Burns' Night

My friend Fiona treated us to traditional Scottish fare for Burns' Night, a celebration of Robert Burns' birthday, which is today. Burns is the national poet of Scotland, and many Scots celebrate his birthday by eating haggis, mashed tatties, and mashed neeps (potatoes and turnips). You're probably familiar with "Auld Lang Syne," which Burns wrote, along with TONS of other poems, most of them in the Scots dialect.

 

Wes is reading Burns' "Address to a Haggis" in the video. All of the food went over very well with everyone, with the exception of the turnips. Both little girls abstained after an initial taste. But the next day Sophia asked for haggis again. It tastes like spicy ground beef, so long as you don't think about what you're eating (animal lungs, heart, liver).

 

Cranachan plus shortbread for dessert