If it’s not Scottish, it’s crap; Burns Supper and haggis

Posted: January 25th, 2011 - 4:39am by Doug Powell

In time for tonight’s annual Burns Supper honoring the birth of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, government types have once again invited U.S. regulators to revise a decades-old ban on haggis.

The iconic Scottish dish is been barred in the U.S. because its food safety department prohibits the use of sheep lungs in food products.
 

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Categories: Wacky and Weird
Tags: burns, food safety, haggis, Mike Myers, Scotland

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Doc says:

I can understand why the sale of offal such as brains might be illegal (e.g. prion diseases), but is there a reason that the USDA considers lungs to be unfit for human consumption? After all, other internal organs (heart, kidneys, genitals) are allowed to be sold. I'm curious because in my research into historic cuisine, I've come across numerous recipes that call for cow or pig lungs.

Posted on January 25th, 2011 - 11:14am

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