Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!

Well, shock horror - it appears that the haggis may not have originated in Scotland at all. Apparently the earliest reference to the dish has been found in an early 17th century ENGLISH cookbook. Not surprisingly, this has produced howls of rage and derision from Scottish haggis-makers. And yet, name any dish now associated with a particular country or region and you will almost certainly find claims that it originated somewhere else (remember all the arguments about Cornish pasties?). All a bit predictable and childish - and anyway, I thought the Scottish national dish was the deep-fried battered Mars-bar?