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#31 Tue 29 Jan 13 9:00am
Thistledo
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Re: Burns Night!
Never known it to be eaten cold mummza. Wouldn't fancy it myself but then I'm not Scots
I prefer picnic pie slightly warm, that's why I think haggis would work.
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#32 Tue 29 Jan 13 9:48am
mummza
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Re: Burns Night!
Not easy to take off on a picnic warm .
Will have to try making a small pie and feeding it to a haggis loving freind to see if its acceptable cold !!!
My haggis loving freind eats Haggis quite a lot ,I have noticed that she always microwaves it hot .
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#33 Tue 29 Jan 13 10:52am
Thistledo
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Re: Burns Night!
mummza, I don't often take this pie on a picnic but enjoy it at home. Just remember to try and eat it on the same day as making. Don't like it straight out of the fridge. Then, I don't like most things straight of the fridge.
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#34 Tue 29 Jan 13 7:14pm
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Re: Burns Night!
I wouldn't eat haggis cold, and I've never heard of anyone else doing it either. Too suety. I love suet, but not cold.
Cold lard, now, that's another matter...
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#35 Tue 29 Jan 13 10:04pm
mummza
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Re: Burns Night!
thats sort of what I thought hippytea.
would Haggis work in a pie ?
I have never tried haggis myself .
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#36 Tue 29 Jan 13 10:08pm
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I think so. It might have a tendency to be dry, as it is not "gravy-like". It's soft and rich in fat, but relatively dry. You might need to add some kind of gravy or sauce.
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#37 Tue 29 Jan 13 10:13pm
mummza
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Re: Burns Night!
ok , so the type of pasty used might have to be something other that shortcrust then, I was thinking shortcrust pastry might give a nice texture.
I am not sure I will make a pie unless I could find someone who would eat it but its nice to know. ![]()
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#38 Tue 29 Jan 13 10:44pm
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I think shortcrust would be a nice texture for it. You could probably just add an onion gravy on top of the haggis.
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#39 Wed 30 Jan 13 12:33am
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Re: Burns Night!
Haggis Scotch egg? I know a Manchester one exists, using Black pudding. Enjoy your picnic. I hope the weather is nice.
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#40 Wed 30 Jan 13 10:11am
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Re: Burns Night!
I vaguely remember the original Scotch eggs contained haggis - a mix of haggis and sausagemeat, perhaps? - and that that was why they were called that.
Haggis does not bind on its own, as it is always pre-cooked. If you want to form it into anything like Scotch egg or meatballs, you need to mix in an egg to make it stick to itself. A bit of flour helps, too. Or if you mixed it with sausagemeat or mince, that would bind it.
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