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A weekend without haggis
Mar. 11th, 2008 09:39 pmWell, you saw my impassioned whine at the loss of Sowerby's (my only semi-local source for haggis). And the whole haggis adventure just gets better! We did have a really fun weekend in Portland... I love spending time with my family and, despite most of them living in Northwestern Oregon, I don't get to do it nearly enough.
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When we arrived on Saturday, it turned out that my step-dad, brother-in-law and grandfather had run down to the Scottish Country Shop, a place I had no idea even existed! (I wasn't surprised they'd gone there, though... since that branch of my family is mostly Scottish, and my step-dad's family are Scottish and Irish (by comparing family history stories, I'm actually pretty convinced that my step-dad and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
speakr2customrs share some common ancestors)). When they got back, I asked if the place sold haggis (because I'd really been looking forward to having some) and it turned out they do! Frozen haggis (not the canned stuff I hear is pretty unappetizing). It was getting late by that point, so we figured we'd stop by the next day before heading home.
So, the next day we drive down to the Scottish store... only to discover it's closed on Sundays. No worries, though! Because bothprime_meridian and corellian_sugar had mentioned the Rose and Thistle Pub, which supposedly served haggis. After a bit of getting lost navigating the streets of Portland and circling the block a few times until we finally found a place to park, we discovered that, unfortunately, they don't serve haggis after all. Gah!
I can't help but think that there's got to be someplace in the Seattle area that serves or sells haggis... but if not, at least I know that next time we go to Portland, we'll be sure to take a cooler with us to buy a few of the frozen variety!
( Cut for brief talk about my family )
When we arrived on Saturday, it turned out that my step-dad, brother-in-law and grandfather had run down to the Scottish Country Shop, a place I had no idea even existed! (I wasn't surprised they'd gone there, though... since that branch of my family is mostly Scottish, and my step-dad's family are Scottish and Irish (by comparing family history stories, I'm actually pretty convinced that my step-dad and
speakr2customrs share some common ancestors)). When they got back, I asked if the place sold haggis (because I'd really been looking forward to having some) and it turned out they do! Frozen haggis (not the canned stuff I hear is pretty unappetizing). It was getting late by that point, so we figured we'd stop by the next day before heading home. So, the next day we drive down to the Scottish store... only to discover it's closed on Sundays. No worries, though! Because both
prime_meridian and corellian_sugar had mentioned the Rose and Thistle Pub, which supposedly served haggis. After a bit of getting lost navigating the streets of Portland and circling the block a few times until we finally found a place to park, we discovered that, unfortunately, they don't serve haggis after all. Gah!I can't help but think that there's got to be someplace in the Seattle area that serves or sells haggis... but if not, at least I know that next time we go to Portland, we'll be sure to take a cooler with us to buy a few of the frozen variety!
