... well, children... today is Tartan Day... a time for all bloggers with Scottish heritage to stand up, be counted, paint themselves blue, grab the nearest haggis, and party down....
.. ok.. maybe not... but still, today is Tartan Day... and as such, I've dug through the old archives and produced a treat for you... mmm mmmm.... hand-raised, and slaughtered by the kind folks of Kearny's Scottish Butcher in New Jersey..
... that photo just goes to prove that with enough Scotch, you can eat anything... and nothing says "I Love You" quite like a well-cooked sheep's stomach...
It doesn't look very good, but I'm sure I've eaten things that look worse. Is it worth eating? Or just something to talk about?
Bullshitted by Dash on April 6, 2005 10:26 AM... it's actually pretty good, Dash.. the Scottish haggis better.. but Kearny does a pretty good job... if you like liver, you'll enjoy a haggis..
Bullshitted by Eric on April 6, 2005 10:31 AMwow.... eric.... the pic... don't know what to say......
I know what to say...that's a good looking haggis. There's some that look just like so much @#$% stuffed in a vein.
http://haradakun.cool.ne.jp/shashin/haggis.jpg
Bullshitted by Blackfive on April 6, 2005 02:52 PM.. damn, Blackfive.. that is one interesting looking haggis..
Bullshitted by Eric on April 6, 2005 03:07 PMThe picture is of the Stewart's Point Pleasant ("Downa Shore") store. The original is on Kearny Avenue in Kearny (pronounced Karrrrrrrrrney), New Jersey, my hometown. My high school biology teacher, Mr. Stewart, was in the family and used to work in the butcher shop part time.
In addition to haggis (bleccchhhh), Stewart's also sold meat pies and stuff called "puff paste."
Eating stuff like haggis, it's no wonder that those crazy-assed Scotties would smack the shit out of one another with their heads.
Bullshitted by Jim - PRS on April 6, 2005 10:16 PMHuh. I always thought haggis was a bladder. Still, I wouldn't eat one either way.
hoist one fer me, sir! we been celebratin all week on a counta how they gut em this scottish village built over in grand central, witch tiz a shame ye n yer wife caint see it (corse, ye dun lived in the real thang, so mayhap taint as much a treat fer ye as tiz fer us).
has bowmore 12 gut cheap down thar yet? tiz under $20 up in here n tiz a fine isla malt fer inny price.
.. Bowmore for under 20 bucks?.. that sounds like heaven.. down here, Bowmore Legend is still around 24 bucks... and it just aint the same...
Bullshitted by Eric on April 7, 2005 08:12 AMI wish I had of known - I would have gotten my kilt out of the bag and worn it. My wife is still getting over the fact that I wore a kilt in our wedding.
Remember - If it ain't Scottish it's crap!!!!
Bullshitted by Frank on April 11, 2005 06:48 PM