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. 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. 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/ .