Traditional Scottish
haggis is banned in the United States. With Burns Night looming, how do
fans satisfy their taste for oatmeal and offal?
For aficionados, it is the "great chieftain o' the pudding-race".
To sceptics, however, it is a gruesome mush of sheep's innards - and for decades American authorities have agreed.
Authentic Scottish haggis has been banned in the United
States since 1971, when the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) first
took a dim view of one of its key ingredients - sheep's lung.
While millions of people around the world will enjoy, or
endure, a Burns Night helping on 25 January, those in the US who want to
celebrate Scotland's national bard in the traditional manner are
compelled to improvise.
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