Posted on 08/02/2009 2:02:52 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
This is bound to result in war.
As far as I am concerned it should be who to blame.
dubious honor?
Invented by an Englishman but known as a Scottish dish? So what was it originally stuffed with - barley? Englishmen are not known for the eating of oats, as Doctor Johnson immortal definition makes clear.
Whatever it was stuffed with, once the other Englishmen tasted it, and pronounced it “offal.” They drove the originator out of England and into Scotland, feeling the meal was only fit for wild men and beasts. And I say that as a proud Scots’ descendant.
Maybe the English tricked the Scottish into eating it as their national food.
Dr. Johnson may have been unfamiliar with Geordies.
Tam O’ Shanter ping!
"The Naked Chef" Jamie Oliver ought to be flogged, drawn and quartered for making a snide remark about American culinary prowess...
"We put the veg into the roasting pay, give it some extwa virgin olive oil...
Pop it in the ov, and it'w be weally weally tasty!
It was invented by somebody who was pretty freakin’ hungry, is all I’m sayin’...
Human beings have been cooking minced meats and grains in animal stomachs since the paleolithic. American native people did the same. And didn’t even wear tartans.
Imagine fighting over the honor of inventing haggis ...
If you eat sausage...then you’re just a wee bit doon the road from the stomach...
I'm guessing the Scotts are happy about such a revelation and the Britts will try to discredit such a finding!
Good point. A trip to the store could be pretty grueling then. Use what you got, and like it, was the rule.
But it sucked so bad the English gave it to the Scots?
God sake I’m not surprised. Two sides of the same culinary coin. Fetal duck eggs anyone?
Someone has to take the blame.
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