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The Incredible World of Shelf Stable Food: Part 7

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 9 Oct 24

Here we are, at another crossroads where to continue the journey you have to read the description of a strange, odd and unusual canned or boxed food and share with the class if you would smash it or trash it, eat it or beat...

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Birthday Wishes tae Rabbie Burns!

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43897) • Cambridge, England 25 Jan 21

Tonight is Burns' Night! (pronounced 'Burns Nicht' with a rolling Scottish 'R', a short 'i', as in 'lit' and a 'CH' that comes from the back of the throat). It's the birthday of Robert Burns, a simple farm labourer, who...

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Haggis, Anyone?

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 9 Dec 19

I was first introduced to haggis many years ago when attending either the highland games or the renaissance faire in my city. It is something that I have not had in years, but something I've considered trying to get (despite the...

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Scotland's national dish

Bill McAlpine @ScotMac (1335) • Edinburgh, Scotland 15 Jun 19

You may or may not have heard of Scotland's national dish. Traditionally eaten on Burn's Night, it's called the Haggis and, for historical reasons we need not go into here, many people believe it's a total myth - a ploy to attract...

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Diary 21st To 24th January 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Jan 19

Diary Monday 21st January 2019 I wanted to go out taking photos today but waking up to heavy fog and severe frost told me it wasn’t going to happen. I wrote to some pubs that don’t have pub signs asking why they don’t get...

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Haggis Hunting!

pgn @pgntwo (22405) • Derry, Northern Ireland 24 Jan 16

Few know that the wild Haggis is a wiry-haired critter that lives in the rugged, windswept mountains of the Scottish Highlands. The elusive, four-legged Haggis has become especially adapted to its steep, craggy environment in one...

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Haggis!

coldnpale @coldnpale (555) • Greece 16 Nov 12

I was in Edinburgh, Scotland last week. Of course I couldn't miss one of their most famous dishes, haggis. If any of you haven't heard about it, it's a mixture of sheep heart, lungs, liver and fat, all cut to small pieces,...

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Dang Dog ate my Burns Night supper!

jazzsue58 @jazzsue58 (2666) 28 Jan 12

An apology to my kids - it isn't them cleaning me out of vittles. I'm constantly telling my 4 kids off for always eating everything I cook, going back for seconds and thirds so there's never a "leftovers" day in my house.BUT...

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It's Robbie Burns Night Celebrated In Scotland And Elsewhere! Ever Had Haggis?

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 25 Jan 10

Apparently Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne that everyone sings on New Year's Eve when they are very drunk..mostly! Anyway, Robbie Burns Night is celebrated all over the UK, not just in Scotland. I once went into a pub called The...

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Did you have a Burns Night Supper at the weekend?

nancygibson @nancygibson (3736) • France 27 Jan 09

Did you have a Burns Night Supper at the weekend, and if so, did you have haggis with all the traditional accompianments such as neeps, tatties and a drop of whisky? We always have a big family Burns night supper and its so...

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Haggis...Have you ever had it?

foxtrot91 @foxtrot91 (84) • United States 12 Sep 08

Who here has been or lives in Scotland? I have always wanted to try Haggis. So who here has been brave enough to eat it and what did you think of it?

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Another animal looks like becoming extinct.

xboxboy @xboxboy (5576) 25 Apr 08

It was reported in the news this evening that Scotland's very own national emblem, the Haggis, looks like becoming extinct. This has been blamed on chip shop owners who have bought blackmarket Haggi and this has resulted in...

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Have you ever eaten Haggis?

Stiletto @Stiletto (4579) 15 Sep 07

This discussion was triggered by another discussion I just started. I just wondered how many people on myLot have ever tried Haggis. I know they have Burns Suppers in Canada and the US and you can't have a Burns Supper without...

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happy birthday

jimmythejock @jimmythejock (381) 24 Jan 07

It's Robert Burns birthday tomorrow,one of if not the finest poets that ever lived,do you celebrate burns night where you live.?

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Do even Scottish people eat Haggis?

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 27 Dec 06

I don't reckon that they do.... I think that they probably sit around in Scotland laughing at tourists eating it and say amongst themeselves.... "I can't believe they're eating that crap!"

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Its St Andrews Day here in scotland today

hm1177 @hm1177 (1222) 30 Nov 06

Anyone going to eat haggis,neeps and tatties?

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Does anyone actually eat Haggis? And if so...?

asmurthy @asmurthy (2461) • India 18 Nov 06

What goes with it? A sidedish of what?

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