Yes please. I think I would like to try them. Tina in Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: <famhist@dsl.pipex.com> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [B.C.] OFF TOPIC:Haggis > On 28 Apr, snape@cix.co.uk <snape@cix.co.uk> wrote: > > At the risk of bringing the theme on topic - the closest Black Country > > equivalent to haggis would be faggotts or savoury ducks. (Is the term > > "savoury duck" used in the BC or is it a Potteries expression?). Roughly > > similar ingredients to haggis but without the oatmeal. And much tastier. > > Savoury Ducks are found in the north - I certainly used to find them in > Yorkshire. Not as nice as faggots! > > > The ingredients (most of which, nowadays, many people would throw away) > > are stuffed into an abdominal membrane called "caul" rather than into a > > sheep's stomach. My grandmother used to call this "kell". > > > A relative of mine who is now in his eighties, in Hallam Street, West > > Bromwich, still makes a batch of these occasionally. > > Would you like my mother's recipe, still in use until her death 5 years > ago? I really must get round to making another batch of faggots! It was > Bowkett's that spoiled me, their faggots tasted just like home made that I > used to go there and not make my own. > > > Ron S > > > Original Message: > > ----------------- > > From: john/tina edwards jedwards14@neo.rr.com > > Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:22:26 -0400 > > To: ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [B.C.] OFF TOPIC:Haggis > > > > I apologize for being off topic. You can send me answers off list but I > > have to ask.On a other list I'm on there is the question of: 101 Things to > > do with Haggis. First off do people really eat this?! It just doesn't sound > > very ummmm good. Also what would you do with it? Some suggestions have been > > doorstop,cat food,dog food, and so on. Again you can answer off list at > > jedwards14@neo.rr.com > > Thanks all for reading this Tina in Ohio > > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > > The B.C. List Admin is Dave Ogden :- > > d.ogden@blueyonder.co.uk > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > > The B.C. List Admin is Dave Ogden :- > > d.ogden@blueyonder.co.uk > > -- > Chris Ramsbottom > researching: > > BARRATT, DANCER, FELLOWS, GOODES, ROBINSON, TUCKLEY, WHEWAY > MAHER > > all in and around Birmingham/Smethwick, 1850 to present day > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > The B.C. List Admin is Dave Ogden :- > d.ogden@blueyonder.co.uk