Nom or Vom: Cultural Divide in a Can

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Nom or Vom: Cultural Divide in a Can

Get your Haggis right here! Chopped heart and lungs boiled in a wee sheep’s stomach! Tastes as good as it sounds!

Poll #1600822 Nom or Vom: Can hardly stand it

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Would you eat this?

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NOM NOM NOM

8 (18.6%)VOM VOM VOM

35 (81.4%)

 

 

I don’t even want to have an inkling of what it would be like to taste a spotted dick that reminds me of home.

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Poll #1600823 Nom or Vom: Can you imagine?

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Would you eat this?

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NOM NOM NOM

21 (52.5%)VOM VOM VOM

19 (47.5%)

 

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42 Comments Nom or Vom: Cultural Divide in a Can

  1. ghost_light August 2, 2010 at 8:16 pm

    Nom or Vom: Cultural Divide in a Can

    I actually like haggis. It tastes like stuffing made with sausage.

    1. admin August 2, 2010 at 8:17 pm

      Re: Nom or Vom: Cultural Divide in a Can

      This may result in me being beaten about the head and shoulders by some people but I’ve never liked stuffing.

  2. gldngrrl August 2, 2010 at 8:16 pm

    I bought a friend a can of spotted dick for her birthday one year. I don’t think she ever ate it.

    1. admin August 2, 2010 at 8:22 pm

      I am diametrically opposed to Shakespeare as food that has been given an unpleasant name is off to a bad start in terms of what I will think of the taste. If tacos became ‘Dungcrunchers’ in the general vernacular, for example, I would not eat tacos ever again.

      1. gldngrrl August 2, 2010 at 11:58 pm

        yup!

  3. kitlizzy August 2, 2010 at 8:17 pm

    I would at least buy&try both of these, if only for the potential chance to tell everyone I know about how disgusting they were. ;D

    1. admin August 2, 2010 at 8:23 pm

      I occasionally buy the subject matter of these posts to pass my own judgement on them, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it this time.

      1. mschilepepper August 4, 2010 at 7:30 am

        I almost bought you a bag of some candy called Midget Bites or something like that, but I decided it wasn’t worth $6 of lulz.

        1. admin August 4, 2010 at 3:56 pm

          Yeah those sorts of things rarely are, everything at that shop was overpriced. I mean, I get adding the cost of import and making a living but I am not going to take a crack at something dubious in a can for half an hour’s wages.

          1. mschilepepper August 4, 2010 at 8:10 pm

            Yeah, they have a big ol’ retail store in Redmond apparently. I know lots of Britcandy is delicious, like Jelly Babies and Penguin Bars, but some of it is urgh-making. Licorice is foul no matter what, and there are a lot of licorice candies. Also Wine Gums, which are like gummy candies, only made with a wine grape, and they’re weirdly bitter-tart.

          2. admin August 4, 2010 at 8:56 pm

            I’m actually anti-Jelly Baby, much preferring the superior Sourpatch Kids. I like black licorice, but not red…of course I’d be more fond of the one that’s shitty for you.

          3. mschilepepper August 4, 2010 at 9:30 pm

            That’s OK, that just means we can share a mixed bag of licorice without fighting. 😛

  4. lightningflash August 2, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    spotted dick is supposed to be really good! I’ve looked into making it myself, but I don’t think I could handle suet, even if I knew where to get it 😛

    1. admin August 2, 2010 at 8:26 pm

      I imagine it’d be like handling any other kind of fat–aka a LOT of hand-washing afterward.

      1. lightningflash August 2, 2010 at 8:32 pm

        Blech. I hate handling body-parts bits. It’s the most hysterical thing to watch me handle raw meat (although I eat it just fine). My BFF on the other hand, is rather scary to watch, as she enjoys it all far too much – her boyfriend has to leave the room!

  5. vulpine137 August 2, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    I’ve had homemade haggis, and it was less than wonderful…can’t imagine the taste of canned haggis.

    I’d try the pudding though, I’ve always wondered what suet pudding tasted like.

    1. admin August 2, 2010 at 8:28 pm

      Yeah, the addition of the can often makes MANY foods taste less than wonderful. I’ve seen pictures of the ‘cheeseburger in a can’ and it made me want to chunder.

  6. scearley August 2, 2010 at 8:29 pm

    This haggis has beef in it. Legitimate beef. WTF?

    1. admin August 2, 2010 at 8:31 pm

      They also have lamb if you’d prefer.

      1. stationary_jew August 2, 2010 at 8:53 pm

        Lamb is at least the correct species!

        1. admin August 4, 2010 at 8:57 pm

          Species, schmecies, meat in a can all comes from the same place: rat mixed with hog anus.

          1. stationary_jew August 4, 2010 at 9:01 pm

            Well, that won’t do! It’s not kosher if you mix different orders of mammal.

          2. admin August 4, 2010 at 9:12 pm

            Let’s review: Kosher, schmosher.

  7. entropic_system August 2, 2010 at 8:56 pm

    So you can literally eat a dick? Huh.

    1. admin August 2, 2010 at 9:04 pm

      Yes, YOU can go eat a dick.

      1. entropic_system August 2, 2010 at 9:05 pm

        hahahahahaa – a spotted one, no less.

        1. admin August 2, 2010 at 9:06 pm

          Please take pics.

          2. admin August 2, 2010 at 9:48 pm

            I’m just trying to protect your best interests, here. If you take pictures you’ll only have to do it ONCE because you’ve got proof.

          3. entropic_system August 2, 2010 at 9:50 pm

            What if I have an aforementioned spotted dick? I mean, if I could go down on myself, why the hell would I need the internet??

          4. admin August 3, 2010 at 8:00 pm

            Yet you are on the internet so clearly you cannot.

  8. thetar August 2, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    i will never eat a spotted dick, that shit gives you sars or something

  9. rainbow_goddess August 3, 2010 at 12:13 am

    Spotted dick is kind of like a bread pudding with currants in it. You can buy it in a can here in Victoria; I don’t know about the U.S. or even the rest of Canada (we’re known as “more English than the English” here.) It’s quite good. You pop it out of the can and stick it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. You can put ice cream on top of it.

  10. robot_mel August 3, 2010 at 9:01 am

    Haggis is very tasty but you shouldn’t buy it from a can!!!

    Spotted dick is probably ok in a can, but much better homemade!

    What’s much better is the golden syrup next to it!!! Golden syrup is magical!!!

    1. admin August 3, 2010 at 8:00 pm

      Honestly, it’s the name more than anything of the spotted dick that throws me off.

      1. robot_mel August 4, 2010 at 7:59 am

        I’m sure the name is one of the reasons for it’s popularity as it just always makes people giggle.

        We had a shop here called “Knobs and knockers” which is the English equivalent of “dicks and tits” but it is a totally respectable high street shop that sells things for your door!

  11. technophobe1975 August 3, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    Spotted Dick is lovely, real comfort food although I probably would avoid one in a can.

  12. shadowstitch August 3, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    I’ve had spotted dick. There are pills for that.

    It’s pretty tasty though, almost like a more ….whipped rice pudding…. in a way…

    1. admin August 3, 2010 at 8:01 pm

      So eating spotted dick leaves you with pudding in your mouth?

      1. shadowstitch August 4, 2010 at 3:31 pm

        Yes. Filled with crotch-raisins.

        1. admin August 4, 2010 at 3:54 pm

          This is why people need insurance.

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