripe smells worse. So believe me when I say that haggis is nice. Spicy and oniony and oatmealy with an underlying meaty richness like liver. The spicing I think is very interesting - I can detect clear nutmeg, both white and black pepper and allspice (pimento/Jamaica berry) notes in it.
Miss Neecerie said:Granted...its been a good while since I had proper haggis, but I recall it being texture wise like a firm pate (insert your own accent over the e)......
so its not an unpleasant texture at all.....
I find it a bit crumblier than pate (insert your own accent over the e)...... maybe like the stuffing from a roast?