IT HAS TAKEN half a century, but at long last, haggis has fought its way onto American plates. Oor beloved Haggis was banished from the United States in 1971 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared one of its key ingredients – sheep lung – unfit for human consumption. For 50 years, America has been haggisless, deprived of the rich, peppery, offal-stuffed delight that Scotland has cherished for centuries. But now, with a few modifications, the great chieftain o’ the pudding race has finally crossed the Atlantic. The question is: has it survived the journey intact?
The same country that brought us deep-fried butter and all-you-caneat steak buffets had, until now, deemed a humble sheep’s pluck – heart, liver, and lungs – too much to stomach