# My Day of Haggis \*or\* Walking With Deth At My Side

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 22, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-of-haggis-or-walking-with-deth-at-my-side/120253 "2002-07-22T18:42:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-of-haggis-or-walking-with-deth-at-my-side/120253/61 "2002-07-25T13:49:40Z")

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Yeah, well I thought that was Gram’s brogue, so I spelled it right. Which doesn’t explain why mom pronounced it that way, but I guess I just thought she was saying it the way Gram did.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-of-haggis-or-walking-with-deth-at-my-side/120253/62 "2002-07-25T15:44:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Kilt-wearin’ man \*\*\*
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> > \*Originally posted by Futile Gesture \*  
> > Haggis is made from offal, just like your hamburgers. Except it has oatmeal and various spices as well.
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> I don’t know whose hamburgers you have experience with, but _my_ hamburgers are made of lean ground beef. I think you meant to say “hot dogs”, which are, indeed, made of leftovers from the meat packing plant. In a haggis, the chef knows exactly what ingredients are included. In a hotdog, it’s anyone’s guess - whatever’s left once the “useful” meat’s been processed, and it varies depending on what’s available. Scary stuff. \*\*

Potted meat or Vienna sausages would have been a better example. The only hot dogs and bologna that contain byproducts these days are supposed to be labled as such.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-day-of-haggis-or-walking-with-deth-at-my-side/120253/63 "2002-07-25T15:51:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \*  
> \*\*Apparently, the sheep’s stomach that the haggis was kept in had ruptured and/or exploded all over the microwave earlier. \*\*

Heh. Irradiated haggis.

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