For those of you who have been missing the taste of sheep offal in your haggis, a time of celebration may be in your future sooner than you think. It has been announced that the United States Department of Agriculture is considering lifting the 21-year import ban on the product. Authentic haggis was banned in the U.S. in 1989 during the mad-cow disease scare, with authorities scared that the main ingredient, sheep offal, could be dangerous to consume. However, the World Organization for Animal Health recently released a ruling saying sheep lung is safe to consume, prompting the USDA to reconsider the ban. It’s apparently a big deal that the U.S. has not been exposed to authentic haggis for quite some time, so if this ban does get lifted, go out and enjoy yourself some sheep innards.




Well, it’s a bit late for 2010 Burns’ Suppers (traditionally held around Robert Burns’ birthday on 1/25), but perhaps the 2011 celebrations will be that much more authentic!
I was at D’Angelo Bros. looking for some cotechino (they had it, in the freezer!), and I noticed that they do a house-made haggis. In case anyone’s interested. The cotechino rocked our taste buds in “Pork stew with cabbage” from Vetri’s cookbook.