A tale of canned haggis

[THE PILGRIM]

Weird! Something funny happened when I added the Balut link.
Anyway -
When the Carriers headed for the Gulf of Tonkin, they would stop at Subic Bay.
And the new guys on their first trip had to endure a Right of Passage.
Eat a Balut. That’s a boiled Duck Egg with an Embryo.
One Navy Guy told me that his was coming up faster than it was going down!
Have eaten Spam, just fat Pork with a lot of salt.
I prefer mine fried.
Haggis, no. Balut, no.

How to Eat Balut in the Philippines

 

[Rustyt1953]

I fry mine in a cast iron skillet with cabbage and bacon grease. Serve with sliced tomatoes, chutney and a flagon of brown ale.

Cheers!

 

[SC_Mike]

No thanks, I'll stick to hamburger.

Well, maybe not.

 

[Kurusu]

Weird! Something funny happened when I added the Balut link.
Anyway -
When the Carriers headed for the Gulf of Tonkin, they would stop at Subic Bay.
And the new guys on their first trip had to endure a Right of Passage.
Eat a Balut. That’s a boiled Duck Egg with an Embryo.
One Navy Guy told me that his was coming up faster than it was going down!
Have eaten Spam, just fat Pork with a lot of salt.
I prefer mine fried.
Haggis, no. Balut, no.

How to Eat Balut in the Philippines

That Balut thing, may even taste good. But my culinary curiosity doesn't go that far.

 

[Kurusu]

Well, attributed to Bismark.

 

[Doug M.]

At least haggis is likely to be nourishing, whereas golf is a solution in search of a problem. It takes time that could be invested in actual fitness training that will improve your life; from walking the dog; training with guns; reading, or anything else that is actually useful. Likewise the money wasted on gear and greens fees, etc.

 

[Spook76]

At least haggis is likely to be nourishing, whereas golf is a solution in search of a problem. It takes time that could be invested in actual fitness training that will improve your life; from walking the dog; training with guns; reading, or anything else that is actually useful. Likewise the money wasted on gear and greens fees, etc.

"A golf course is a terrible waste of a perfectly good rifle range." -Lt. Col. Dave Grossman (sometimes attributed to Jack O'Connor)

 

[THE PILGRIM]

A while back now, some friends convinced me to join them at a local public course for Golf Lessons!
Another student saw me play.
And he looked at my cheapie LH clubs.
“I bet if you bought some decent clubs your golf game would get much better.”
I Don’t Think So!
Maybe a Miracle would help.

 

[Texas Star]

At least haggis is likely to be nourishing, whereas golf is a solution in search of a problem. It takes time that could be invested in actual fitness training that will improve your life; from walking the dog; training with guns; reading, or anything else that is actually useful. Likewise the money wasted on gear and greens fees, etc.

Golf doesn't even have cheerleaders, the sole redeeming factor of football. I think some basketball teams also have cheerleaders.

Once I've seen the year's cheerleader calendars, that's the extent of my interest in spectator sports.

BTW, I finally thought of a wine to accompany haggis: an oloroso or full cream sherry. The flavor may be enough to eradicate the taste of haggis! And the fairly high alcohol content and the sweetness may help to kill any bacteria, etc. that the haggis may contain.

Is lamb lung tissue firm enough that one could use it for fish bait, instead of making haggis? Catfish would probably take it; they even eat stinkbait.

BTW, I do eat Spam, choosing the 25% Less Sodium version. With Grey Poupon Country Dijon mustard or just the sauce from a can of Ranch Style beans, it's pretty good.

If you didn't like the Fifty Shades books and movies, no worries about using the mustard. Grey Poupon has no connection to Christian Grey. He's a fictional character. The mustard is real, and very good. However, were Christian and his adoptive mother, Dr. Grey real, their very affluent households would probably stock that mustard in their pantries... David Lindsey even mentioned the brand in his superb detective novels set mainly in Houston, TX.

 

[Kurusu]

A while back now, some friends convinced me to join them at a local public course for Golf Lessons!
Another student saw me play.
And he looked at my cheapie LH clubs.
“I bet if you bought some decent clubs your golf game would get much better.”
I Don’t Think So!
Maybe a Miracle would help.

If you can actually hit the ball you are way far ahead from me.

 

[oberon]

....well.....
To be honest, I have consumed all manner of scary comestible substance, with a few exceptions, like brains, pancreases, kidneys, eyeballs, rocky mountain oysters, and such.
I like to eat 'potted meat product', which, as it happens, has all kinds of meat-ish by-products included: like pork snouts, beef lips, and the rest of the sweepings from the trimming room floor.
Spam is pretty good stuff. Kinda like kielbasa minus the sleeve.
I have eaten pickled pig's feet and lamb tongues.
And caviar. And tripe. None of it what i would call 'bad. My mother used to send me to school with beef tongue sammich in my lunch.
I reckon it teaches respect......
I have not had the occasion to sample haggis, but I will if the opportunity ever presents itself. It cannot be as unpalatable/inedible as some other stuff.
I once ate a conch.
It is a mollusk that gets hauled up in lobster traps. They are like a periwinkle on steroids.
If you ever attempt to eat one, be sure to amputate the nasty 'clump of grapes' lookin' thing on the proximal end. It is .....well...... it is something you should never put in your mouth. The rest of the thing is quite tasty, though.
And if you are in a sushi place, don't eat the urchin. It is almost as horratious as the wrong end of a conch.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

If you can actually hit the ball you are way far ahead from me.

Oh yes- I can hit the ball!
I have no idea exactly how far or where it’s going!

 

[Texas Star]

The thing bothering me about Spam is that in WW II, our troops in the Pacific gave some to natives in places like New Guinea, where there were cannibals. They called human meat "long pig."

They said that Spam reminded them of long pig. Ugh!

But in wartime Britain, a can of Spam was good bartering material for meat-starved Britons. It could buy anything from Scotch to a lady's favors. I think it was as effective as silk stockings in that role.

And both of our top fighter pilot aces were fueled in large part by Spam. Bong shot down an official 40 Japanese planes, and McGuire got 38 before he "spun-in" and crashed, after forgetting to jettison his auxiliary fuel tanks before making a really sharp turn in coming to the aid of one of his men who was under attack.

There is no known evidence that his lack of judgement was caused by eating Spam.

In going from haggis to Spam, we seem to have achieved the usual thread drift...

Time to move on to bear guns?

 

[Collo Rosso]

Spam fried is palatable, haggis would still be dirt.

 

[BigBill]

Spam is good I like it thin sliced fried crispy.

What about haggis cheeseburgers?

I fry it in butter or olive oil?

 

[oberon]

Spam fritters, spam soup, spam sammich, spam salad, spam & eggs, spam jello, spam ice cream, spam pie, spam cookie, spam cake, spam & waffles.......you get the idea.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Had a maid in Okinawa who made Spam Fried Rice.
Don’t recall throwing any away!

 

[CH4]

I tried haggis once...the lamb must have been a chain smoker. Thank goodness the Italians figured out how to cook.

 

[Spook76]

(snip...)

Time to move on to bear guns?

Nah, .32 vs 9mm vs .45 vs phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range...I'm sure that horse is only "mostly" dead.


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[Collo Rosso]

Spam fritters, spam soup, spam sammich, spam salad, spam & eggs, spam jello, spam ice cream, spam pie, spam cookie, spam cake, spam & waffles.......you get the idea.

Where's monty python when you need them!?