Thomas Doherty: Not Haggis

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Rachel Belle

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4.4 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Scottish actor Thomas Doherty (Gossip Girl, Descendants, Dandelion) isn’t hungry in America. But the Brooklyn-based film and TV star says he’s famished in Scotland, where artificial dyes and chemicals are banned from food products.

Doherty went to a 900-year-old high school in Scotland, so he loves the fresh energy that a young country like the United States offers. But he’s not a fan of American food, and misses the strict UK food regulations, saying he pretty much lost his appetite since moving to the States.

What he does love is haggis. But Scotland’s national dish is outlawed in the U.S.! Scottish food historian Paul Gilchrist joins the show to talk about the ban and tells you everything you’d ever want to know about haggis.

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0:00.0	Alaska Airlines has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to create new nonstop international flights.
0:05.8	Go to Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com and I'll tell you more details later in the show.
0:19.4	I'm Rachel Bell and this is your last meal.
0:23.1	The show where celebrities share stories about the foods they love most, and we dig into
0:27.0	the history, culture, or science of those meals with experts from around the world.
0:31.6	Today on the program, actor Thomas Doherty.
0:34.8	Thomas is best known for his roles in Disney's Descendance films,
0:38.5	the reboot of Gossip Girl, and he stars as a singer-songwriter in the new indie film,
0:44.3	Dandelion. I've played four musicians, singer-songwriter. I have never been in a band of my life.
0:50.4	I don't play the guitar. Every time I get a job, I have to buy a new guitar to learn it.
0:54.7	As you can hear, Thomas is Scottish.
0:57.4	So by law, he is required to talk about his love for Haggis.
1:02.4	A food that is actually outlawed in the United States.
1:05.9	Scottish food historian Paul Gilchrist joins the show to talk about why Scotland's
1:10.2	National Dish is banned here.
1:11.8	And after you hear our conversation, you are pretty much guaranteed to win your pubs
1:17.4	Haggis Trivia night. We leave no Haggis Stone unturned. That's coming up later in the show.
1:22.8	But now, my conversation with Thomas Doherty.
1:33.3	Music now my conversation with Thomas Doherty. Morning.
1:34.4	Good morning.
1:35.3	Good.
1:36.3	What time is it where you are?
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