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As the delegate from the The Disputed Territories of Haggis Neep and Tattie I would like to bring forward the proposal hereby banning all forms of synthetic Haggis, let me first give you a little background.

Haggis is a very old Scottish dish, which combines meats, spices and oatmeal to create a very rich, unusual, but none the less delicious feast. The factual and historic description of Haggis is sometimes off-putting to people who have not tried it. Fortunately, modern techniques in the preparation and presentation of Haggis make it an acceptable delicacy to almost everyone's palate. In fact, its simply delicious. If you haven't tried haggis …..authentic Scottish Haggis…..you must ! The only problem being is that now in certain unmentionable countries with there equally unscrupulous companies they are now beginning to deviate from the recipe. We now have haggis without oatmeal, haggis without offal,and lo and behold vegetarian haggis:headbang::headbang:.!!!!!

In the olden days the preparation of a Haggis went something like this :-

Take the liver, lungs & heart of a sheep and boil them. Mince the meats and mix with chopped onions, toasted oatmeal, salt, pepper, and spices. Take one properly cleaned sheep's stomach. Stuff the cleaned stomach with the prepared contents. Sew up the stomach (leaving enough room for expansion to avoid a large messy explosion) and boil. Serve and eat. Lovely !

Okay!, now you've returned from the bathroom, be reassured that modern Haggis prepared here in Scotland is not so gruesome. The best meats are selected, (including tripe and offal) and prepared with finest oatmeal and spices…..but served in a synthetic skin which is representative of the old technique. The quality manufacturers of Haggis here in Scotland pride themselves in their guarded secret recipes and prepare the Haggis to exacting standards. Haggis has a higher quality of content than your average "sausage"…..and is extremely healthy…..so please don't be put off.

As the delegate of The Disputed Territories of Haggis Neep and Tattie I implore the UN to back me in a resolution to outlaw any forms of haggis not compliant to the tried and tested recipe.

I would suggest to the honoured member of the General Assembly that preserving the tried and trusted traditional recipe for Haggis hardly falls under the NSUN's remit. It looks and sounds like a strictly national matter to me for now.

Although a Haggis sampling at the Strangers Bar would be much appreciated if you want to drum up support.

Ms Sakura Yamamoto, Ambassador from the Neo-Kirisuban Space Federation

I shall take the venerable delegates suggestions on board and frequent the strangers bar so they can sample the wonderous delights of the haggis. (gonna point me in the right direction???)

However the erroneous way in which some countries defile the great traditions of the haggis hopefully one day the NSUN's remit may cast its all powerful eye onto the humble haggis.

In that case I look forward to sampling a little piece of your culture just as I hope you may see a sample of the cultural aspects of our Federation.

Its probally easier to contact myself at the bar anyway.

"The Shazbotdom Empire doesn't see why Haggis should be forced onto other nations. If they want to make it their way, then they should be able to. Stay out of our kitchens!"

~Random Governmental Employee

ooc: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=310853

Ask for Neville or Violet btw.

The Rogue State of Zagostan prepares Espid, a dish of various lentils and spices native to the region mixed with onions and lemon grass. This paste is fine and good (and used in some of their more colorful celebrations), but in Agregorn, we have difficulty procuring the various spices. Not to mention the fact that the preparation takes a long time. We've found a way using lamb meat instead of lentils mixed with corn syrup and dextrose that is almost as good, much cheaper to make, and easily available at most fast food restaurants. We see this as win win.. a way to bring the exotic flavor of Espid to our homes without bringing the Zags.

We don't see the UN getting into the kitchen since we have eaten in a few of the several dining halls located inside the UN building and find none to our liking... We suggest you establish laws within your own nation to control the process of making any foods to meet your own tastes.... and leave us to find and eat what we like where and how we like it. As if today we pass a resolution on Haggis then next what will it be....? Fetus Au Grotten. No the UN needs to stay out of the kitchen...

Nigel thumbs through a large red binder, finds the page and then clears his throat.

I regret to inform this body that, due to its nature Hagis has been added to my countries Hazardous Materials list and as such we can not comment on nor condone it's usage in anyway...

Nigel S Youlkin
USoP UN Ambassador