Some Seafood, Scottish Hog + Haggis

In Edinburg, we drove to the small, cute fishing town called Anstruther. There we saw some fishing boats, ate fish and chips followed by a seafood dinner.

Cute fishing town called Anstruther.

Fish and chips, just a little too salty!

We settled into a restaurant nearby and had a fairly good seafood dinner.

My dinner. Creamy mussels! Yum.

From then on it was just going on one food journey to another. Back in Edinburg city, we had to try these scrumptious hog roast rolls! We couldn't wait to get to the shop and we were not dissappointed. The crackling on the hog roast was the crunchiest, yummiest crackling ever.

Looks a little horrific seeing the whole hog, but we got over that pretty quickly as it sure tasted great!

I had a pork roll, with a piece of crackling and haggis sauce.

Andy and Chek enjoying their rolls.

The rolls were pretty filling but by the time dinner came we were rearing to have our last meal in Scotland their local pub. We found this one tavern called The Last Drop located on Grassmarket street.

Haggis...

The tavern is also the location of one of the main gallows in the city where huge crowds would flock to see the public executions. The Last Drop tavern is located immediately next to the scene of public hangings which took place there back in the 18th century - freaky! It didn't stop us from ordering our hot pub meals. I had to try their traditional Scottish fare, haggis.

What is haggis you ask? It is basically the Pluck of a sheep (mostly the liver, heart and lungs) boiled in beef fat, the fat is then skimmed off and the rest minced. Oatmeal, onion, salt, pepper, spices and gravy from the boiling are added before the mixture is put into its casing. The casing is usually sheep's stomach. Before serving the haggis is boiled and served with a side of mash potatoes and turnip. If the description hasn't already turned you off haggis, I reckon it's a must to try if you're ever in Scotland. Unfortunately, we didn't quite eat it in the sheep's casing but we had it as a mince. Andy could only manage a small spoonful but I happily tucked into it. The spices and pepper gave the meal a bit of oomph, reminding me of the mince that you would often find in a meat pie. I didn't manage to quite finish the whole meal as there was just too much mash to handle in one sitting but surprisingly I enjoyed my meal of haggis with my Scottish beer on tap. Mmmm...