I thought it’d be nice to celebrate Burns day at home this year so I managed to snag us a haggis from the Scottish and Irish store the other day. On the way home from work today I stopped in at Rainbow Foods to get us some potatoes, mushrooms, and turnips. After putting the haggis in the pot to simmer we both set to work cutting and preparing the vegetables. We ended up with mashed potatoes, mashed turnip with maple syrup, caramelized onions, mushroom gravy, Yorkshire pudding, and the most delicious haggis I’ve ever had. Ohhhh boy was that a good haggis! While I really enjoy the crispy bits that accompany the haggis at The Highlander pub on Rideau Street I have to say the flavour in this one was far superior. I’ll definitely buy more of the food products at the Scottish and Irish store in the future.
We have leftover haggis and mashed potatoes for tomorrow. I REALLY want to fry up some taters with some eggs int he morning. I haven’t had fried potato patties in ages. I’m not sure what to do with the haggis but I suspect there’ll be some more frying involved.
