I've never eaten them either - but I seriously want to! Just so's I can say I've done it.

Deep fried pizza is the one that makes my mind boggle. But I bet that's only the start...

Cheers - C

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ceri , the chippies up here will deep fry anything , mars bars , pizza , haggis, black pudding the list is endless theres one thing about us scots , we won't starve thats one of the reasons haggis was invented , the lords ect didn't want the innard of animals to eat they just wanted the meat , so to supplement a mostly vegy diet the peasants ended up with haggis out of all the bit's that were thrown out and yes screaming armadillo we will bring haggis and beer

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I love black pudding! (I'm not quite as squeamish as I come across.) The idea of deep frying it sounds completely barbaric to me - I'm up for a try!

BTW: there's a place in Stornoway (on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, for those as don't know) that is very famous for their black pudding. I've had it from them mail order and it is brilliant! I notice on their website they do haggis by post too...:

www.wjmacdonald.com

Cheers - C

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Ceri , battered and deep fried black puddin after a night on the swally is one way to soak up some of the drink , and buy a bottle of irn bru for in the morning and i know the black puddin of which you speak , it's very nice indeed , so i have no doubt thiere haggis will be top notch as well . if you fancy something a bit cheaper for haggis pakora get a hold of a mcsweens haggis , bloody good stuff , cheers
Alan

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Apparrantly, a deep fried Cadbury's Cream Egg is a true thing of beauty...



Humm...Tasty.

Andy

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I drank fresh cobra blood during jungle survival training with Indonesian frogmen on the outskirts of Suribaya. I guess it's considered a delicacy over there and is supposedly good to help your, errr, virility... I do remember after drinking feeling a certain pep in my step but didn't have a chance to do any research into the virility thing.

Cobra meet on a stick over a camp fire, not so much...

Cobras are pretty easy to catch, you just get a stick with a Y at the end, but the "V" part over it's head and whack 'em. I still remember them saying, "There's two kinds of snakes in this jungle: the venomous cobra and the highly-venomous cobra. Today we're going to show you how to catch the highly-venomous cobra..."

They had some bats they'd caught that weren't looking to happy and I must say, I'm glad they weren't on the menu...

Sadly haggis is very hard to come by around here unless you happen to know someone of Scottish heritage.The local society of Scots has a yearly Bobbie Burn's day haggis feast but there's an incredible demand for tickets.I ate haggis just once and strangely enough it was made by an Irish butcher in Hamilton ON,Canada.People told me that only Scots like haggis and even then they are lying about it,but I absolutely loved it and could've eaten a bucketful of it.I also love black puddings-or blood puddings as they are often called here and often sit with a couple of nice plump ones,some home grown red potatoes and a mountain of corn relish.

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Awww! that looks horrible! but i bet it tastes good! I'd have thought the chocolate would melt as soon as the heat from the batter stuff hits it

I've had the deep fried pizza, it's good and tastes great but is very bad for your health, so they say, clogging up all your arteries and stuff

PS. i see oxfan has answered my question, thanks mate.

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You're wlecome, Gorgon.

Regarding Mexican food. I was stationed in Albuquerque while in the Air Force, it was there I discovered REAL Mexican fare. There were small restaurants that were all family run. I can still remember the first time I had it. I couldn't eat the so-called pretend stuff for years.

By luck we discovered a great place. All authentic home-style Mexican. The decor is tacky and they kind of play it up with the accents, just to entertain. We go often so, I've gotten to know the owner and his wife, amazing how little of an accent they have when they come by our table to visit.

Armadillo, you're a lucky man, I envy you. I'll be thinking about you Saturday night, we'll be having dinner there.

For my English and Scottish friends, I don't wat you to think that all of us eat bland, tasteless food. Compared to some of your dishes, it would appear that way but, there are a lot of foods we eat that may surprise you.

A very thick batter is used for these type of delicacies, and very hot oil. The batter is cooked almost instantly, forming a seal which prevents the contents from oozing out when they melt.
I have done this successfully with ice-cream and I saw some guy in the US who deep-fries Cool-aid and Oreo biscuits among other things.

I like my neeps in pasties.

I wish I had known about Burns Night suppers before today ...

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I have to agree with you on all of the above, with the exception of mole. (It's pronounced mo-le as two syllables for those who don't know, not one like the animal.)
Mole is one of my absolute favorite dishes. But I'll admit, some places just can't make it to save their lives. There's an authentic Mexican food restaurant in San Antonio that makes great mole, as well as another here in Houston which is outstanding. My Mom also makes great homemade mole.

I guess I like some things out of the ordinary. Houston's a very international city, and we have a variety of restaurants serving cuisine from all over the world. Most of the time, I really enjoy trying things that are unusual and new to me. I'm (a small) part Scottish, but my ancestors got kicked out of there so long ago that the family haggis recipe must be lost to time. And honestly, I think I'll pass on trying that part of my heritage. It's the whole stomach thing that gets me. And organ meats generally gross me out. But in a way, haggis reminds me a lot of hot dogs. Although with hot dogs you don't really know what you're eating. And they aren't shaped like stomachs. In the case of hot dogs, ignorance is bliss.

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hi TGS hows things ? as for the coo's stomach , it's just used to keep it all together , it isn't eaten and as i've said if you didn't know what was in it , you would love it

hi guitslinger , you'r a man after my own heart , i love haggis and black pudding and there are a lot of scots who won't touch either of them , cheers
Alan

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That's so true if you didn't know what it was you'd say "this is the spiciest most delicious thing ever with all the herbs and spices in it" For anyone who hasn't tried it you just have to get it and have it with turnip and tatties. Mmmmm! i'm getting hungry think i might have Burns night again next week

Auld Rabbie was voted greatest Scot ever in some poll thing they had the other day.

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