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Scotland's national dish is an 'imposter' and was invented by Vikings, claims master butcherScotland’s famous national dish is an ‘imposter’ and has been faking it as native for centuries, says an award-winning butcher who has traced haggis and its recipe back to Viking invaders.Joe Callaghan, of Callaghans of Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, has been researching the savoury pudding for three years and claims that the evidence is clear - haggis should be made with deer, not sheep. He also claims it was not invented by the Scots, but was instead left behind by marauding Norsemen as they plundered the Scottish coastline during the ninth century.Mr Callaghan, 50, learned his trade in his dad’s butchers from the age of 10, and insists on calling his dish ‘staggis’, in homage to the wild Highlands red deer.Haggis is commonly known as a sausage made from a sheep's stomach stuffed with diced sheep's liver, lungs and heart, oatmeal, onion, suet and seasoning.Varying claims about the origins of haggis have been offered over the years with some even claiming that it dates all the way back to Ancient Greece.
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