"Olivers" > wrote in message
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> Kate Dicey muttered....
>
>
> >
> > Are you based in Scotland? If not, rest assured that last time I
> > looked, it was readily available in both supermarkets and butcher's
> > shops, and eaten regularly. If you are, then I don't know where you
> > are looking, but while most folk don't make there own, it seems to be
> > eaten as regularly as Lorne saussage and butteries! Or kippers,
> > Scotch pies and Arbroath smokies...
> >
>
> While I'm in Scotland for a only few days every two years, my comparison
> standard of two decades back, a two month period traveling about the
> country left me believing that haggis (and several other traditional
> dishes, Scottish and Aglo-S) were rapidly reaching the state of being
> quaint survivors of a culture and cuisine cherished by a few and unknown
to
> many.
>
> There was visible haggis around, but the percentage of the population who
> seemed to eat it regularly had diminished to tourists, traditionalists and
> the hardy band of folks to whom it appealed in a culinary sense.
>
> While I would be open to challenge (and gladly accept it), I would doubt
> whether more than 5% of the current population of Scotland would eat
haggis
> more than once in 30 day period (or at any time other than a special
> celebratory occasion). Even that represents more folks than the
percentage
> of Pennsylvanians who eat scrapple regularly.

Well, within less than 10 minutes walk of where I live* I have seen:
A budget style supermarket selling haggis
A frozen foods supermarket selling haggis, frozen
Local corner shops selling haggis, tinned
Local butcher shops selling haggis, made on the premises
Two large chain supermarkets selling haggis, frozen, tinned and fresh
A speciality organic shop selling, yes, organic haggis, and vegetarian
haggis
A vegetarian shop selling vegetarian haggis
An open 24 hour corner shop that sells vegetarian haggis stuffed samosas
A least three traditional chippies selling haggis suppers
A chinese takeaway that sells haggis suppers
A little further afield sees the pattern more or less repeated, with
restaurants getting on the act. Not far from here I can get a portion of
haggis pakora at an Indian restaurant.

I see people buy haggis all the time. I wouldn't say it was ubiquitous or
eaten every day but a "quaint survivor"?

Colin L

*In Glasgow, on the border between a nice part of town and a not so nice
part of town