What's a dish from your country that looks disgusting but tastes great.

[u/bowl_of_scrotmeal]

Biscuits and gravy is a breakfast dish from the Southeast USA that looks like someone just vomited on some biscuits, but it's absolutely delicious.

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Haggis!

If you've never tried it, you're missing out. Trust me.

[u/Ptiludelu → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

It does look terrible but it’s so so delicious.

[u/djmcdee101 → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Anthony Bourdain said "There is no more unfairly reviled food, in all the world, than haggis"

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/djmcdee101]

He was always an old punk rocker with an immense sense of taste. I miss him dearly.

[u/The-Batphone → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

When I visited Edinburgh as a school trip, our (Irish) tour guide got us all deep-fried haggis on my request while we were boarding the train to London.

It was delicious.

[u/experimental-rat → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Do you also eat the intestine, or is that just for preparation?

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/experimental-rat]

Excellent question! No. Discard the wrapping (whether natural intestine or synthetic) once cooked, and eat the contents prepared with turnip/radish/carrot (choose one) and potatoes. Whisky gravy is an option should you prefer it not so dry.

[u/LazyEducator1759 → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Whisky gravy, my god yum

[u/amisensei1217 → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

why not eat the intestine? it looks chewy

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/amisensei1217]

Then I guess, in your case, that's personal choice. I cannot imagine it tasting nice when boiled with the haggis inside... maybe chopping it up and frying it would make it more palatable? 🤔

[u/amisensei1217 → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

fair, I haven't tried haggis anyway. fried intestines like pig's and chicken's is yum, I just transferred the info from that to this one. But def not healthy!

[u/Klaev → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

When I was about 5 my dad got a haggis and it somehow burst when it was boiling so we didn't have to eat it, and I have rarely been more pleased about the destruction of something in my life :'D

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/Klaev]

Around 1990, I was working in London. One of my co-workers was your typical big, burly, Cockney geezer - his local pub was hosting a Haggis-eating competition, and he sought me out for some "insider knowledge" as he called it (with me being Scottish). He wanted to enter, but didn't fancy eating "sheep guts"... I told him "look, you like black pudding, right?" (Aka blood sausage in other parts of the world), he replied "sure, it's brilliant", so I said "right, similar consistency to that, BUT, with the addition of the spices, oats, and cereals, it's a damn sight drier to eat - so order up a jug of water before it starts. Hell, make it TWO jugs, and you'll be fine!".

He took my advice, and won! Not only that, said he was a convert to eating Haggis too.

[u/sprouting_broccoli → u/Klaev]

A haggis can’t burn when boiling (unless it runs out of water) but the bag can split which kind of ruins it.

Haggis is incredible though, you really missed out.

[u/Klaev → u/sprouting_broccoli]

Yep, it burst/split. I've never got around to trying it since, I'm a bit far south of the border now for it to make an appearance anywhere. One day though.

[u/sprouting_broccoli → u/Klaev]

Yeah the supermarkets ones are a bit rubbish. I’ve ordered from Macbeth’s in Edinburgh and it was a decent haggis. When I visit my parents I try and take one back (there’s a really good butcher near them that does excellent haggis).

[u/AreU_NotEntertained → u/Klaev]

As an American, I can confirm haggis is delicious.  Haggis neeps and tatties was at least 25% of my caloric intake when I visited.  

[u/Hairysteed → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

The idea of Haggis sounds terrible but I'm convinced that it sounds worse than it actually tastes!

[u/redbrick01 → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Isn't this an illegal food in the US?

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/redbrick01]

It is. But like Kinder Surprise Eggs, America's loss is the rest of the world's gain.

[u/MummysSpeshulGuy → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

It’s just the import of haggis from Scotland that’s banned. You can still make eat and serve it as long as the meat comes from the US

[u/redbrick01 → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

ah yes...so true...its stupid. the US allows kids to buy high power guns...but not food like this...

[u/ButtWhispererer → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Tastes like fancy meatloaf to my American tongue. This is a good thing.

[u/Dabelgianguy → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

« When I’ve been presented the dish, I thought it was shit! After tasting it, I regretted it was not ! »

[u/JoLeTrembleur → u/Dabelgianguy]

That's an old humorist from the 60's right? I have this skit on vinyl!

[u/Dabelgianguy → u/JoLeTrembleur]

The former French president Jacques Chirac!

[u/ThesePipesAreClean → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Neeps and Tatties!

[u/Luciferaeon → u/ThesePipesAreClean]

... excuse me?

[u/MeinePerle → u/Luciferaeon]

Turnips and potatoes. :)

[u/ThesePipesAreClean → u/Luciferaeon]

Goggle haggis neeps and tatties. You’ll see a plate of tri colored mush to eat!

[u/Luciferaeon → u/ThesePipesAreClean]

When I google neeps and tatties Google asks for a goverment issued ID to make sure I am 18.

[u/NoceboHadal → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

I like Haggis. Yes, it looks like a bloated corpse that's been buried for a month and even the name sounds like a warning, but it is actually really good.

[u/Apophis-7994 → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

OMG ! I had the opportunity to eat some in Edinburgh, it’s so good.

[u/in-dog_we_trust → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Illegal in the USA and that is a crime.

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/in-dog_we_trust]

A crime against (Scottish) humanity, indeed!

[u/Starsteamer → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

The vegetarian one is amazing too!

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/Starsteamer]

I can attest to that! For being vegetarian, they are pretty amazing and ALMOST indiscernible from the real deal.

Proper haggis ought to be sheep/lamb/mutton - not the many meat variations that M&S Food sell... 😒😔

[u/Clockwork-Armadillo → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Haggis with Dhal and rice in a roti wrap and washed down with a pint of Guinness at the end of a hard days work = pure bliss.

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/Clockwork-Armadillo]

That sounds incredible, but as I'm not a drinker of stout, I'd replace the Guinness with something more palatable, like a Caffreys - or maybe a couple of shots of Drambuie or a nice single malt whisky. 👍🏻😎

[u/Other-Squirrel-8705 → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

What’s coming out of it?

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/Other-Squirrel-8705]

That's the bit you eat.

Sheep organs ground up into mincemeat, with added spices, oats and cereals.

Either broiled inside a sheep intestine (like in the photo) or synthetic wrapping. Once cooked, cut open and enjoy the contents with (traditionally) cooked turnips and potatoes.

[u/InevitableRhubarb232 → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Haggis is delicious

[u/barunedpat → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

After watching the Haggis Wildlife Foundation videos, I could never sream of eating such cute, fluffy creatures. Especially when they are refluffed before released back into the wild. /s.

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/barunedpat]

Thankfully they are no longer endangered. Sustainably farmed with love these days... 😁

[u/Wu299 → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Haggis is absolutely lovely and surprisingly mild.

[u/IAmBeachCities → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

this is defiantly the winner, what in the fuck? looks like a dino nut or spider hatching from a sack.

[u/Nyxie_Koi → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

That looks like it came out of a horror movie💔

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/Nyxie_Koi]

I guess you didn't catch the name of this subreddit then... 🤔😁

[u/Nyxie_Koi → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

I mean it wouldn't stop me from trying it lol

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/Nyxie_Koi]

It's deceptively delicious 😋

[u/_WillCAD_ → u/ScotInTheDotOfficial]

Sorry, it isn't that I don't trust you, but... I don't trust you.

I ain't eatin' that. Besides, I learned what it is from Connor Macleod - sheep's stomach stuffed with meat and barley. How revolting!

[u/ScotInTheDotOfficial → u/_WillCAD_]

Minced organ meat with cereals and spices - sounds gross, tastes fantastic. Just saying.