Snouties

[Sarah]

Considered a delicacy in the British Isles, Snouties are the scrapings of the inner lining of a pigs snout. To extract the Snouties, one uses a spoon-like instrument called ‘the snoon’.
The congealed paste of nostril lining and nasal fluid is traditionally spread over bread as a starter to the main course of [Haggis]. The taste has often been described as gritty and earthy with a hint of elderberries.
During the swine flu outbreak of of 2009, this dish was temporarily placed on the dangerous