Happy Burns Day/night

[janbee]

Happy Burns night to all my fellow Scots and to anyone attending a Burns supper tonight .
Don't forget to say The Selkirk Grace...

[janbee]

Och aye, hoots mon... and all other things that Scots NEVER say . Well, maybe in Braveheart !

[mrs_overall]

I think Burns night is a lovely tradition and the one time I went to a supper I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Well, apart from the haggis which reminded me of peppered sawdust...sorry to all Scots

[janbee]

Sorry about that Mrs O, you had a bad experience of The Haggis. There are some really awful ones around especially at around Burns Night. Try one again another time. You may change your mind. They're LOVELY and very tasty and yumsy. I'm a veggie now so all I ever have are the veggie ones and they too, are fab.

[lady-janine]

i'm not Scottish but if I have porridge for brekkie and mashed with evening meal and a few glasses of scottish fluid. will that do?

[janbee]

Yes Lady J, no problem with that ! xx

[Slapshot]

Will be forced to down a glass of something tasty with dinner tonight.... looking forward to it.....

Is there a whim-inspired fool,
Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule,
Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool,
Let him draw near;
And owre this grassy heap sing dool,
And drap a tear.

Is there a bard of rustic song,
Who, noteless, steals the crowds among,
That weekly this area throng,
O, pass not by!
But, with a frater-feeling strong,
Here, heave a sigh.

Is there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs, himself, life's mad career,
Wild as the wave,
Here pause-and, thro' the starting tear,
Survey this grave.

The poor inhabitant below
Was quick to learn the wise to know,
And keenly felt the friendly glow,
And softer flame;
But thoughtless follies laid him low,
And stain'd his name!

Reader, attend! whether thy soul
Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole,
Or darkling grubs this earthly hole,
In low pursuit:
Know, prudent, cautious, self-control
Is wisdom's root.

[DTCwordfan]

I like this one:

The haggis has taken the world by storm
With evocative Scottishness, a cheeky chubby form
And an epic, eight-verse intro, which is frankly not the norm
(may I be so bold?)
For a dish that's most delicious when eaten very warm
In a land so cold.

So hasten hottest haggis unto your waiting lips
With traditional mashed tatties, a side of ubiquitous chips
Or pan-fried haggis filo balls with raspberry garlic dips
Make swift this grace
So with the piping pudding here please now get to grips
And fill your face!

Happy Rabby's Day to those north of 'Adrians.

[joggerjayne]

Happy Burns Night Day

[lady-janine]

thanks janb for the official approval.

[lardhelmet]

Hope you all have a lovely time tonight (whoever is celebrating).

[mrs_overall]

LadyJ has whiskey with her breakfast? Tut tut

[LochNessMonster]

http://youtu.be/BJwy2cm9QTo

Enjoy !

Nessie

[Mags22]

Thankyou janbee, and 'back at you'

[boxtops]

They're not all north of 'Adrians, DTC, my one's here :-)

[DTCwordfan]

and all extra-motherland Scots, including those pretending to be ones in Brighton.

[Baldric]

We had Haggis, neeps and tatties last night,

My Wife is a Scot, (MacDonald) so we always fit it in somewhere.

[wolf63]

My wee brother is Scottish and lives in Nottingham. He has bee there for nearly twenty years. Poor soul doesn't have a cat or dog - only human kittens.

[guilliebrougues]

Happy Burns night everyone. We had haggis neeps and tatties last night.
Mrs O if you bought your haggis from a buchers rather than a Supermarket, I think you would probably enjoy it more. Every bucher has it's own recipe
and usually uses natural skin rather that plastic. I find that the recipe I prefer to cook my haggis is as follows. Put an inch of water in a meat tin and place the haggis wrapped tightly in foil into the tin. Oven temp at 180c for a 11b haggis and cook for an hour a 11b. The result is a nice moist haggis and the haggis usually comes clean out of the skin. I don't have to wait for Burns night I have haggis when I feel like it.

I love proper burns night suppers that is of course when they have the Imortal memory, the Toast to the lassies and the laddies response to it afterwards .