Watch out USA -- Scottish haggis could be on its way (CNNMoney)

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by Bianca Britton @CNNMoney November 23, 2016: 10:02 AM ET

Scotland's national dish -- a savory pudding made from sheep's heart, liver and lungs, mixed with oatmeal and spices and encased in sheep's intestines -- has been banned in the United States for almost half a century.

But the Scottish government has said the law on haggis may be scrapped as early as next year and the country's haggis makers are already preparing for the big event.

"This could be colossal," said James Macsween, managing director of 60-year-old haggis business Macsween.

Scots have been battling the import ban since 1971, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ruled that "livestock lungs shall not be saved for use as human food."



mmmm yummy

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Remember, it's never too late to become a vegetarian.

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1. Haggis imports have been banned, but local haggis is alive and well in Kearney, NJ...

http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2009/01/new-jersey-dispatch-robert-burns-day-haggis-argyle-stewarts-kearny.html

And, when you think about it, is haggis something you really want shipped across the ocean?

I have been to see the Scotsmen in Kearney, and it's fine haggis they have. Better than in Scotland, probably because it has to be if anyone will eat it. "Fine" is, of course, relative,

When in Edinburgh years ago, when I ordered haggis just to see what it was like, the waitress treated me with extreme scorn and threw the plate down on the table. It turns out everyone there talks about haggis, and buys it at the appropriate times of year, but no one eats it. I couldn't fins out what they do with it, since the dogs and cats seen to hate it, too. Pigs, maybe?

It really wasn't that bad. A bit gritty, but I thought it better not to ask.