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Posted by DJPG on Nov-27-2003 18:07:

Americans on Haggis

Sourced from today's Guardian newspaper

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The enduring myth of the Haggis still contributes to the Scottish travel trade, according to a poll yesterday that suggested a third of US visitors believe the delicacy to be an animal. The haggis manufacturers Hall's of Broxburn revealed evidence of the misconceptions from an online survey.

The poll of 1,000 US visitors to Scotland found that

33% thought haggis was an animal

23% said they came to Scotland believing they could catch one.

The company said they intereviewed one tourist who thought the haggis was "a wild beast of the Highlands, no bigger than a grouse, which only came out at night". Another claimed it sometimes ventured into the cities, like a fox.

Haggis is traditionally made of a sheep's stomach filled with liver, heart, lung, oatmeal, suet, stock, onions and spices.

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Posted by Shudder on Nov-27-2003 18:14:

o my god.

Posted by DJPG on Nov-27-2003 20:35:

That was pretty much the reaction of everybody else I've shown it to. Heh.

Posted by webmeister on Nov-28-2003 00:56:

:barf:

Most disgusting thing ever

Posted by tubby on Nov-28-2003 04:52:

quote:
Originally posted by webmeister
:barf:

Most disgusting thing ever

spoken like someone who's never had haggis.
And don't you people know the stories of how to catch a haggis?
you see, haggis are little creatures that live in the highlands. In order to run fast on the steep hillsides, they have one leg shorter than the other. So to catch one, you hide behind a bush until it comes running round, then jump up and yell Boo. The frightened little critter tries to run the other way, but now the short leg is on the downhill side, and they tumble down to the bottom of the hill, where the hunter picks up the stunned creature and takes it home for dinner.
Kind of like the loch ness monster, this keeps the gullible tourists coming.