Eric McLean, owner of McLean’s Specialty Foods, prepares to slice into haggis.

Eric McLean, owner of McLean’s Specialty Foods, prepares to slice into haggis.

Slicing the haggis

NANAIMO – McLean’s Specialty Foods held its 23rd Annual Haggis Extravaganza on Saturday to celebrate Robbie Burns Day.

Eric McLean, owner of McLean’s Specialty Foods, prepares to slice into haggis.

The Scottish delicacy partially consists of sheep’s heart, liver and lungs, oatmeal and spices. McLean’s Specialty Foods held its 23rd Annual Haggis Extravaganza on Saturday to celebrate Robbie Burns Day, which commemorates Scotland’s national poet and his date of birth. McLean’s offered people a lunch of haggis, neeps and tatties.

Nanaimo News Bulletin