Vegetarian haggis?
Jun 27, 2012, 11:24 am
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Vegetarian haggis?
One of my friends posted a picture of a can of vegetarian haggis on FB last week.
As haggis is things stuffed into a sheep stomach or other animal-based casing, how is this food product possible?
As haggis is things stuffed into a sheep stomach or other animal-based casing, how is this food product possible?
Jun 27, 2012, 11:38 am
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Cellulose?
Not sure how many people would be able to specifically pin point the provenance of any of the casings that surround black puddings, white puddings or a haggis on a blind tasting.
Here's a bit more info on vegetarian/vegan haggis and the sister puddings.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/news/what-is-white-pudding.
In Cornwall you can get vegetarian pasties without the meat that taste more like a true Cornish pasties than many non vegetarian imitations labelled as Cornish pasties. Same with a an arroz de la Huerta or arroz de verduras (although this is likely to have some salt cod) - tastes more like an actual Valencian paella than most of the muck sold to tourists as authentic paella does.
Not sure how many people would be able to specifically pin point the provenance of any of the casings that surround black puddings, white puddings or a haggis on a blind tasting.
Here's a bit more info on vegetarian/vegan haggis and the sister puddings.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/news/what-is-white-pudding.
In Cornwall you can get vegetarian pasties without the meat that taste more like a true Cornish pasties than many non vegetarian imitations labelled as Cornish pasties. Same with a an arroz de la Huerta or arroz de verduras (although this is likely to have some salt cod) - tastes more like an actual Valencian paella than most of the muck sold to tourists as authentic paella does.
Jun 27, 2012, 11:40 am
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It's a non-animal casing stuffed with oatmeal. It is something akin to a nut roast, crossed with stuffing, crossed with porridge, and is possibly one of the most pointless foodstuffs I have ever consumed (it was Burns night, and I am veggie). Seriously, I don't feel 'left out' by not having haggis!
Jun 27, 2012, 11:46 am
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Jun 27, 2012, 12:59 pm
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Jun 27, 2012, 2:01 pm
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Jun 27, 2012, 2:38 pm
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Craig's been giving it to guests on his late night show for years if they choose it. Looks really gross.
Not sure if this is the brand or not, but
Oatmeal, water, vegetable margarine, kidney beans, lentils, nuts (peanuts, almonds, walnuts), carrots, turnip, onions, mushrooms, salt, pepper, spices.
Not sure if this is the brand or not, but
Oatmeal, water, vegetable margarine, kidney beans, lentils, nuts (peanuts, almonds, walnuts), carrots, turnip, onions, mushrooms, salt, pepper, spices.
Jun 27, 2012, 4:07 pm
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Is it actually made with meat or with offal?
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Jun 27, 2012, 4:20 pm
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Well, last I checked offal was meat!
It's ground heart, liver and lungs, mixed with oatmeal and spices. I learned that I liked it a lot before I found out what was in it - that helps a lot with eating it
Traditional ones will be cooked in a sheep's stomach, but most use a plastic case these days (McSweens still do it the traditional way).
It's ground heart, liver and lungs, mixed with oatmeal and spices. I learned that I liked it a lot before I found out what was in it - that helps a lot with eating it
Traditional ones will be cooked in a sheep's stomach, but most use a plastic case these days (McSweens still do it the traditional way).
Jun 27, 2012, 4:39 pm
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I guess that's where we will have to agree to disagree, I suppose.
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Jun 27, 2012, 5:39 pm
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Decidely not. 
But, I'd rather eat vegetables than offal any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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But, I'd rather eat vegetables than offal any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Best regards,
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Well, it's that time again. Happy Burns Night to all!
Address to a Vegan Haggis
R. McIntosh
Fair fa’ your alimentary face,
Yon stomach of the ovine race;
Internal organs all displaced,
Liver, kidney, heart:
Weel are ye wordy o’ some rumination,
‘Fore we start.
Boiled in a baggie there ye will,
Have human bellies soon to fill;
Ye’ll stuff them to the upper gill,
And make them swell,
Abdominal abomination,
Belly-hell.
But first, to whet the bluidy thirst,
Some ....... stabs ye so ye burst;
Cleaving your upper flank
Into a steaming trench,
And then, O what a horrible stench,
Dead-meaty, dead!
Now, offal’s awfully nice for Granny,
But what aboot your Vegan manny,
What aboot yon folk that cannae
Stomach meat,
Let alone eat boiled up bits
Of brains and feet?
Puir devils! Doon the slaughter-hut,
Beheaded by the final cut;
To die in fearfu’ pain and then
Get minced tae muck;
If that was you, could you believe
Yer bluidy luck?
No me, I’ll hae nae truck wi’ that,
I’d rather eat ma tartan hat;
I’ll re-digest ma body fat
Afore I’ll slay;
It’s nae tae come to either-or,
So that’s OK.
Ye see, I hae the dab thing here,
A dish that didnae die in fear;
This dinner disnae quake inside
Its plastic jacket;
It’s meaty, but it’s meat free: it’s
A Vegan Haggis!
Address to a Vegan Haggis
R. McIntosh
Fair fa’ your alimentary face,
Yon stomach of the ovine race;
Internal organs all displaced,
Liver, kidney, heart:
Weel are ye wordy o’ some rumination,
‘Fore we start.
Boiled in a baggie there ye will,
Have human bellies soon to fill;
Ye’ll stuff them to the upper gill,
And make them swell,
Abdominal abomination,
Belly-hell.
But first, to whet the bluidy thirst,
Some ....... stabs ye so ye burst;
Cleaving your upper flank
Into a steaming trench,
And then, O what a horrible stench,
Dead-meaty, dead!
Now, offal’s awfully nice for Granny,
But what aboot your Vegan manny,
What aboot yon folk that cannae
Stomach meat,
Let alone eat boiled up bits
Of brains and feet?
Puir devils! Doon the slaughter-hut,
Beheaded by the final cut;
To die in fearfu’ pain and then
Get minced tae muck;
If that was you, could you believe
Yer bluidy luck?
No me, I’ll hae nae truck wi’ that,
I’d rather eat ma tartan hat;
I’ll re-digest ma body fat
Afore I’ll slay;
It’s nae tae come to either-or,
So that’s OK.
Ye see, I hae the dab thing here,
A dish that didnae die in fear;
This dinner disnae quake inside
Its plastic jacket;
It’s meaty, but it’s meat free: it’s
A Vegan Haggis!