Ain't no joke. Celebrity chefs here in UK sometimes make them for Christmas and you can buy them off the shelf at supermarkets then too. Definitely a weird Tudor banquet vibe to them.

Traditionally Menzies is pronounced "Mingiss", y'know, just to confuse you :)

They are fairly atrocious, though I do commend them for putting in Gaelic.

I saw the words "Boardwalk Empire" so skipped past that paragraph only to read your comment. So you complain about a veiled spoiler by making it explicit for everyone?