How many food holidays did you celebrate last week? Which food holiday did you most enjoy celebrating? This week's lineup includes homage to a beloved poet:
Burns Night, according to Wikipedia is an evening celebrating the poetry and life of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. The event can be informal or formal, and may feature scotch broth or potato soup, "neeps and tatties" (turnips and potatoes) boiled and mashed separately, haggis, and Scotch. whisky. Mr. Burns' poetry is often recited throughout the evening, including Burns' poem, Address to a Haggis when the haggis is first brought to the table. So, what is haggis? Haggis is described as a savory pudding containing sheep's heart, liver and lungs (called "pluck"), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet spices, slat, and mixed with salt. Traditionally it was encased in sheep's stomach and simmered for approximately three hours. Today, haggis is most often prepared in a sausage casing rather than the sheep's stomach.
I discovered that a local restaurant, Oatlands, is hosting a Burns Night dinner featuring none other than Catotcin Creek Distillery. Which would be more exciting trying the haggis, trying the whisky? Or perhaps kilt watching?
Which food holidays will you celebrate? Which are holidays are a surprise to you? Share your comments below. Have a great week!
Be well,
Technicolor girl
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