American Haggis

[Jackalope]

Scotsmen consume sheep lung daily with no worries.

Fixed that for ya.

At any rate, it does appear pretty silly. Humans have been consuming pretty much every part of sheep, cows, etc for quite some time. For the most part, if it can be prepared in a way that makes it relatively palatable (relative to the diner's hunger level), non-toxic, and nutritious, it's on the menu. USAians seem to me to be far more squeamish(1) about such things than Europeans, and certainly more so than developing nations(2).

I mean, for fucks sake, people in the US(3) consume stomach and intestine, which as a matter of function are in constant contact with some fairly disgusting(4) and hazardous(5) substances. Yet, an organ that facilitates blood-oxygen exchange is unfit for consumption?

Considering we breathe oxygen from the air, and some cultures routinely consume animal blood (leading me to conclude that neither substance is fundamentally unsafe for humans), it seems a tad disingenuous, unless there is something different about the organ in question that makes it unsafe where other organs are not - which seems unlikely.

Barring any additional information, I can only conclude that the ban is either very stupid(6), or there's more to this than has been revealed(7).

(1) Myself included - though it certainly doesn't bother me that other people eat the stuff. Oh, and pass the rib-eye steak, please.
(2) e.g. The United Kingdom /troll
(3) People other than me, that is.
(4) Shit.
(5) Acid.
(6) I still ain't too interested in eatin' the stuff.
(7) e.g. Payola.

P.S. After dislodging my tongue from my cheek, I do have to admit that should I ever find myself in the vicinity of Scotland, I will try this "delicacy".