Christine Celebrates Burns Night Supper

Robert Burns is a famous Scottish poet.  You know his work.  You just don't know you know it.  He wrote the famous poem (now song) that is sung on New Years Eve at midnight.

A Burns Night Supper, held in his honor, is traditionally on his birthday, January 25th.  This was my first experience with a Burns Night Supper.  The two main parts of the dinner:  Scottish whiskey and haggis.  I partook in both.  The chef went Iron Chef with the food, and the main ingredient consisted of haggis.  First, we ate haggis with mature cheese in pastry.  Then we enjoyed haggis spring rolls (probably my favorite dish, besides dessert, which always wins with me).  We readily finished the Cullen Skink soup (made with mashed potatoes and smoked haddock), another Scottish dish.  Finally, we listened to Robert Burns poem, complete with bag pipes, toasted the haggis with Scottish whiskey and then tried it.  The haggis is ceremoniously brought out during the poem.  You eat tatties (mashed potatoes) and neeps (mashed turnips) with the haggis.  We also had a potato casserole.  For dessert, I finished Cranachan.  This consists of whipped creme with honey and whiskey, raspberries, and oats, parfait layers.  To finish the evening we played Cards Against Humanity.  A great game.  That I did not lose.  But I didn't win either.  Oh well, next time.

Haggis 

Christine