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| Haggis is English, historian says | Haggis is English, historian says |
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| A haggis recipe was published in an English recipe book hundreds of years before any evidence of the dish in Scotland, an historian has claimed. | A haggis recipe was published in an English recipe book hundreds of years before any evidence of the dish in Scotland, an historian has claimed. |
| Historian Catherine Brown told the Daily Telegraph that she found references to the dish inside a 1616 book called The English Hus-Wife. | Historian Catherine Brown told the Daily Telegraph that she found references to the dish inside a 1616 book called The English Hus-Wife. |
| The title would pre-date Robert Burns' poem To A Haggis by 171 years. | The title would pre-date Robert Burns' poem To A Haggis by 171 years. |
| But ex-world champion haggis maker Robert Patrick insisted: "Nobody's going to believe it." | But ex-world champion haggis maker Robert Patrick insisted: "Nobody's going to believe it." |
| 'English dish' | 'English dish' |
| Ms Brown said the book, by Gervase Markham, indicates that haggis was first eaten in England and subsequently popularised by the Scots. | Ms Brown said the book, by Gervase Markham, indicates that haggis was first eaten in England and subsequently popularised by the Scots. |
| She told the paper that the first mention she could find of Scottish haggis was in 1747. | |
| "It was originally an English dish. In 1615, Gervase Markham says that it is very popular among all people in England," she said. | "It was originally an English dish. In 1615, Gervase Markham says that it is very popular among all people in England," she said. |
| "By the middle of the 18th century another English cookery writer, Hannah Glasse, has a recipe that she calls Scotch haggis, the haggis that we know today." | "By the middle of the 18th century another English cookery writer, Hannah Glasse, has a recipe that she calls Scotch haggis, the haggis that we know today." |
| Anything that's to do with Scotland, everybody wants to get a part of Robert PatrickFormer world champion haggis maker | Anything that's to do with Scotland, everybody wants to get a part of Robert PatrickFormer world champion haggis maker |
| Her findings are due to be broadcast in a documentary on STV in Scotland. | Her findings are due to be broadcast in a documentary on STV in Scotland. |
| But Mr Patrick said the idea haggis originated in England is akin to claims by the Dutch and Chinese to have invented golf. | But Mr Patrick said the idea haggis originated in England is akin to claims by the Dutch and Chinese to have invented golf. |
| He added: "Anything that's to do with Scotland, everybody wants to get a part of. | He added: "Anything that's to do with Scotland, everybody wants to get a part of. |
| "We've nurtured the thing for all these years, we've developed it, so I think very much it is a Scottish product. | "We've nurtured the thing for all these years, we've developed it, so I think very much it is a Scottish product. |
| "It's one of the mainstays of my business' economy so we'd never give it up." | "It's one of the mainstays of my business' economy so we'd never give it up." |
| James Macsween, whose Edinburgh-based company makes haggis, said it will remain a Scottish icon whatever its origin. | James Macsween, whose Edinburgh-based company makes haggis, said it will remain a Scottish icon whatever its origin. |
| He said even if the haggis was eaten in England long before Burns made it famous, Scotland has done a better job of looking after it. | He said even if the haggis was eaten in England long before Burns made it famous, Scotland has done a better job of looking after it. |
| And he added: "I didn't hear of Shakespeare writing a poem about it." | And he added: "I didn't hear of Shakespeare writing a poem about it." |