Ep080 Hunting the Wild Haggis, with the Haggis Lady.

• Main Author: Jarvis, Dale
• Other Authors: Whitfield, Jennifer
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Oral traditions; expressions and the written word; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/707

This episode is all about that controversial Scottish delicacy, haggis, the chieftain of the pudding race. And who better to guide us through the culinary history and folklore of haggis than Newfoundland’s own “Haggis Lady” Jennifer Whitfield? Jennifer was raised in Glasgow, lived there till she was 25, then boarded the second voyage of the QEII and sailed away to the new world. She moved to Newfoundland in 1976. She’s been making haggis since 1981, and has made haggis locally for the Burns Night supper, and ships her haggis across Canada. In this delicious podcast, we talk about what exactly goes into a haggis, how she got started in the haggis-making business and how she became “The Haggis Lady,” what makes an excellent haggis, the folklore and mythology of the haggis, and her recent activities in mailing haggis to needy pudding lovers across North America.