{"id":245,"date":"2008-01-27T12:02:46","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T02:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=245"},"modified":"2008-01-27T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2008-01-27T02:02:46","slug":"the-haggis-kerfuffle-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/scotland\/the-haggis-kerfuffle-britain","title":{"rendered":"The Haggis Kerfuffle, Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = 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dish\" \/><\/a>interested in being butchers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the uninitiated, the ingredients for this dish include using the sheep&#8217;s stomach bag to hold a mixture of sheep&#8217;s liver, heart and lung, oatmeal, suet, stock, onions and spices.\u00a0 This calls for only those with strong stomachs to try it.\u00a0 Being a vegetarian, I&#8217;m mercifully spared, however even if I were not a vegetarian, no amount of fanfare would incite me into trying haggis and it certainly wouldn&#8217;t fall into my list of &#8220;10 Foods you must Taste before you Die&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/22090-2\/Scot_0216.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Strathspey Pipe Band, Scotland\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Strathspey Pipe Band, Scotland\" \/>Apart from the shortage of butchers, is this dish really healthy?\u00a0 Just from the ingredients alone, one would assume not and from recent debates, it appears that haggis is in hot water.\u00a0 In its drive to contain childhood obesity in the under-fives, the British Government has placed haggis in the list of restricted foods for nursery schools.\u00a0 Being classified as retricted foods means that haggis should only be eaten once a week.\u00a0 If you ask me, even once a week is too much for such young children.<\/p>\n<p>Haggis producers are up in arms claiming that haggis have got all the best of ingredients, which are all fresh and no harm can possibly come out of eating good haggis.\u00a0 The government spokeman disagreed saying that haggis has high saturated fat and salt and is therefore not desirable for children.\u00a0 Producers, how about taking up the challenge of reducing the fat and salt content and making healthier varieties.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haggis is hot 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