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The Scottish national dish

What it means to be a haggis

June 9, 2005

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What legend tells us...

small three (four)-legged animal native to the Scotland glens each leg has a different length -> haggis hunting usually takes place

on flat plains where they can only run around in circles

only available in season: 30th November to 25th January

noises of haggii during the mating season gave rise to that other greatScottish invention, the bagpipes

The largest known recorded haggis (caught in 1893 by a crofter at thebase of Ben Lomond), weighed 25 tons

Haggis hunting season is the week before Robbie Burns Birthday, that'sJanuary 25th. So, the season is open January 18-25th.

The recipe/method for making haggis can be traced to the ancient

Greeks and Romans. The earliest Scottish recipes for haggis wereprinted in the early 15th century.

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The truth about haggis ...

the national dish of Scotland

traditionally served with neeps andtatties (mashed swede and mashedpotatoes)

usually made from minced sheep`s

entrails mixed with onion, oatmeal, suetand spices, traditionally boiled in ananimal`s stomach for several hours

tradtionally served on Burn`s night(January 25th)

-> Robert Burns: Address To A Haggis

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Defining haggis ...

Encyclopedia Britannica: alarge spherical sausage made of the liver, heart, and lungs of a sheep,

all chopped and mixed with beef or mutton suet and oatmeal andseasoned with onion, cayenne pepper, and other spices. The mixture ispacked into a sheep`s stomach and boiled.

Infoplease.com: a traditional pudding

Foodnetwork.com: This Scottish speciality is made by stuffing a sheep`s stomach lining with a

minced mixture of the animal`s organs, onion, suet, oatmeal andseasonings, then simmering the sausage in water for about 4 hours.Haggamuggie is a simplified version of haggis made with fish liver.

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Haggis Saumagen

famous dish from the Palatinate

it is made from potatoes, carrots and pork

boiled in hot water and it is served in slices withSauerkraut and mashed potatoes

origin in the 18th century

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Word origins: haggis [hggiss] (plural hagisses)

ME haggen-> to chop

OF agace-> magpie

Parallel semantic development of English pie ->originally: magpie -> applied to a pastry case with a filling

Magpie collects trinkets -> assortet sheep`s entrails in a haggis

French hachis: -> Gehacktes but haggisis older than hachis

Scandinavian origin:

Swedish hagga -> to chop

Icelandic hoggva

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Possible translations with reference to ...

Defintions

spherical sausage

pudding

sheep`s stomach

stuffed chopped

minced

word origins

haggen/hagga/hachis/hoggva -> Gehacktes

theSaumagen-> sheep`s stomach

difference in preparation and consumption

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Points to discuss ...

web phrase count

translations

How could we translate

haggis

ifit was an animal?