Burns Night

[wendilla]

Who are all having a Burns Night this weekend.? I have one with the usual traditional Haggis neeps and tatties.I have been left Scotland for over 30 years but still hold one every year and most of my friends are English and love it.

[weeal]

I eat Haggis a few times a month so probably not having a Burns Night. Never been to a Burns Supper (tho Im Scottish).

[beejay1124]

ours is this thursday night -wendi
a community event

[Lakitu]

I don't like haggis. I might have mince and tatties though.

[Bbbananas]

No Burns Night for me - I'm English, the BF is Welsh - not as though that matters! I'm just piping in with the fact that I love haggis, neeps & tatties. I don't think the BF would be able to stomach it though - he has a delicate constitution!

[joggerjayne]

Saturday night. We go to the same do every year. Last year there were about 200 people there ...

... of whom maybe ... ooh, 10? ... were Scottish.

It's fab. And yes, we love it.

(but he's a pretty lame poet)

[joggerjayne]

... and Haggis !!

There's simply no excuse for it.

[carrust]

There nowt like some sheep brains & intestine to keep you regular!

[Lakitu]

Is Haggis still made from that these days?

[carrust]

LOL @ wibble.BTW, you've also described what goes into a kabab!

[dm1982]

isnt jealously a cruel thing??

[puddicat]

We had a burns supper last night for our guys,me personally no as i can eat haggis neeps and tatties everyday if i want,has any one tried the haggis slices fried delicious!!!

[Mr Veritas]

Hello there,
Two bit of trivia allied to Burns Night.
One:~ Neeps,which is a Scottish shortening of the word Turnips,that is ***nip =neep, are of course actuall what we English (and Welsh?) call Swede.
When I asked my Scottish Son in Law what they call the little hard round turnips we eat,he said "oh we don'e eat them",so I presume that explains that?

Two:~
Much to the surprise,and then disgust of same Son in Law,I asked him why the Scots loved Raggie Burns so much when he was a traitor.Well,I explained to him.Burns job was as aCustoms & Excise man for the ENGLISH,collecting revenues and taxes(a very heavy burden on some poor Scots) which were grealy despised,as the English punished the Scots nation after the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

I am not putting Rabbie down,just pointing out that heas a collaborator,and not such a true Scot as people think!

[wendilla]

Thanks for your replies and I hope you all enjoy your Burns night party. Now for those that dont know what Haggis is here it is. The shy Scottish Haggis can be found at the summit of most Scottish mountains. Their right legs are longer than there left enabling them to run around the summit at great speeds in an anti-clockwork direction without falling over.However should they attempt to run in the other direction they will roll down the hill and lie helpless in the valleys below.Here they are collected by the Highland Haggis gatherers and sold throughout Scotland where they are considered a great delicacy.