How do i catch a haggis?

Question

my "friend" is hassling me for my msn and im pretty sure she will be coming down soon possibly even south for me so i will be going down as well. i wanted to make her, her favorite meal i know how to do chips deep fried just does anyone have a link to haggis

Answer 1

YES Yahoo it put in . Haggis recipes

Answer 2

Hello,

if you live in England it's quite hard to buy haggis but most Tesco's stock it. It's in the Sausage aisle near the Black Pudding. In order to make her feel at home remember to also get some square sausage, Irn Bru and salt.

Answer 3

Haggis hunting is a tough business

Leave it to your Scottish brothers, and buy one in Tescos,

tee hee.

Answer 4

You can only catch a haggis at a certain time of the year, and even then you would need a licence.

Answer 5

WTF u goin on about????????

or am i jus havin a blonde moment!!?

Answer 6

You need to remember that when you go haggis hunting that they run round the hills and glens and you have to be really fit they run round in a clockwise route so their left legs are longer than their right ones to allow them to run faster, if you can't be bothered chasing one you are sure to be able to find a local who will do it for you for a small price of course. Other than that the best option you have is to go to a supermarket and buy one, this is the safest option when you think about it as it means you will not be eaten by midges on your hunting trip.

Answer 7

Ciara has it right, the trick is to turn them so their long legs are uphill then they fall over and can be scooped up with ease.  I would not allow a local to catch one for me as they get one turned and then drop on it with their legs wide apart and catch the little begger in their kilt... would you eat anything that has been inside a Scotsman's kilt?

Answer 8

It's the bagpipes that lure them you know...get a set of bagpipes, go down to the bottom of the garden of a Scottish person and start playing-doesn't matter what you play...listen for the rustle of the bushes and when you see one hopping towards you throw down the bag pipes and jump on it-be prepared though,they are feisty little things that can give you quite a nasty nip!!Teeth the size of your arm!!

Or you could just go to Asda and buy one!?

Answer 9

Hard to understand the first part of your question but I take it you wish to find out were you can buy Haggis?

Most supermarkets sell it, even in England, but the quality varies from place to place.

Try going to butchers near were you live and enquire They may be able to put onto a good source.I am in Shropshire and have found a place that has locally made haggis.

When you have got your haggis serve it with "Neeps and Tatties" and Onion gravy to wash it  down. A very satisfying meal.

In case you are wondering I am Not scottish ;I am English.

Answer 10

you have to be takin the p**s

haggis is a mix of oats and meat

you buy it from a butchers

Answer 11

I belive you need to attract them using the bagpipes..

The sound is very much like mating haggis,hence the reason for this Scottish invention.

Also as answered before..remember to run the right way around the hills after them..they have one set of legs shorter than the other.

Once caught....or purchased from a shop...you can boil them in water for 20 mins per 1/2 kilo.

Note..look in the deli section of asdas/tesco etc..they have them ready to cook with instructions on label.

Answer 12

buy haggis at some butchers.

Answer 13

I travelled to Scotland in 2006 and we drove around the Lochs where I was lucky enough to to see the Mighty Haggis in its natural state roaming free.These Haggis are much sort after by the restaurants and cost a small fortune. You are better off buying a factory farmed Haggis at a reasonable price as the taste can be hidden with a good sauce.  Enjoy

Answer 14

The haggis is flightless. It runs round the mountain in one direction, either clockwise or anti-clockwise, which is why it has one leg shorter than the other. Catching them is easy. Just stand there until one blunders into you. You could, of course phone Fortnum and Mason and have one delivered to your door.

Answer 15

The wild haggis (Latin name Haggis Scotia) is a small furry creature, with the unique adaptation to mountain life of having shorter legs on one side of its body than the other. This enables it to run around mountains whilst neither descending nor ascending. Of course, it can only do this in one direction. Whilst this is enough to escape from most natural predators, human hunters soon learned to simply run around the mountain in the opposite direction.

Also, both ends of the haggis look identical, which makes it impossible for a predator to know which way the haggis is going to start to run. Unfortunately, whilst this confuses the predator, it sometimes confuses the haggis and they have been known to sit on their own faces and suffocate themselves. (Mind you, if your face looked like your *rs*, ...)

Hunting the haggis is not easy. It requires stealth. Like the deer stalker, the haggis hunter must be silent, invisible and without odour. Fortunately, while the haggis has incredibly acute senses, these only function over a very narrow range. Therefore the haggis hunter has to be only a bit silent, slightly invisible and a little without odour.

The haggis can hear only certain sounds. By whacking turnips (neeps) with a mallet next to a haggis, it has been proven that the animal does not react to loud noises. However, even a light rustling can make these creatures bolt. The sound the haggis is most sensitive to is that of a golden eagle plummeting towards its target, which by perverse coincidence, is identical to the noise made by plaid rubbing on underpants. Therefore, a haggis hunter who sports underwear will never be successful. Hence the tradition that “true” Scots wear nothing under their kilts.

As far as masking the hunter’s smell is concerned, there is only one substance that can hide the many and various odours of a haggis hunter: whisky. Preferably, the hunter should reek of it. Many ignorant lairds have given their gamekeepers a tongue-lashing for smelling of alcohol and then had to issue a cringing apology after learning this bit of haggis lore.

Finally, the haggis hunter must make himself invisible to his prey. Much like the Tyrannosaurus Rex (a creature to which it is not often compared), the haggis’ eyes are sensitive to movement, but only movement in a straight line. In order to creep up on their prey, haggis hunters must disguise their approach by adopting a shambling, apparently random gait. So, if you encounter a Scot stinking of whisky, shuffling down the street in an ungainly fashion with their kilt flapping round their bare backside, you will now know they are looking for a haggis.

The mating season starts on 25 January, after which it is illegal to hunt the haggis. Most mating attempts are unsuccessful, due to the cold weather. However a successful female will lay hundreds of eggs, which is the only reason that the haggis is not extinct.

I'll get my kilt ...