History Main / HaggisIsHorrible

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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQz1LyuqG58 this commercial]] for the Dutch cheese brand Uniekaas, a Dutch family takes a holiday to Scotland and enjoys all the local traditions and activities, until they visit a restaurant and order the national dish. Fortunately, they still have their own bread and cheese.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Um, ''bon appetit''?]]

** In a Donald Duck story by [[Creator/CarlBarks Carl Barks]], "Mystery of the Loch," Donald's first attempt to photograph Nessie ends with him running away. His nephews go to a local shop to buy "courage," and the shopkeeper offers up haggis instead. After one bite (and disproportionate reaction), Donald is raring to go after Nessie again... on the grounds that, after tasting haggis, ''nothing else can frighten him anymore.''

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQz1LyuqG58 this commercial]] for the Dutch cheese brand Uniekaas, a Dutch family takes a holiday to Scotland and enjoys all the local traditions and activities, untill they visit a restaurant and order the national dish. Fortunately, they still have their own bread and cheese.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', when the ThreeAmigos go to Nick's deathday party, there is a bunch of rotten food, and it includes haggis. Though actually, all of the food is rotten, and none of the three wants to eat any of it.

* In a [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Donald Duck]] story by [[Creator/CarlBarks Carl Barks]], "Mystery of the Loch," Donald's first attempt to photograph Nessie ends with him running away. His nephews go to a local shop to buy "courage," and the shopkeeper offers up haggis instead. After one bite (and disproportionate reaction), Donald is raring to go after Nessie again... on the grounds that, after tasting haggis, ''nothing else can frighten him anymore.''

* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible'': in one strip, Hägar brings haggis back from an expedition in Scotland. Then his wife cooks it, and upon planting a knife in it, it lets a music sound out... Hägar's wife actually cooked the bagpipe he brought from Scotland instead of the haggis.

** Pessimal has since expanded on the canonical idea of the Klatchian Sheep's Eye - basically, a disgusting foodstuff deliberately offered to a visitor, with a totally straight face, in the expectation that it cannot be refused out of politeness. The locals then gain a moment of mirth at the expense of the hapless visitor. He argues ''every'' Discworld country does this to naive visitors. In ''Fanfoc/ThePriceOfFlight'', a novice pilot sent to the Discworld's "Scandinavia" gets the learning opportunity to politely decline ''hakarl'' in [[UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}} Island]], ''lutefisk'' in [[UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} the Skaggeraks]], and ''surstrommong'' in [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Hubsvensska]]. She then gets offered ''salmiakki'' and ''mammi'' in [[UsefulNotes/{{Finland}} Swommi]].

** Pessimal has since expanded on the canonical idea of the Klatchian Sheep's Eye - basically, a disgusting foodstuff deliberately offered to a visitor, with a totally straight face, in the expectation that it cannot be refused out of politeness. The locals then gain a moment of mirth at the expense of the hapless visitor. He argues ''every'' Discworld country does this to naive visitors. In ''Fanfoc/ThePriceOfFlight'', a novice pilot sent to the Discworld's "Scandinavia" gets the learning opportunity to politely decline ''hakarl'' in [[UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}} Island]], ''lutefisk'' in [[UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} the Skaggeraks]], and ''surstrommong'' in [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Hubsvensska]]. She then gets offered ''salmiakki'' and ''mammi'' in [[UsefulNotes/{{Finland]] Swommi]].

* In a [[RunningGag Recurring Sketch]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', Mike Myers plays the proprietor of an "All Things Scottish" store in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. His CatchPhrase is "If it’s not Scottish, it's crap!" But not even ''he'' likes haggis.

If you must know, haggis basically tastes like a cross between a hamburger and a sausage. And yes, it really is ''delicious''. Laddie/Lassie. Robert Burns[[note]]referred to, variously, as Scotland's favourite son, or "The Bard" - yes, equating him (at least poetically) with Shakespeare[[/note]] wrote a poem about it - [[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Address_to_a_Haggis Address to a Haggis]] - that is read, in full, as the Haggis is presented during a Burns Night supper -- which consists of Haggis, naturally enough, accompanied by the traditional Neeps and Tatties.[[note]]Swede (aka rutabaga) and Potatoes[[/note]]

* Peter Puppy's hatred of haggis is a RunningGag on the ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' series, usually accompanied by him describing the dish. Zigzagged, as Peter has stated he used to enjoy haggis before learning what was in it.

If you must know, haggis basically tastes like a cross between a hamburger and a sausage. And yes, it really is ''delicious''. Laddie. Robert Burns[[note]]referred to, variously, as Scotland's favourite son, or "The Bard" - yes, equating him (at least poetically) with Shakespeare[[/note]] wrote a poem about it - [[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Address_to_a_Haggis Address to a Haggis]] - that is read, in full, as the Haggis is presented during a Burns Night supper -- which consists of Haggis, naturally enough, accompanied by the traditional Neeps and Tatties.[[note]]Swede (aka rutabaga) and Potatoes[[/note]]