A History of Haggis (2019)
by Petiver on 1/27/2026, 5:28:22 AM
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/historians-cookbook/history-haggis
Comments
by: stoneman24
While an interesting history, the actual truth is that the haggis is a small mammal which lives in the highlands. While they can be hunted (from St Andrews Day to Burns night), most commercially available haggis is farmed.<p>There is no truth to the rumour that they have 2 legs longer on the left side to easily run around the steep hills. Or that the males and females have different long legs so that they run around the hills in different directions and therefore meet.
1/30/2026, 10:51:30 AM
by: fiftyacorn
Im Scottish and stopped eating haggis for a while due to the "it contains ..." - but then started liking and appreciating it again. Its a great food for mixing meat, oats and herbs, and the veggie versions are really good too<p>Most people who complain have no objection to the floor sweepings of fast food they are eating
1/30/2026, 11:27:57 AM
by: mirawelner
The type of content I come to HackerNews for
1/28/2026, 1:35:17 AM
by: omnibrain
One of the worst things about Brexit for me in mainland Europe is that it became very difficult to obtain real, proper Haggis and Stornoway Black Pudding.
1/30/2026, 11:20:44 AM
by: canadiantim
Actually so delicious, with peeves
1/28/2026, 2:01:37 AM
by: gnabgib
(2019) Probably better Jan 25th for Robbie Burns? (25 points, 2022, 6 comments) <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30080881">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30080881</a>
1/27/2026, 5:31:37 AM