How Traditional Haggis Is Made In Scotland | Regional Eats
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- Insider’s Claudia Romeo traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland to meet with James Macsween, a third-generation haggis producer who has turned his grandfather’s butcher shop into one of the most successful haggis companies in the UK. Haggis is spiced meat encased in animal intestines with salt, spices, and a few other ingredients depending on the recipe. Macsween’s haggis is made using lamb lungs, beef fat and a secret mixture of spices from a 67-year-old recipe.
Editor's note: Filmed on February 28, 2020.
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How Traditional Haggis Is Made In Scotland | Regional Eats
Watching a dagger wielding Scotsman expressing his feelings towards an organ sausage was one of the most wholesome things I've seen on this series.
11:33 the way Claudia started flinching 😭😭😭
It's a pudding, don't get that wrong 😨
@@defeatSpace it's ice cream
I was taught in world history class that the Scottish valued & guarded their history, culture and their traditions , with their lives.and that the tartan cloth was sacred to their lands, heritage and culture and that each distinguished tartan color represented the individual clans of the Scottish people and the kilts , tartan cloth and bagpipes were inherited and passed down the linages from father to son and that it was not only a honor to inherit such valuable family treasures they were sacred to the families and to the clans that inherited such valued family heirlooms and for anyone to buy such family heirlooms and then to wear them out in public was looked upon with shame and anger , imposters showing off stolen valor. Yet in the realms of the woke 21st century we now live . All cultures (excluding European and the United Kingdom cultures ) are protected and respected and cultural appropriation is frowned upon for every culture but for some odd reason the rules don't apply for European and the United Kingdom cultures. And we now are witnessing the loss of culture and traditions and cultural appropriations . Take Scotland for example the sacred kilt passed down through centuries of their ancestral linages and the great changes the clans brought about to Scotland , the battles fought on their lands was all in vain because in the 21st century anyone can be Scottish, anyone can wear a kilt and infact you can now get elected in Scotland based on your other the white skin tone and the woke global elite will even see to it that you are given a coat of arms , make them up a tartan color and allow them the privilege to walk around in kilts making a mockery of the Scottish ancestry and traditions. The unelected pm of Pakistan origins that also says Scotland is to wh. Ite . Isn't wearing that kilt because he feels honored or claims to be Scottish he wears it to mock you in your faces and like a trophy that Scotland has been defeated and is now a conquered land . I can't understand just how blind and brainwashed people have become that they cheer on their own demise and the conquering of their own lands . It's insane watching the west being destroyed from the inside and the woke continue to cheer on their own destruction, the loss of their own unique cultural identity, traditions, history and Christian beliefs.
@@annaverano5843 The woke is wild fire, wild fires are natural processes that lay foundations of ashes where luscious, bountiful, and fresh lands rise as rewards for the mighty. I'm confident you'll figure out why the mighty encourage such an inferno, also that you'll manage fairly well during and afterwards, thanks to that head on your shoulders. Please remain strong!
"Each pudding can serve 2-3 people"
YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER
In my last trip to Scotland I had three helpings... Haggis is very good!
Dont try it Anakin
I would destroy those bad boys!
*laughs in fat*
@@GeoffreyMhd lol. Hotdogs are basically the disgusting version of haggis. Haggis is like just a bunch of internal organs mushed and packed together. So yeah, I'd definitely eat those everyday
As a Scotsman who eats Haggis at least once a week. This video makes me want to eat it even more. If you haven't had haggis before, your missing out!
Sometimes, it's good to miss out.
I'll pass
@deviantmoore9744 no one asked
They don’t sell one in Indonesia. We’re a bit too far away for Scottish cuisine 😂
I probably would have never tried it but I only found out what was in it after eating some as a kid. Pretty good but hard to find real stuff around here. Most of the farms around here raise cows and chickens.
I was born in Jamaica but now live in the UK… listen this is actually 🔥 I just decided to try it once and loved it
Same bro and im from Algeria 🇩🇿
Much love to jamaicans
Good thing lambs weren't heavy smokers.
Ya love that nicotine
you never know i heard they like grass a lot !
Nicotine flavored meat...
Great comment.
underrated comment
To anyone who thinks that this is "disgusting" - I bet you eat hotdogs
i grew up in northern norway,, here we dont have haggis, but we have its grandfather = LUNGEMOS. Its lungs-hearths-meat+ spices so its simular to haggis.
and we also ate bloodpudding in the autum after the animals was slaughterd
wait untill they find out whats in hotdogs
oh boy
or chicken nugget
Nope
I mean with the rodent hairs and bug excrement (thanks Tom Hanks) that falls into an industrial sausage press to make a wiener, I'd gladly eat a haggis, truly, nothing fiener...okay, that was bad, but still...
James isn't kidding when he says haggis is so tasty - it is, and it deserves to be tried at least once
ianwyj1
You can make "feces" tasty if you add strong herbs and spices to the mix!
@@redblade8160 intestines just need water to be cleaned idiot. It doesn’t smell/taste like shit at all and eating just muscles and fat really isn’t healthy. Real meat eaters know that most organs taste good.
@@redblade8160 comparing intestines to feces is the last thing you'd want to do mate. Intestines can taste really nice and are totally safe to eat if done properly. Pig, cow, sheep intestines are also used in cooking in many cuisines. If anything, you are the feces for mocking other's culture and cuisine
Nah, I'm good.
Nah, you're pretty bad mate.
As he says, there are many cultures with such dishes.
And they tend to all be very tasty and evocative.
In Alsace, for instance, there is the "g'fellter soeimawe" (stuffed pork stomach). The stuffing is made of meat offcuts, salted pork belly, potatoes, carrots, leek, onions, shallots, persil and garlic, and some white wine. A big winter favorite :)
the g'fellter soeimawe sounds so close to Philippines's "longganisa"!
@@christinenine6599 As a Filipino Scot this is one of my favourite foods!
Ah yes, gefüllter Schweinemagen, as we say over the Rhine in Baden
@@ryan79173 Always having to copy us! ;)
Thank you for sharing
the poetry at the end was beautiful, like sure write about love all you want but a full poem about a sausage ball is another level of art
"Gie her a haggis" - Beautiful.
My favorite part is when they cut it open; "his knife see rustic labor dight, and cut yi up with ready slight, trenching yir gushin entrails bright, like onie ditch... And O what a glorious sight, Warm, reeking, rich!
The Scottish guy who used to do it at our local Burns Night would get pretty violent with it... He really played up the stabbing part lol
It just went on and on and on
I'm presuming it's the ode to Haggis by Robert Burns.
Technically it's a pudding not sausage
To those in the comments saying "disgusting" or "There's no way I can eat this", don't knock until you try it guys. The ingredients sounds horrendous, but it's surprisingly delicious, like EXTREMELY delicious.
does it have grainy kinda texture like potato or fully boiled egg yolk?
Still looks disgusting and they’re not in demand except in Scotland, there must be a reason why it’s not popular.
horanghae there’s a reason it’s only made and enjoyed by some people in Scotland
@@kyle0091000 That logic makes no sense. It's not in demand elsewhere because people are afraid to try it and its a very regional cuisine. For the best quality you would expect all the ingredients to be from scotland and thus only tend to find it there. Im from England and i find it delicious
@@austinb3560 so, the answer my question is..?
I had haggis when my family and I went to Scotland in 2006. Several restaurants had haggis, neeps and tatties, and I have to say it was delectable. Possibly some of the best "comfort food" I've ever had.
Wow. I got chills with that editing at the end. Lovely.
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!
He is so passionate. I would like to try the real thing.
I have ever went on vacation to scotland and i will definitely suggest you to try it it is very delicious😋😋😋😋😋
Haggis +cheese in a toasties 😉
I ate haggis and i swear are dutch kroket is a freaking joke if i have to compare it to the tastyness of the haggis, also loved the canned stuff
Canned?
its so gross omg
Gotta love the Scotts, even with subtitles I have no idea what was goin on in that poem
That's because the Poem is Scot's, not English. It's a completly seperate language that was spoken in Scotland and Ulster Ireland. I wouldn't expect a non native to understand Rabbie Burns's poetry. I'm Scottish myself and can speak and understand Scot's, but I don't ever use it. My native tongue was Scottish Gaelic and English, to be honest I find speaking Scot's is too much effort as it's very western germanic and a bit rough. Where as I was raised speaking Gaelic which is more mellow and Danish-esque.
@@audioxix No you didn't, you're not Braveheart. Absolute wanker.
@@daryld4457 Somone has sand up their vagina, calm it kiddo. Braveheart isn't even a person...
@@audioxix It''s a dialect not a language... Also most English speakers understand Rabbie Burns.
Just about
I tried haggis once in Glasgow, from a local butcher. Incredibly tasty, and I would love to come back for more one day! Greetings from Norway.
If you're used to red meat, I'd say haggis is actually quite a safe thing to try, taste-wise.
Kind of like a peppery / slightly-spiced mince.
Many many years ago I ordered haggis in a restaurant in Edinburgh, and I told the waiter I'd never had it before. He was very proud that I chose that plate. And it was good. People should eat more organ meats, very nutritious.
@Troy Krentz yes you are right. Im from Indonesia, i would love to try haggis. We eat all kind of cow's organs.
Man, I could eat offal all the time. Hearts, brains, liver and sweetmeats errday, bruh.
@@kaptenlemper the only reason i dont eat organ meat is because it stinks high hell in my country
You'd see alot of organ meats from cows in malaysia! And they're all so nice! Not everyone here likes it tho but sucks for them and more for me!
Wouldn't catch me eating that pish and im born and bred here, I don't get how foreigners like it but at least someone's eating it tbh
"It serves 2-3 people"
Me, who made it myself and ate the whole thing with neeps and tatties in one sitting: "oops"
Yeah... I eat their veggie one and normally manage to get most of it down with equal helpings of neeps and tatties. My mum makes a white onion sauce to go with it that helps you get more of it down too.
you ate them with what now.
@@wendysflute515 If you meant the original comment, neeps and tatties are Scottish slang for mashed turnip (the type we use is also called a rutabaga in other countries) and mashed potatoes.
@@shestewa6581 that makes more sense now that you explained it! i may or may not have thought those meant,,other things,, so thank you!
TIL: mashed potatoes are called “tatties” in Scotland.
Literally salivating. Cant wait to be back in Scotland to stuff myself with this.
As a Romanian, just like the lady said, we have toba which is great as well.
I have a Taiwanese mother and a white American father, and the food culture they grew up with is really quite different. My mom grew up with the idea that if it's on an animal and it tastes good, we'll eat it, meaning we'll eat pretty everything from the skin to eyeballs to intestines (some people eat the privates for medicinal properties). On the other hand, my dad grew up on a farm where they only eat certain bits and made the rest either into sausage or gave it to the dogs and coyotes. Really is interesting to see how the ideas of what can and cannot be eaten varies across the world.
I mean our family is chinese but my nephew is half white (american). He hate a lot of the food we eat. Its a struggle. I have met people who wont eat anything containing flavor so i gues a least he isnt that bad.
Even in my country, many parts of the animals that Westerners would find odd are actually eaten. I guess it's true with the rest of Asia, we tend to explore more with different parts and how they can taste better.
The word you're looking for is testicles. And yes, they're delicious.
They make it into sausage and then........... they eat it !
US: "this is disgusting i will never eat this"
also US: "eats bull balls"
Testicle festival for dayz
I'm dead 😆😆😆
America we have Budan.If you're lucky enough to find it.
A lot of people hate that idea too. People just need to stop being picky lol.
@@limbrat5448 ow yea that blood sausage.
The best part is when he said Haggis isn't Scottish, rather there is Haggis all over the world, just made differently based on the area. So humble. 😊
Its cringe.
The haggis itself is cringe or what he said?
@@underated17 What he said
@@goblez5900 oh get a life
@@goblez5900 Na, you’re cringe
I had my first haggis in a Hotel Restaurant opposite Eilan Donan Castle in Scotland, along with Neaps and Tatties and it was a lovely meal. Good on you Scots folk.
Neeps and tatties really are necessary. Haggis is very rich so the potatoes (I love mashed) bring a softness and the turnips bring a peppery rootveg flavour. perfection
I would love to try Haggis. In Turkey, there are similar dishes as they say. We have kokoreç, which has several ways to prepare, but it is basically fried, baked, or roasted intestines. Also, there is kuzu sarma, which is rice, spices, pine nuts, and lamb liver wrapped in a special fat located between the liver and intestines of a lamb. It is quite like Haggis, indeed.
Englishman here! I LOVE haggis. It tastes like spicy delicate sausage. Enjoy with mashed potato and loads of gravy. Making something edible with parts of an animal that would usually be discarded. Yummy!
I like it on a steak with peppercorn or whiskey sauce, it’s called steak highlander. You can’t also do it with chicken. Sincerely, a scottish person.
Nuclear Penguin I am irish but I’ve never tried it! I hope I get a chance to
I’m Scottish 😂
Asian-Canadian here! I LOVE haggis more than you. lol. For real though, it's fuckin' amazing. I made it for years myself and got to try the real thing when visiting my kids who attend university in Edinburgh and Glasgow, now the ones I make are even better than before. Doesn't beat the ones I ate in Scotland but I'd be proud to serve it to a Scot. With chappit neeps and bashed tatties. Or vice versa if it pleases you. lol
Neps and taties
I live in Nevada USA, and I always wanted to try Haggis. I like it when cultures use every part of the animal, I believe there is no "Bad" or undesirable part of the animal. If you take an animals life to eat, the least you could do is not waste any.
Get some spice grind up liver and heart. Oatmeal. Get in intestine or even a synthetic casing. Get a hooker and have her roast it in her womb for 72.
That’s pretty much haggis
Even veins?
@@aleenajobi7428 Hypothetically speaking Imagine If you where the animal and a human took the most precious thing you had " your life" to eat you, would you not want that person to use every part of you and waste nothing veins and all?
@@clintwestwood1895 wait I meant if veins are edible
I meen Nothing truly goes to waste in nature If you don't eat it some thing else will
I'm a big fan of Haggis. Had it in many dishes, even a Haggis Lasagne a few years ago in Ullapool. Spot on.
I'm a chef in a fine dining restaurant in England. There are 5 of us in the kitchen - all Scottish! Every few weeks, we get haggis, proper black and occasionally, white pudding, sent down from a supplier in Edinburgh and we make a serious breakfast to start our busy Sunday service. It's a thing to behold.
Really cool to read the comments from far and wide talking about this treasured dish. Sorry our American and Canadian cousins can't sample this treasured dish. One day, your Govt's may see sense and relent.
I love the line from Mike Myers in SNL, the Scottish store, "It's like all of Scottish cuisine was based on a dare!"
Lolz
He is wonderful in
So, I Married an Axe Murderer.
Hunger begets creativity
I'm on the 'Garth Brooks Juice Diet', so I can't eat haggis... ("Pregnant man gives birth"... That's a FACT!)
No idea what you mean! Battered deep fried snickers is an obvious staple of every good diet :-D
I thought Haggis was gross before, but now, after seeing the process and his passion, I want to try some myself haha.
SCARAMOOCH
Haggis is super delicious 😋 you should definitely try it
I’m Scottish and I swear it’s really quite good. I would describe it as a spiced rich mince. I’m not the kind of person to eat liver or anything like that but I love haggis
I'll be real with you I'm disgusted by it but IT'S DELICIOUS. very confusing
I've tasted Haggis once... This was the worst experience ever!
Then the guys told me how it's made...
Nope, that was at that moment that It was THE worst experience ever!
Haggis is unbelievably savory and delicious. Everyone watching deserves to try it for themselves.
the passion these ppl hav for the culture behind such a simple food is rly wholesome n heartwarming. i wanna try some haggis now lol
I never understand how people can look at the cuisine of another culture & call it disgusting. That is the food that is used to sustain families & communities; that’s not disgusting - that’s beautiful. That’s history. That’s culture! And I’m always honored when ppl share their culture & food with me.
Liberians ate human flesh due to poverty, would you like to try that?
It helped sustain families and its a good source of protein, but to me thats disgusting
@@professored7169 why did you have to call out the Liberians? Cannibalism has happened at some point to many people from different nations, including British and Americans. And the Liberians didn’t do it out of starvation, there were crazy warlords that thought that eating their enemies organs would make them strong.
@@qreed3217 yes all thru history, but liberians are the most recent cases I know so thats why. Its not only warlords that do it tho.
@@Dan-G.1979 What about spiders and bugs? Or snails? Jw
As Sanji said, “it’s important to make your food taste good, but isn’t exhausting your ingredients the worst thing you can do?...You should never waste food.” If anyone can cook the worst part of the animal to make good food, then they indeed do not waste what they have.
Never thought I would find a one piece fan here lol
I understood that reference. A man of culture I see.
Organs are nutritionally THE best part, though.
Made me think about the episode where sanji shames the marine cooks
one day we will find the All Blue
I tried Haggis when I was in scotland. I had a few bottles of Tobasco sauce I had brought with me. My scotish friend was amazed by the taste of tabasco and haggis. I sent him bottles a few times for years during the late 90's, until he told me his local grocery store was selling tabasco sauce, finally.
Can confirm - Sriracha is also really good.
Actually in Romanian culture Haggis is "Drob" and is made out of lamb organs, cooked in a deep dish and covered with the animal omentum that seals the juices inside. "Toba" that was mentioned is closer to the headcheese, and is made out of porc bits and pieces stuffed in the urinary bladder. Totally different flavors, both delicious. One its a Easter , the other is a Christmas dish.
"Drob" is also the Croatian word for stomach. Wonder if those are related, or just a coincidence.
This made me cry. My dad was a through and through Scotsman. Blackwatch. I wish I could have some haggis, tatties and neeps with him right now.
❤️
@@jojomakes thank you.
Another time, another place, you will meet with him again
@@seanlawman1518 I don't believe in an afterlife. However, I am satisfied he's out of his agony which was bone cancer. Thank you for the sentiment anyway, it's appreciated.
@@Zooumberg well, just because you don't believe in an afterlife doesn't mean it doesn't exist, since it can't be proven or disproven... hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised... Either way, you will always love your dad, and there is nothing wrong with that ... Did they play "The Flowers of the Forest" for him? (I can't hear that tune without tearing up.)
I want a woman who loves me as much as he loves his haggis.
*confused internal screaming*
Be a man woman can love as much as he loves his haggis
Become the haggis
@Grannvale Flame Emperor Tara dae
I want a haggis that loves me as much as James loves Haggis.
Food is bae ❤️
Ive loved all your videos I've watched so far, but this is my favorite. Of course, I am biased because of my Scottish heritage, but I loved how universal this presents what haggis is and the lovely spectrum of Scottish accents at the end. Thanks!
I'm from Mexico, here we have a dish that is similar to haggis in the meat and casing that is used called montalayo. Having tried both, I have to give it to the montalayo, if only for the spices used. Nevertheless, haggis is damned good, especially with mash and a pint.
I grew up with my family making hog maw, this gave me lots of nostalgia haha. It isn’t gross at all, and it actually smells very good! I’m always so happy to see culturally significant foods being carried on.
Funny you bring up hog maw. In the Pennsylvania Dutch area, we have something called "scrapple". It's essentially pig trimmings such as organs that is ground into a mush with buckwheat flour, spices and cornmeal. It comes out like a loaf. Fry it up on the flat top and voila. It's an acquired taste though.
@@jbvader721 I love scrapple 😂 i always ate it for breakfast with syrup though. I know a good bit of people who refuse to eat it altogether
@@jbvader721 I love scrapple, Definitely an acquired taste but since I was young that was fantastic just to fry up and even have on it's own.
My mom's favorite food was pig's feet.
It's sad to see people averse to eating portions of an animal beyond just the muscle meat. Organ meats in particular are generally healthier than muscle meat. But, at least where I'm at, people have been conditioned to think of those other parts as disgusting.
Tried them once on my trip to Birmingham, it was Surprisingly Good! There's no Rancid smells or whatsoever.
Definitely worth tasting 🙌🏼
It's better in Scotland
@@MYERZ08 can't argue with that mate 🙌🏼🙏🏼
Dyu know what part of Bham u had it in?
@@akeeb8611 I forgot mate... I guess it's in the southern part i guess?
@@daveelzacky9987 fair play, I imagine it was Bullring or something but yh glad you enjoyed it.
I'm Scottish and nothing beats a good haggis with neeps and tatties. Always eaten on burns night but I love it in autumn and winter for a nice warming comfort food 🥰
Near where i live there is a yearly (pre-pandemic) festival called mosaic. All over the city, mini embassies celebrate their culture and foods. Scotland is always on my list, they make a huge spectacle of the haggis as well, pipes, drums, speeches and poems. If you’re lucky enough to catch it, they serve you haggis, scotch eggs, Irn bru, and all kinds of things. During the dinner, storytellers will keep you entertained. That’s really the only time i ever eat haggis.
Huh, I never knew Scotland has a poem devoted to haggis!
everyone knows =)
www.robertburns.org.uk/Assets/Poems_Songs/toahaggis.htm have a look here :)
@@foodlapse-beyondtimelapse8526 Not everyone does know .
Then you've seriously got to read up on Scotland...
Dredd Mau5 Guess we don’t get too many Scottish cinema here in the states.... Never once have heard that.
Personally I feel that if you are a meat eater you should at least try to eat most parts of the animal.
Nah
Here in 🇳🇵 Nepal.... Out of a buffalo 🐃 we only leave horns, hoof, teeth and tail hair..... We make 32 different dishes with the rest.... 🙄
The organs are way healthier as well. We eat some of the least nutritious parts of the animal
y'all only ate meat? in my country there is a lot food that main ingredient every part of cow
-sop buntut (oxtail soup)
-rujak cingur (salad with ox mouth [i dont know that english name])
-sate rudal (testicle satay/skewer)
-soto daging (meat soup mostly uses liver and lung)
-kikil / ox skin, yeah ox skin. we really ate them
-sumsum tulang / marrow bone
-gulai otak / brain (cow/goat) soup
i already ate this before, you should try this too 😋
@@elsard I agree, I eat more interesting food when I'm abroad but it's very hard to find anything other than muscle and fat unless you go to a butcher. Irs even hard to find anything other than beef, pork, or chicken, eg lamb or duck is very rare in US supermarkets
I had haggis after a performance of that Burns poem, and it was delicious and the most Scottish experience I ever had. It was exactly as he described it, meaty, spicy, nutty, just very flavourful and comforting.
This is hands down my favorite episode, the poetry makes it memorable but the guy is quite happy in his job.
Although those lungs don’t like the lungs in my biology book, I didn’t get why are they so homogeneously shaped.
They were already chopped up I think
They leave the butcher essentially jammed into a food grade barrel. It kind of shapes them like a mould, then the haggis maker chops it up with a big guillotine.
Im Mexican, I would love to make Haggis Tacos, it looks delicious I dont care if its sacriledge, Haggis Tacos washed down with some Guiness mmhh mmm
@Maxx Kroes i regularly use haggis instead of minced beef in many recipes. Very adaptable food.
It's basically chorizo lol so you've probably already had something similar
Haggis is a great ingredient in fusion cuisine. A few combinations common in Scotland are including it as a topping on nachos, or on pizza, or as the interior of haggis pakora.
@@Noob4allnoob2 It's only basically chorizo at a *very* basic, on-paper level, in that they're both essentially types of spiced sausages. The flavour profile and texture are *completely* different.
@@tunguska-1454 Haggis pizza 🤤 you sir have a good palate, tacos and pizza, my favorite foods 🤤
Every hunting season my aunt would love when I would bring her everyone's deer heart, lungs,livers and kidneys. She would make sour lung and heart stew, liver dumplings and pan fried liver and onions. Old German and Hungarian dishes. My friends father would take the lower deer legs/shins and bear bladders for traditional Chinese medicinal use. Another older friend of ours would take all of our hides and bring them to a tannery in Upstate New York. They would finish them into suede and cut them into moccasin, wallet, glove and hat crafting kits that he would take to the local VFW hall for veterans to to have a daily activity and free gift. Very little is ever wasted.
Wow...
Lies again? Huggies Haggis
Deer antlers make good doggy chew toys as well! The reindeer centre in the Cairngorms sells the shed antlers for that very purpose. I never bought one for my pupper because she's a fussy little shit and doesn't do toys.
I cant wait to try haggis when i visit Scotland! I always make a point of trying the most unique and symbolic cuisines of the countries I visit. it's a big part of the experience.
The first time I tried haggis in Edinburgh I remember being so surprised at how well seasoned it was. I wasn’t used to that from traditional British food 🤣
I've been only once in Edinburgh and damn me I totally forgot to try haggis (I was there for literally one day). Next time I'll have some for sure and, as you said, I hope it's better seasoned that other British food, since I've always felt traditional British food is a little bit lacking in that sense compared to other gastronomies.
@@georgezee5173 To me, the seasoning is what makes or breaks the Haggis. Any time I've had Haggis and not been satisfied, it's because whatever recipe used doesn't have good seasoning in it.
Similar things could be said for other dishes I suppose, Haggis is no different, it's just a bunch of meat, needs seasoning.
Scottish food is vastly superior to British food.
@@eddiecairns yeh likes deep fried mars bars and Scotch Eggs🤣 there’s more Michelin star restaurants in London than anywhere else is Europe never mind Scotland, so please dont tell me Scottish food is better than English food.
@@matty6848 ok Matt, simmer down.
I grew up eating many parts of the animal, liver and tongue being some of my favorites. Love this.
The tongue is the best meat ever. Oh god. I love the brain too.
This is all very well cooked before and then fried with spices. Mmmm
cow tongue is delicious
same, but also including the heart
Never liked tongue but I live liver and kidneys
Ngl his accent is so light he may be the most intelligible Scot I've heard 😂
It's very Edinburgh. There is a variety of Scottish dialects and therefore, accents.
The unintelligible accent youve probably heard is strong glaswegian. About 20 miles west to this place. Its the largest city in Scotland
@@smoogle3g4c37 right I'm scottish so I can understand all scottish accents but I struggle A LOT to understand my uncle, he sounds absolutely nothing like my Dad but it's a really strong mix of Glaswegian and North Ayrshire along with the fact that he's the fastest speaking person I've ever met in my life. Absolutely no way a foreigner would be able to understand what he says lol
He's probably the only _sober_ Scot you've ever heard, that's why.
@B - nah mate
I tried haggis a year or four ago and it was amazing. it doesnt taste like organ meat it tastes pleasantly meaty and hearty. I had it with some gravy on potatoes and it was far away the best meal i had there
That poem by Burns... Screams Scotland!
Amazing how the owner loves his job and his traditions, and it’s so nice to hear how he knows about sausages around the world. Great
As an American, I would love to try Haggis at some point in my life.
gotta have ut with mashed potato, mashed carrot and rutabaga, and red onion gravy (english style gravy, from roasted meat juices/stock) and a dribble of scotch over the top before you tuck in
It seems very similar to boudin which we have in the south
@@josephflash3120 It's not like boudin at all. The texture is granular and haaa I did not like it, I just feel bad to think about my experience.
I've tasted Haggis once... This was the worst experience ever!
Then the guys told me how it's made...
Nope, that was at that moment that It was THE worst experience ever!
Imagine a boiled meatloaf, but with oatmeal instead of bread or crackers.
It tastes pretty good
I love how there are subtitles like helps at all.
Loved the dramatic poem in the end! Thanks for the educational vid on haggis!
the passion while reciting the poem makes me wanna try it now
In the Philippines we have a recipe called Bopis, it's generally beef lungs, and next to Sisig, for me it's perhaps the 2nd best thing to eat while having a cold beer.. 👌
Oh brother. Garlic, vinegar, chilli peppers, black peppers. You're taste buds are just being assaulted with rich flavours. I love it.
I LOVE sisig!
What’s the first best thing?
The first? Sisig!
You guys should try Kinilaw na Kambing (balat ng kambing) or Papaitan.
Ilocano born, Manila raised. haha!
I like the way she jumped back slightly as he's swinging that knife. Gorgeous knife too.
Watching this Maundy Thursday. God bless, folks
Grew up eating haggis. It's absolutely amazing stuff. Goes really well when added to a chicken curry.
Bloody hell that's a good idea. I'll try that this week...
@@joliecide the trick is to cook the curry normally, then place chunks of haggis in just before the end so it heats through. Serve, and dig in!
@@iainanderson6775never been more intrigued to try this ,I’m a 30 year butcher here in the U.S.A, unfortunately we have to discard these parts to the bin for pickup,so they can make dog food and make-up.
Oooh never thought about that, f me I’m gonna try that
I’ve made it a few times stuffed into chicken thighs or breast then slowly roasted for Sunday lunch with all the trimmings wrapped in some bacon or Parma ham, lovely
But for me you can’t beat having it the traditional way on its own with tatties and neeps.
"everyone has their own haggis"
**Remembers when mom always used to tell me how they mince all the disgusting wasteful animal parts into hotdogs and boiled sausages**
Well done I love the Robbie Burns poem at the end. Nice touch! 😎👌
You don’t know what you’re missing until you have it with neets and taties with lots of gravy! Brilliant.😊
11:31 the lady's reflexes cause her to recoil at the sight of a flailing knife.
Eh. She’s European so she gets a pass. lol
@@RevolverOcelot79 😂
@@RevolverOcelot79 ??
In Btasil there’s a dish called “buchada de bode” that is in fact a haggis: liver, kidney, lungs, onion, garlic and salt wrapped up in goat’s instestines, very popular in northeast 😄
The last few minutes this channel took to explain the influence of this food in the Spanish culture is very appreciable.
We Tamilians have a festival named after a food but to see a whole song made for a food is awesome. Such a beautiful cultural impact.
I'm sure this was just a typo, but the haggis is Scottish, not Spanish. The poem is the "Ode to a Haggis" by Scotland's national poet Robert Burns (born 1759, died 1798). The Burns Night celebration is the 25th of January, which was Robert Burns' birthday. Burns Night suppers have a long tradition and they involve recitations of the Haggis poem as well as other parts of Burns' works. The haggis is traditionally served with mashed potatoes and neeps (the Scottish word for the type of turnip known as a swede which has orange flesh) and "washed down with whisky". Everyone has a good time!
@@alicemilne1444 Thank you.
What an amazing meta-edit of "Address to a Haggis" at the end!!!
When I moved to Scotland in 2011 I swore I was never going to try haggis. However living in Scotland you quickly find yourself in a situation where it would be rude not to. I was so surprised at how good it was and now it is one of my favourites. It does genuinely sound awful but it is really really nice. For me a good cooked breakfast is not complete without BOTH haggis and black pudding.
I have been to the UK thrice, and try as I might, I just don't like black pudding. I LOVE haggis, not to mention Steak and Kidney pudding. And Yorkshire Pudding. And Sticky Toffee Pudding. Damn I gotta get back there.
@@mescko I've been living in the UK for the last 7 years and don't like black pudding either. As a Spaniard I find it bland tasting compared to Spanish "morcillas". I've tried black pudding and black sausages from other countries and find the same blandness in them.
@@mescko try Stornoway black pudding
@@youngdave3283 Made on the Isle of Lewis, eh? I can't find any source for it stateside, I suspect shipping would cost a fortune, if they even ship here, which I doubt. I'll keep an eye out.
Seems very calorie dense, definitely a food that would have been important in older times.
Surprisingly not! But it is incredibly tasty.
Oh yeah. Half a haggis that size with some gravy, mash and sweede mash and you're good for a massive meal.
@@Albinojackrussel Gotta have those Tatties and Neeps!
Massive vitamin count, and I mean massive
Extremely nutrient dense !
Loved the ending
I tried haggis in Scotland as a tourist and it was great! Yes, it doesn’t look like it’ll taste great but it does. I was expecting a bad taste but nope. Enjoyed it very much.
Seems like a lot of people are so against eating animal innards. Those things are a snack here in Indonesia
You’re really a man/woman of culture, my leash
Lmao true, beef lungs in padang restaurant is my favorite tho
David Watson damn furries
It's tasty, but the texture is really not good.
Foods like paru crispy, usus crispy are reallly good. But boiled? Nah..
Beef lungs are damn delicious!
the passion on this guy talking about and reciting the poem. Amazing!
Absolutely love it.
looks so good! i’d def try that!
I'm a filipino here; & I REALLY wanna try it! Oh what a wonderful thing scotland has to offer.
I'd like to try it. Sounds like it's cheap and delicious.
If you guys think this is disgusting, look up how hotdogs are made 🤮
Or McDonald's 100% beef patties in the US 🤢 remember pink slime
@@qwertyasf pink slime?
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I've always avoided how hotdogs are made! When I eat them, I eat all beef. But, I STILL don't want to know.
If I ever tried Haggis, I would want perfect Scottish Haggis, preferably while sitting in Scotland.
I tried escargot, so I guess anything is possible.
Yep. I’m turned off hot dogs for ever. If I’m having hot dogs you best believe I’m having local, kielbasa or brat wurst where you can celery see it’s made of ground beef. not just a paste
Beautiful poem and tradition, be proud of it.
This is so awesome!!
In Brazil there's a very similar dish to this one and here it's called "buchada". Greetings and love from Brazil ❤️☺️
I'm an American and I had the opportunity to eat haggis that my co-worker brought to work, he's won competitions with his recipe and it was amazing
I love seeing all the comments in here of people around the world saying "I'd love to come to Scotland, I need to try this". We'd be happy to have you! Aim for January 25th (Burns Night) or November 30th (St Andrew's Day) and you'll get the full experience - something like Scotch broth or cullen skink for a starter; haggis, neeps, and tatties for a main; and then cranachan for dessert. Can't go wrong with soup, spiced meat and veg, and a pudding made of cream and whisky!
I've been thinking about hiking the highlands during COVID. After watching this it's definitely high on my places to visit! Just hope I can understand the accent lol.
Amazing 😀 Greetings from Scotland 😊 Have a wonderful day everyone 🌻
Haggis is phenomenal. I'd have it over McDonald's any day of the week
IMHO ANYTHING is better than a McD......and healthier.
@@patagualianmostly7437 Sometime they put Barley into Haggis as well as Oats. It makes a more wholesome meal then a Big Mac.
@@walboyfredo6025 Could not agree more.
Barley...oats...it's all good stuff.
Healthy intestines: Healthy Body.
It ain't Rocket Science.
Stay well...in these strange times.
i just had some mcdonalds fries today. god it tasted so good
@@ladylover1134 this guy knows what's up. "Traditional" doesn't have to be good ya know. I'd love to maintain the tradition of slavery but it's a shame with these modern laws
It's funny how we're not allowed to have haggis is the states, but we're allowed to buy and eat ALL the chitterlings we want. 🤢
Scotland has different food manufacturing standards to the US of A. The production of Lamb is very different between the different countries and that means that Lamb lung meat is safe to eat in Europe but not so much in the US.
Plus haggis isn't the worst health wise and is probably quite high in iron and other nutrients which come from offal 🤷🏼♀️.
Alistair Williams American health regulations are not the best though.
@@gnomie3908 probably the best food for anemic people imo.
Your govt can't stop you from making it yourself!
Deal direct with a local sheep farmer ~ to buy the pluck of one of his wethers, preferably two-tooth to young mutton (lamb is too young for good haggis, I think). You may have to agree to buy the whole carcass - perhaps with a group of friends - but Haggis is worth it.
great docu, outstanding
I know the factory and the product well, great to know James is still producing the best!
I've had haggis exactly one time, on a trip to Scotland with my university years ago, and it was one of the most delicious things I've ever tasted. It makes my heart deeply sad to know that I won't be able to eat genuine haggis again until I revisit the country, since lungs are illegal to sell for food here in the States.
As they point out in the video It's illegal to import lungs to America. But there are a few places making them to be sold (although I gather they are not great.)
Illegal to import lungs to the US. US and many other nations have similar laws like that to help their own farmers by keeping foreign competition out. There are also hygiene standards one nation may want that the other can't meet.
In mexico we bought lungs to feed the cats. Had one cat that would "hunt", throw the lung piece aground, and finally " kill" it. And then walked away without eating it.
@@samdherring competition? It is illegal for lungs to be sold for human consumption in the US because it is harder to keep contaminants out compared to other organs or cuts, so there is no need to keep out foreign competition.
@@samdherring America keeping out foreign competition when it comes to food?? Say that to the HUGE imported Japanese food market in the U.S!!!
Mr. James Macsween had me at "I love haggis. I love haggis."
That looks so good!!!! I would love to go to 🏴 and eat this!!!
You cant fool me. I know that haggis is made when a daddy haggis and a mummy haggis love each other very much and they hug each other in a special way
I had to laugh at her reaction when he started brandishing the knife. I knew it was coming from the start and I wasn't disappointed.
Love love love Haggis!!!!
What does it taste like?
@@Gameboyreaper haggis
@@Gameboyreaper Meat
@@Gameboyreaper it tastes like rich, spiced, peppery minced meat. It's delicious.
@@thekiwifruit01 thanks
Brought a tear to my eye seeing the address to the haggis for the burns supper
Oh gosh just looking at it, it looks delicious!