# How should I eat my canned haggis? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982 "2007-01-14T21:37:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/1 "2007-01-14T21:37:08Z")
I saw this can of haggis in the international grocery, and I’ve always wanted to try haggis so I bought it. I’m sure that it is nothing compared to the real thing. How do I eat it? I know nothing about haggis. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/2 "2007-01-14T21:42:50Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] I saw this can of haggis in the international grocery, and I’ve always wanted to try haggis so I bought it. I’m sure that it is nothing compared to the real thing. How do I eat it? I know nothing about haggis. [/QUOTE] I just wanted to be the first one to say: EWWWWWWWWwwww!!! Not because it’s haggis. But because it’s IN A CAN. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/3 "2007-01-14T21:47:38Z")
But it says its made from the finest ingredients. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/4 "2007-01-14T21:52:52Z")
With tatties and neeps of course. (In a _can_? Eugh.) ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/5 "2007-01-14T21:57:21Z")
Very carefully. One haggi at time. Pace yourself. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/6 "2007-01-14T21:57:36Z")
Very carefully. One haggi at a time. Pace yourself. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/7 "2007-01-14T21:59:57Z")
You want seconds, **pseudo**? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/8 "2007-01-14T22:01:25Z")
> [@](#): > > With tatties and neeps of course. To make a consistent theme I’ll get the boxed potatoe flakes and canned turnips. Do I just pour it on the plate? Whats it going to look like when I open the can? ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/9 "2007-01-14T22:03:51Z")
Put haggis in a frying pan over medium, heat through, spread on toast and place in garbage. Canned? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/10 "2007-01-14T22:04:46Z")
I think you need to open the can, and tell us what’s inside! I suspect a warm-through in a microwave is all that’ll be needed, because you’ll basically have a stew which includes some ingredients you wouldn’t normally use. To put it lightly 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/11 "2007-01-14T22:06:33Z")
My motto has always been, “There’s nothing better than a good haggis and nothing worse than a bad one.” I simply can’t conceive of haggis in a can being a good one. That said, warm it up and eat it on crackers. Just _DO NOT_ judge haggis based on what you get out of that can! ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/12 "2007-01-14T22:57:50Z")
I recommend [this](http://www.bagpipelessons.com/videos.html) for background music. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/13 "2007-01-14T23:01:39Z")
Canned haggis isn’t _that_ bad, especially when you consider that it’s not the easiest delicacy to find over here. Just a bit greasy. I microwave mine. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/14 "2007-01-14T23:02:54Z")
This is a joke thread, right? Please say it is. ---
**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/15 "2007-01-14T23:07:27Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] I recommend [this](http://www.bagpipelessons.com/videos.html) for background music. [/QUOTE] those bagpipes make me cry lassie! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/16 "2007-01-14T23:14:05Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] This is a joke thread, right? Please say it is. [/QUOTE] [This](http://www.thebritishshoppe.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=HAGTR&Category_Code=HAGGIS&Store_Code=TBSRJTC) is the brand I get. Not much choice, really. That’s all I’ve found. (There’s a place that makes fresh haggis, but I’ve never been able to get there when they’ve had it.) ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/17 "2007-01-14T23:18:30Z")
Bingo. Johnny L.A.'s got it. ---
**Author:** ![Zetetic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/74df32/32.png) [@Zetetic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zetetic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/18 "2007-01-15T00:11:17Z")
[Groundskeeper Willie] Get your haggis right here! Chopped heart and lungs boiled in a wee sheep’s stomach! Tastes as good as it sounds! [/GW] ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/19 "2007-01-15T05:03:49Z")
Haggis is not terrible, _if_ fresh and prepared properly. There’s worse “national foods” (what’s that Swedish lye-dipped cod-crap called?) But god, _canned_ haggis? No, no, no. Not with a Fox, not in a Box. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982/20 "2007-01-15T05:12:20Z")
It’s Lutefisk, **Deth.**. Just for the record, have any of you besides **Johnny L.A.** actually eaten canned haggis? I mean, maybe it’s not as bad as it sounds. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-eat-my-canned-haggis/387982.md?page=2)