I think we may be getting somewhere. This is crocheted (I really had to find out what exactly a snood was, setting me back abit on my haggis research):
It’s not that much of a stretch to imagine someone soaking it in gore and then photographing it. Well, the color of this one is wrong, of course.
I was very happy that the whatever-it-is looks like that as I don’t often get the opportunity to use the word “snood”. “Gore”, either, for that matter.
“Snood” is one of the silliest-sounding words in English, along with “propinquity”.
Well here is a picture of haggis (on the left):
I’m starting to lean toward Peggy’s guess. The color is not quite as bright, but the variation in color and the texture are there. I guess there is a certain shininess lacking. I will have to try to find a picture of uncooked haggis I suppose. But now, really, I must practice my whistle.
Yummm, haggis. You’ll need plenty of that amber stuff in the tumbler to get it down.
Cynth, soon you’ll have two whistles. That means twice as much practice. You can’t imagine how complicated it’s going to get. 
Is vegetarian haggis possible?
Why would one do that? The whole point of The Haggis is that it’s a sheep’s stomach stuffed with offal. Yummy.
Why, the eating of stomachs is cruel and evil, of course.
I seem to remember seeing a website that sold haggis by mail order - and yes, they offered vegetarian haggis.
What was in it, I have no idea. But I’ve had vegetarian asian food where the fake “meat” was quite convincing, so it might well taste as good - or not - as real haggis.
I’ve eaten some ‘fake meat’, especially bacon and bacon bits, where I’ve felt guilty afterwards. It seems so real. At least, compared to what I can remember. It’s been years and years since I had real bacon in my mouth.
Hmmm. Could’ve been wheat gluten for the meaty bits, maybe even for the “stomach” analog. Or really messed-with tofu for the gluten-intolerant. I DO like gluten-based fake meats. Very tasty when done right.
When it comes to the haggis, though, I think I’d want the real thing.
I’m just cruel and evil.
well, yes, there is vegetarian haggis although it seems to share none of its ingredients with the real version:
But even more interesting is that haggis seems to have babies, I don’t know if this is limited to the version for carnivores or not:
It is a whole little haggis family!
Well, I just ordered my 3rd whistle yesterday. The problem is I’m just so busy with this research that I don’t have time to learn to play them. I guess I will be an armchair whistle player. (Although I did practice today.)
At least the vegetarian version actually looks like food, and not hog slop!
Ack. Haggis reproduces by binary fission, or like Tribbles. Ick.
When gazing upon all this haggis,
how fervent my longing to gag is.
Please, do me a favor–
This treat I’ll not savor–
Just tell me where the sickie-bag is.
Well I hardly think anyone would go to all this trouble to prepare hog slop! This is a very complicated looking dish. You have to tie up the ends. And make sure it doesn’t fall apart while cooking it. This does not look like hog slop to me. I haven’t tasted it, so I cannot say that it does not taste like hog slop.
scottie—With such a gift for poetry as you possess, I should think our little world of Celtic music lovers would be better served by a nice Ode to Haggis.
I am beginning to wonder whether those baby haggises are actually turnips.
Nah…I’ll not do that; wouldn’t dream of competing with Robbie Burns. He held strong views on haggis, so let’s give him a stanza, at least:
“Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o’ the puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o’ a grace
As lang’s my arm.”
Hehe.
All your questions about haggis can be answered here:
http://haggishunt.scotsman.com
There are ten cameras at this site. Most are in Scotland, two are in London, and one in New York. You can see fish swimming by in the London Aquarium, double-decker buses in Trafalgar Square, and the New York one features a full assortment of characters daily and even some bums at night. Once, I saw a couple making out. 
Is that “Haggises” or “Haggi”? 
Oops! I see it’s spelled “Haggii”. 
Should have done my homework first. Thanks Peggy!
Hagg-ling over Haggis my my!
MarkB
scottie—I think Burns has definitely had the last word. (I had to get a bit of help with the words). The other verses are wonderful too. I would love to hear a reading of that poem.
Peggy, lassie, you are looking most fetching this morning. Thank you for that most excellent website. I had no idea I was so confused about haggis–I mean you just go out and bonk them (the haggii—thank you suej, I would not have caught that) on the head apparently. I will be checking the web cams—I’m not sure if I’m more excited about the bums at night or the couple making out.
No way Mark. I would never put hagg-ling over haggis. Hagg-ling, as I’m sure you know, is haggis made with fish. That introduces a whole new taste into the dish, one I personally would not relish.
