Canada's Prices Board took time out from rationing ructions to make a pronouncement cheering to all orthodox Scots. Haggis, it said, could be served on meatless St. Andrew's Day (Friday, Nov. 30).
Canada's Scots sighed with relief. A real Scots night without haggis would be unthinkable, haggis without meat impossible. Now they could boil a sheep's stomach bag (with the windpipe hanging over the side of the pot to carry off impurities), stuff it with ground heart, liver, lights, suet, onions, oatmeal and seasoning, and boil again. The steaming, evil-looking haggis would be brought to the banquet table to the skirl of...