# Ode to a Haggis **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697 "2009-01-23T19:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ez2slip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@ez2slip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ez2slip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/1 "2009-01-23T19:59:04Z")
With Robert Burns night coming right up, I thought I’d have a go at memorizing his poem or maybe trying to acquire a haggis. There are few establishments nearby that have related events this weekend. The Celtic themed shop in Bethlehem, Donagal Square, has a tea shop in the back and they are hosting a whisky tasting. I think I’ll go there. EZ ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/2 "2009-01-23T20:41:39Z")
I don’t see any way that’s going to go wrong. Whiskey you say? I’ll have a taste or 50. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/3 "2009-01-23T23:29:40Z")
Obligatory link to the poem > **[contractinteriors.co.uk](http://www.contractinteriors.co.uk/ecpb/ToAHaggis.htm)** > > This domain may be for sale! More haggis recipes than you can shake a stick at: [http://www.smart.net/~tak/haggis.html](http://www.smart.net/~tak/haggis.html) Alton Brown’s recipe: > **[Haggis](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/haggis-recipe-1911083)** > > Get Haggis Recipe from Food Network ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/4 "2009-01-23T23:57:34Z")
> [@Omegaman](#): > > I don’t see any way that’s going to go wrong. Whiskey you say? > > I’ll have a taste or 50. Whisk **e** y? That’s several flavours of wrong right there. /reminds self to shop for haggis tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/5 "2009-01-24T01:02:45Z")
I once knew someone who claimed to have once found canned haggis. I had never before dared to google and see if it were true. Hang on. Well, the first link is to a band called [Canned Haggis](http://www.cannedhaggis.com/). Not bad. Safe so far. Oh, no. [It’s true.](http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/haggis.html) The whiskey tasting sounds like a much better idea. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/6 "2009-01-24T01:07:26Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I once knew someone who claimed to have once found canned haggis. I had never before dared to google and see if it were true. Hang on. > Well, the first link is to a band called [Canned Haggis](http://www.cannedhaggis.com/). Not bad. > > Safe so far. > > Oh, no. [It’s true.](http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/haggis.html) > > The whiskey tasting sounds like a much better idea. I’ve had it. It’s OK in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/7 "2009-01-24T01:10:01Z")
It is, of course, “Address to a Haggis”, not “Ode”. (A fact I only discovered last week.) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/8 "2009-01-24T01:11:28Z")
And in case you had looked at the recipe and asked yourself: Is there such a thing as a [haggis kit?](http://www.amazon.com/Caledonian-Kitchen-Presentation-Haggis-Kit/dp/B001280PBS) There is. You can order it on several different websites, but it usually comes from just one company. It’s advertised as perfect for a Burns Supper. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/9 "2009-01-24T01:20:42Z")
When I was in Selkirk, the local butcher was selling haggis lasagne. Gag. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/10 "2009-01-24T02:28:06Z")
I’ve had haggis, in a cafeteria in Edinburgh. It didn’t inspire me to any poetry, though. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-a-haggis/482697/11 "2009-01-24T02:46:52Z")
I had that canned haggis a few years ago. I even made a thread about it. It was pretty good. Of course having never had any other haggis, I don’t have any bar to measure it with. I also made my neeps and something else. It was a fine dinner.