Transcript: Haggis-Maker Dismisses English Origins Of Dish

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
08-03-2009
Haggis-Maker Dismisses English Origins Of Dish

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 20:00-21:00 PM


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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

In Scotland, from Aberdeen to Inverness, you might be hearing a collective moan brought about by this news that the Scottish delicacy and I use the word with some hesitation the Scottish delicacy haggis is, in fact, not Scottish but English. For the uninitiated, haggis is a mixture of sheep innards: heart, liver and lungs mixed with oatmeal, fat and spices, and cooked ideally in a sheep's stomach.

MADELEINE BRAND, host:

Hmm, and it is delicious. It is so much a part of Scottish tradition that the poet Robert Burns ...

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