Bring on the bagpipes and a strong stomach.
The 250th anniversary of the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns is being toasted Sunday with whisky, haggis and neeps and tatties (which, on this side of the pond, we call turnips and potatoes.)
Haggis is usually a mash of sheep organs, or some other offal, blended with oats, barley and spices.
I tasted haggis in Edinburgh, Scotland, and it wasn't as bad as it sounds. It kind of reminded me of spicy meatloaf.
The Fair Hill (Md.) Inn, on Maryland routes 273 and 213, will host a Robert Burns/Haggis dinner at 5 p.m. The four-course meal is $30. Tax, alcohol and gratuity not included.
The meal includes smoked salmon soup, traditionally prepared haggis with rutabaga and potatoes - which will be paraded into the room along with a bagpiper - a selection of Scottish cheeses and dessert. Courses will be paired with aged single-malt scotches. Braised beef is available for diners who are not haggis-loving Bravehearts.
Reservations are required. Call (410) 398-4187. Stoney's British Pub at 3007 Concord Pike in Brandywine Hundred, also is throwing a Burns dinner. Call 477-9740 for more information.
The 250th anniversary of the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns is being toasted Sunday with whisky, haggis and neeps and tatties (which, on this side of the pond, we call turnips and potatoes.)
Haggis is usually a mash of sheep organs, or some other offal, blended with oats, barley and spices.
I tasted haggis in Edinburgh, Scotland, and it wasn't as bad as it sounds. It kind of reminded me of spicy meatloaf.
The Fair Hill (Md.) Inn, on Maryland routes 273 and 213, will host a Robert Burns/Haggis dinner at 5 p.m. The four-course meal is $30. Tax, alcohol and gratuity not included.
The meal includes smoked salmon soup, traditionally prepared haggis with rutabaga and potatoes - which will be paraded into the room along with a bagpiper - a selection of Scottish cheeses and dessert. Courses will be paired with aged single-malt scotches. Braised beef is available for diners who are not haggis-loving Bravehearts.
Reservations are required. Call (410) 398-4187. Stoney's British Pub at 3007 Concord Pike in Brandywine Hundred, also is throwing a Burns dinner. Call 477-9740 for more information.
3 comments:
I went to one of these Haggis "parades" in Edinburgh too....but was not as brave as you and did not taste it.
I'm a former Delawarean (I graduated from McKean HS in 1981) and a bagpiper. We just hosted our own Burns' Night in Oak Park Illinois this weekend, substituting haggis filling baked in puff pastry shells for the real thing. Anything is edible in a puff pastry shell.
And once your ears are made deaf from pipes meant to be played outdoors are played in, your
sense of taste is dulled sufficiently enough to render even haggis delicious!
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