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Written by Charlie Stross on 2025-01-27 at 10:32

What-if battered deep-fried haggis (a chip shop staple) only done a la Chicken Kiev with a delicious goopy melty Fry's Turkish Delight filling? Served with salt'n'sauce on top of a bed of deep fried onion rings ...?

Wouldn't that be SPLENDID?

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Written by Madeleine Morris on 2025-01-27 at 10:34

@cstross You're a deeply disturbed human being, Mr. Stross.

That being said, I would be willing to give it a taste.

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Written by oisin on 2025-01-27 at 10:34

@cstross Charlie.

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Written by Dr David Mills on 2025-01-27 at 10:36

@cstross The filling sounds like it'd end up like napalm. That said I'd try it at least once.

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Written by Kris Herbert on 2025-01-27 at 10:37

@cstross Sir, you are a genius. This is the only way to eat Fry’s Turkish Delight.

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Written by БРОНЗЫ БИТЬ on 2025-01-27 at 10:36

@cstross Charlie, go take your temperature 🤭😝

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Written by Sam Fleming on 2025-01-27 at 10:39

@cstross I am cursed with a facility for involuntarily tasting foods when described to me, probably related to my synaesthesia. This is an abomination for a Monday morning. Thanks so much.

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Written by Tiggy on 2025-01-27 at 12:19

@ravenbait @cstross

I developed the ability to smell words such as cheese, roses, toast, violets, etc. that I hear or read after trying a migraine med. It clearly rewired my brain.

It has faded over the last 4 years but I still realise I'm smelling something based in a word I was barely conscious of hearing.

Luckily they are mostly nice scents. But I do avoid detailed descriptions about Victorian or mediaeval streets.

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Written by Sam Fleming on 2025-01-27 at 12:24

@tiggy

Have you ever heard that your tongue can predict the texture of almost anything? Like you can look at something and you'll instinctively know what it would feel like to lick it? I do that with anything you can taste or smell as long as I've had some exposure to the substance(s) previously. Even when I don't want to. Mine is because of an injury as a toddler that rewired my brain, though!

@cstross

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Written by cliffordheath on 2025-01-27 at 10:41

@cstross When my children were small and a stomach ache, they called it having a "tummy cake". This concoction would truly be a tummy cake, in both senses.

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Written by Developing Stacy :pico8: on 2025-01-27 at 10:42

@cstross

Some kind of cursed scotch egg.

I'd eat it but I wouldn't tell my cardiologist.

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Written by The Penguin of Evil on 2025-01-27 at 10:49

@cstross Needs to have a deep fried pizza as the plate.

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Written by Janeishly on 2025-01-27 at 10:52

@cstross I hate Turkish delight, so I'll just have double haggis

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Written by Tom on 2025-01-27 at 10:51

@cstross

Mr Stross, you are a strange, strange person.

Obviously you should stuff it with Rolos.

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Written by Sandra Bond on 2025-01-27 at 10:52

@cstross "Okay, Jimmy. You can whack the rubber stamp across this yin. Full conversion to Scottishness achieved."

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Written by HighlandLawyer on 2025-01-27 at 11:00

@cstross

Would probably work better with an orange turkish delight; the rose flavour wouldn't pair so well with the spices in the haggis.

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Written by Colin Watson on 2025-01-27 at 11:17

@cstross If it's veggie haggis, I'd give that a try. Possibly only once.

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Written by Mike Taylor 🦕 on 2025-01-27 at 11:35

@cstross "The deep-fried Mars bar is a symptom of a wider crisis" -- Nutritionist Ann Ralph.

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Written by George B on 2025-01-27 at 11:49

@cstross best onion ring variant I've ever had was battered and fried pickled cipollini onions. A much better batter to onion ratio and the acidity from the pickling is a really good counterpoint to the frying oil.

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Written by Paula Maddox on 2025-01-27 at 12:17

@cstross haggis burger with cheese and onions rings?

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Written by HighlandLawyer on 2025-01-27 at 14:04

@PaulaMaddox @cstross

Local cafe here sells the "Highlander Burger" - beef burger, haggis, cheese, & onion rings.

Don't have a picture of that one, but here's their "Tower of Power"

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Written by Madeleine Morris on 2025-01-27 at 14:18

@HighlandLawyer @PaulaMaddox @cstross

A Haggis burger? Hmmm. Interesting.

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Written by Mike Taylor 🦕 on 2025-01-27 at 14:39

@HighlandLawyer @PaulaMaddox @cstross This makes me think of the sadly defunct website thisiswhyyourefat.com — example archived page at https://web.archive.org/web/20100821112202/http://www.thisiswhyyourefat.com/?p=998

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Written by DeterioratedStucco on 2025-01-27 at 20:25

@HighlandLawyer @PaulaMaddox @cstross

Now I am having Bad Thoughts about the jaw structure needed to eat such a thing.

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Written by Charlie Stross on 2025-01-27 at 20:35

@SoftwareTheron @HighlandLawyer @PaulaMaddox BRB, just got to go and hastily write new non-fiction book, title COOKING FOR MEDUSA

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Written by bytebro on 2025-01-27 at 20:37

@cstross

Haha! I'll pre-order now 🙂

@SoftwareTheron @HighlandLawyer @PaulaMaddox

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Written by tpm1ca on 2025-01-27 at 13:59

@cstross Take my money: I’m in!

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Written by AMS on 2025-01-27 at 15:44

@cstross There's a lot of fuss made about true scotsmen, but I believe that is a dish that would make one.

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Written by snaeqe on 2025-01-27 at 19:22

@cstross

My first read: "battery deep-fried haggis" - Would that be using battery acid instead of palm oil..?

Haven't tried haggis yet, but the local variant ("Saumagen") lost a lot of its.. "bling" after Helmut Kohl stopped being around, feeding it to his every official guests.

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Written by ghosttie on 2025-01-28 at 01:16

@cstross

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