The origin of haggis – made of offal, oats and spices and famously served with 'neeps' (turnips) and 'tatties' (potatoes) – appears to be English. The first recorded recipes using the name 'hagws' or 'hagese' come from English cookbooks in the 15th century. No mention of haggis appears in any 'identifiably Scottish text' until 1513, when it briefly appears in a verse by William Dunbar, a Scottish poet and priest at the court of James IV. But this is nearly 100 years after the earliest recording of a haggis recipe, in an English cookery book called 'Liber Cure Cocorum' dating from around the year 1430 and originating in Lancashire.
Seems we have been misled for many years? LOL!
Seems we have been misled for many years? LOL!