The best way to enjoy haggis? Toss it!! ©Meri Tosh
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Bardstown, Kentucky’s annual Highland Games want to make one thing clear–no one eats haggis at the event (a traditional Scottish delicacy consisting of sheep organs), but instead they toss it as a competition.
Haggis isn’t too heavy to toss, which makes it a great event for anyone participating in the town’s Games. Bardstown’s haggis toss supposedly dates back to old Scottish legend–
Scottish wives would bring lunch to their men toiling in the fields and peat bogs. Blocked by streams and rivers, they’d resort to hurling their handiwork to their mates who would either catch it in their kilts or settle for splattered, dirt-covered haggis.
I think I would personally skip lunch then take haggis covered in dirt. More on the event and Bardstown’s Games can be seen at NBC News.