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Default In Scotland, Guts, Glory and Haggis

On 12/19/2014 4:44 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "S Viemeister" > wrote in message
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>> On 12/19/2014 1:41 PM, Travis McGee wrote:
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/tr...nd-haggis.html
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>>> In Scotland, Guts, Glory and Haggis

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>>> During my five-week stay in Scotland, I would seek it out wherever I
>>> went €” trying it both in its traditional form, as €śhaggis, neeps and
>>> tatties€ť (haggis, parsnips and potatoes),

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>> Neeps are _not_ parsnips!
>> They're rutabagas/wax turnips/yellow turnips/swedes.

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> Indeed they are!!!
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+1, but I've no great liking for neeps. In fact. the only time I ever
enjoyed them was in a provincial restaurant in Quebec.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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