How revolting![/quote]
Actually Tsolias, haggis is very tasty - and I’m not even a Porridge Wog !
Haggis is hunted and trapped in the Highlands during the autumn months, I forget the dates of the season.
Haggis, or Haggii in the plural, are very shy and timid creatures that live on the steep slopes of Scottish mountains such as the Cairngorms.
They look quite strange as they are two legged and very round, they are actually a lot smaller than they appear due to the thick fur they grow to ward off the icy Scottish winter.
Because they have one leg longer than the other they always move around the mountain in the same direction, clockwise or anti-clockwise.
To preserve the numbers the two types are hunted on alternate years, clockwise Haggii in even years and anti-clockwise in odd years.
Nets are set lower down the slopes and manned by the estate workers. The Ghillies, (gamekeepers,) climb the slopes and hide behind
rocks or prepared screens and they listen for the approach of the Haggii.
When they are near enough the Ghillies leap out from their hiding places and try to catch a Haggis in their bare hands, on the rare occasions this happens the Ghillie is rewarded with a small barrel of whisky that is traditionally shared between his team.
The Haggii have quick reactions and tend to run off. Unfortunately their retreat proves to be their undoing, and when they run in the opposite direction to normal the long leg is now above them, causing them to roll downhill to the waiting nets.
Haggis is normally prepared by skinning them and removing the outer layers of fat. They are boiled and best served with a single malt.
Over the last fifty years they have also been sold in fish & chip shops where they are minced, put into sausage skins, dipped in batter and deep fried.
