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Food is much more than its aroma, taste and nutritional value. It carries home, country, culture and tradition in its preparation, presentation and consumption. What one person considers a gourmet meal may nauseate another. Some traditional delicacies have humble beginnings. The national dish of Scotland is haggis, a delicacy made of lambs' hearts and lungs, pork liver, beef suet and coarse oatmeal. It is spiced with black pepper, coriander and ginger, and boiled in a sheep's stomach. Originally Scottish peasants made haggis from the leftovers of the sheep and pig after the landlords had t...
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