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[Nephew Twiddleton]

I brought up haggis because the last conversation I had with Pix here involved whether or not I should go to JP and eat the haggis. She encouraged me to. I'm still skeptical.

Twid,
A little bit Scottish, but way, way more Irish.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

At least, the last one I can recollect off the top me head.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Everyone should eat the haggis.

[Aucoq]

I love me some offal.  Oddly enough, I even had a dream last night that a friend and I went to a butcher shop where I asked if they had various organs before walking out disappointed when the lady told me they didn't have any.  With that said, I've never eaten haggis before.  It's on my bucket list though. 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

>We've been known to turn perfectly good spam threads into meaningful discussions.

I don't even think it's a matter of that. Over the years lurking here, I've seen threads about a given topic morph into 10 other things. Can't cite anything specific at all, but I can recall many a times seeing a discussion of [X super serious politico-philosophic topic] turn into a discussion about [broken dildos, cat penises, the price of coal in china, etc].

Is fun...

That part happens on every forum I've been a part of.  What is unique here IMO is the part Roger mentioned, the PD habit of redeeming a terrible thread simply via correct application of wit.

Personally I love that aspect, given my unfortunate tendency to knee-jerk and tantrum over every thread I create that does not get the response I was hoping for.

Wit is the best way of getting out of an unpleasant social situation.

It's not always possible, but when it is, it gives most people a way out of the situation with a shred of dignity intact.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I love me some offal.  Oddly enough, I even had a dream last night that a friend and I went to a butcher shop where I asked if they had various organs before walking out disappointed when the lady told me they didn't have any.  With that said, I've never eaten haggis before.  It's on my bucket list though. 

The most I've ever done is black pudding, which is basically sausage soaked in blood.

Quite tasty. Weird smelling gas though.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

>We've been known to turn perfectly good spam threads into meaningful discussions.

I don't even think it's a matter of that. Over the years lurking here, I've seen threads about a given topic morph into 10 other things. Can't cite anything specific at all, but I can recall many a times seeing a discussion of [X super serious politico-philosophic topic] turn into a discussion about [broken dildos, cat penises, the price of coal in china, etc].

Is fun...

That part happens on every forum I've been a part of.  What is unique here IMO is the part Roger mentioned, the PD habit of redeeming a terrible thread simply via correct application of wit.

Personally I love that aspect, given my unfortunate tendency to knee-jerk and tantrum over every thread I create that does not get the response I was hoping for.

Wit is the best way of getting out of an unpleasant social situation.

It's not always possible, but when it is, it gives most people a way out of the situation with a shred of dignity intact.

I think this is a pretty good tangent for this one.

[LMNO]

I'm a weird food eater.  Love me some tripe.  Love me fish heads.  Love me livers, hearts, and chicken feet.

The reason I've given haggi a pass is that it's sold as "oatmeal and parts in stomach" which I hear as "coppery blandness with the texture of cat food" which simply doesnt appeal.

Are there spices or herbs of any kind used? 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I'm a weird food eater.  Love me some tripe.  Love me fish heads.  Love me livers, hearts, and chicken feet.

The reason I've given haggi a pass is that it's sold as "oatmeal and parts in stomach" which I hear as "coppery blandness with the texture of cat food" which simply doesnt appeal.

Are there spices or herbs of any kind used?

What I know is that it tastes spicy and goes well with Scotch. It's one of the rare combinations where whisk(e)y doesn't kill the spicy.

I've described it in the past as sheep without the meat.

I'll probably eventually suck it up and try it. At the end of the day, it is edible, it only sounds disgusting. And truth be told I used to find black pudding disgusting on principle and it's now one of my favorite foods.

[hooplala]

I've never even tried kidney... I should probably start there before I go to 'Organ-galore Served In Sheep's Stomach'.  Right?  Right?

[Junkenstein]

WRONG.

[Bu🤠ns]

...goes to look up Black Pudding. 

....

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm a weird food eater.  Love me some tripe.  Love me fish heads.  Love me livers, hearts, and chicken feet.

The reason I've given haggi a pass is that it's sold as "oatmeal and parts in stomach" which I hear as "coppery blandness with the texture of cat food" which simply doesnt appeal.

Are there spices or herbs of any kind used?

Let me just put it this way:  There is a REASON that Scotsmen are made to live in mountains.

[Suu]

I'm a weird food eater.  Love me some tripe.  Love me fish heads.  Love me livers, hearts, and chicken feet.

The reason I've given haggi a pass is that it's sold as "oatmeal and parts in stomach" which I hear as "coppery blandness with the texture of cat food" which simply doesnt appeal.

Are there spices or herbs of any kind used?

Black pepper. A metric shit ton of it.

[Faust]

I'm a weird food eater.  Love me some tripe.  Love me fish heads.  Love me livers, hearts, and chicken feet.

The reason I've given haggi a pass is that it's sold as "oatmeal and parts in stomach" which I hear as "coppery blandness with the texture of cat food" which simply doesnt appeal.

Are there spices or herbs of any kind used?

Black pepper. A metric shit ton of it.

I could eat a old tyre with enough black pepper.