Burns Night 2009

[sidneykidney]

Although Robert Burns night itself is tomorrow night (Sunday 25th January) we have had our haggis early. I wondered if anyone else was celebrating this occasion? This is after all the 250th anniversary of the Bards birth.

I did not dress full highland for this since it was just one for my wife and I. I did however address the haggis. She tried it and gave up at verse 2. This haggis was the first i'd had directly from the butcher and this was in the sheeps stomach as it should be. For those interested, a plastic coating holds meat juices and water in, giving the haggis a washed out flavour. Traditional haggis in the sheeps stomach allows the water out but keeps the meat juices in.

Man alive does it make a difference! As the bard himself puts it...

"Warm-reekin', rich!"