Strange that the same folks that would bolt down this delicacy are the ones that in the 1700’s would set up a wonderful distillate industry in West Virginia and environs.
Probably wanted to wash the taste out of their mouths.
I took a bunch of Boy Scouts to an internation event in Blair Athol, Scotland. Every two years since 1946, the Scottish Council of the UK Scout Association has held a unique Scout encampment on the grounds of Blair Castle in Perthshire. The Blair Atholl Jamborette is made up of international patrols of Scouts - each consisting of half Scottish Scouts and Scouts from overseas. The Scouts function as a patrol during the ten days of the Jamborette, and then each of the international Scouts spends up to a week in the home of a Scottish Scout. Great time. (The dads get 4 days in London while the Scouts visit!)
I did have hagis for the first time, and thanked God I had a nice single malt to wash it down.
I don't know if the particular stuff I ate was good hagis or bad hagis, but either way I will never eat it again.
But their Scotch is the nectar of the gods!