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Article: Leading historian claims the English, not the Scottish, invented the haggis.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- August 3, 2009
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Byline: ANI
London, Aug 3 (ANI): A leading food historian claims that the haggis, a very popular dish made from a mixture of oatmeal, liver, heart, and lungs, was invented by the English and not the Scottish.
Catherine Brown discovered references to the dish in a recipe book dated 1615, 'The English Hus-wife' by Gervase Markham', which was published at least 171 years before Robert Burns penned his poem Address to a Haggis.
Brown found that the first time the Scottish haggis was mentioned was in 1747, showing that the dish had originated south of the Border, and was later copied from English books, with the word also being of Brit origin.
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