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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 25, 2010 12:04:29 GMT
I take it that you are all having haggis and reciting poetry tonight, as it the tradition.
Is there for honest poverty
That hings his head, an a' that?
The coward slave, we pass him by -
We dare be poor for a' that!
For a' that, an a' that,
Our toils obscure, an a' that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
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Post by everso on Jan 25, 2010 12:41:00 GMT
I daresay my son will be boiling a haggis. Shall I tell him to lay an extra space for you?
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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 25, 2010 12:44:09 GMT
Thanks, but we're actually having spag. with meatballs.
I don't boil my haggis. I microwave it. If you watch your times (it can dry out quite quickly) it's far less hassle than boiling it.
When my sister was working on a sheep farm in NZ before going to Uni she actually MADE a haggis, starting from scratch by taking the sheep's stomach.
I feel that's going a bit too far . . and no doubt was not H&S compliant, but H&S does not apply in remote NZ sheep stations.
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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 25, 2010 12:44:40 GMT
Incidentally, chicken stuffed with haggis is lovely.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2010 13:22:51 GMT
I have never tried a haggis but i see them in the shops recently.. how do you cook them in the microwave? that sounds like somethink i could manage. what even is a haggis anyway?
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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 25, 2010 13:50:15 GMT
I have never tried a haggis but i see them in the shops recently.. how do you cook them in the microwave? that sounds like somethink i could manage. what even is a haggis anyway?
Traditionally served on Burns' Night, the haggis is often accompanied by mashed potatoes and mashed turnips.
It's nicer than it sounds. Tastewise, think of a spicey sausage type taste. Consistency-wise it's like finely chopped mince. To microwave it you just take it out the plastic coating (which is now used in place of the sheep's actual stomach) and zap it. Instructions are usually on the packet. If it's properly cooked, it's moist and lovely. I mix it up with my potatoes and mash it into a kind of hash. |
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Post by trubble on Jan 25, 2010 13:53:28 GMT
I don't think I can manage haggis. Is it acceptable to have tatties and neeps instead? Or maybe just some whisky? Ye sconsie face or something. I don't know much Burns poetry.
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Post by trubble on Jan 25, 2010 13:54:31 GMT
 I could sing Donald, Where's Your Trousers? |
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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 25, 2010 13:57:06 GMT
I could sing Donald, Where's Your Trousers? 1. It's 'troosers', not 'trousers'. 2. It's not Burns. 3. It's an embarassing Scottish cliche of a song and should be banned. |
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Post by trubble on Jan 25, 2010 14:16:18 GMT
I could sing Donald, Where's Your Trousers? 1. It's 'troosers', not 'trousers'. 2. It's not Burns. 3. It's an embarassing Scottish cliche of a song and should be banned. I'll take that a yes, then.  |
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Post by betty on Jan 25, 2010 14:16:59 GMT
round these here parts we ditch the haggis and take turns in reading from the works of McGonagall. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2010 14:35:34 GMT
riot, you say itsd nicer than it sounds but to be honest it sounds exactly like the sort of thing i will LOVE. you described it rather tantalisingly , i felt. and i am hungry noooooii.
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Post by everso on Jan 25, 2010 14:40:49 GMT
Incidentally, chicken stuffed with haggis is lovely. You are correct. I had that the very first time I visited Edinburgh. |
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Post by everso on Jan 25, 2010 14:44:10 GMT
riot, you say itsd nicer than it sounds but to be honest it sounds exactly like the sort of thing i will LOVE. you described it rather tantalisingly , i felt. and i am hungry noooooii. Costal, haggis is very nice. This, too, from someone who hates any offal. Trubbs, I'm sure the whisky would be acceptable instead of forcing down some haggis. |
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Post by Weyland on Jan 25, 2010 15:38:42 GMT
Haggis is Scotland’s best-known regional dish. It is made from lamb’s offal (lungs, liver and heart) mixed with suet, onions, herbs and spices, all packed into a skin, traditionally made of a sheep’s stomach. I love haggis. It's easy to get in Newcastle, on account of the cross-Border raiding parties. But I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more, just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to get some of that haggis we used to get on Middle Shift (*) at the Silver Grid in Byker. They were single-portion items, not bigger than half a kilo, shaped like a thick sausage, encased in delectable beer-batter. The Grid also had black puddings and pork sausages in the same batter, as well as cod and haddock. And batter bits upon request. And chips, mushy peas, pickled onions, beetroot, unameit. But the Silver Grid is no more. I checked last time I was up there. The only place I ever saw battered haggis. (No Mars bars, by the way.) * See the on-the-job thread in The Bedroom. |
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Post by alanseago on Jan 26, 2010 5:43:40 GMT
Not a national holiday in the Philippines, nor France, Germany or anywhere else I have been, excepting maybe, New York.
Most Frenchmen believe that Rabbi Burns was a Yiddish poet.
Understandable!
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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 26, 2010 9:36:35 GMT
Not a national holiday in the Philippines, nor France, Germany or anywhere else I have been, excepting maybe, New York. Most Frenchmen believe that Rabbi Burns was a Yiddish poet. Understandable! It's not a national holiday in Scotland either Alan. It's just the day we mark our national poet. Because we are a cultured people. When is Shakespeare day again? |
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Post by Weyland on Jan 26, 2010 9:49:42 GMT
When is Shakespeare day again? The rest is silence. |
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Post by everso on Jan 26, 2010 10:54:18 GMT
Not a national holiday in the Philippines, nor France, Germany or anywhere else I have been, excepting maybe, New York. Most Frenchmen believe that Rabbi Burns was a Yiddish poet. Understandable! It's not a national holiday in Scotland either Alan. It's just the day we mark our national poet. Because we are a cultured people. When is Shakespeare day again? I thought it was 23rd April, but I might be wrong. I know he died on that day, and they seem to think he was also born on the 23rd April. No records exist of his birth date but his baptism date was 26th April and as infants were usually baptised when they were 3 days old most people assume he was born on 23rd April. What a bummer, to die on your birthday! |
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Post by Weyland on Jan 26, 2010 11:50:48 GMT
I thought it was 23rd April, but I might be wrong. I know he died on that day, and they seem to think he was also born on the 23rd April. No records exist of his birth date but his baptism date was 26th April and as infants were usually baptised when they were 3 days old most people assume he was born on 23rd April. What a bummer, to die on your birthday! St George's Day. Coincidence? |
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