Happy Burn's Night

Annpan · Post: # 82197Post **Annpan** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:36 pm

For all the other Scots and honurary Scots
(and for everyone else to puzzle over

)

Sum hae meat and cannae eat,
Sum wad eat that want it,
Bit we hae meat and we can eat,
So to the lord be thankit.

Hope everyone has a lovely evening

OH is out catching our haggis just now

Green Rosie · Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:38 pm

Is it a good year for Haggis hunting

?

Annpan · Post: # 82200Post **Annpan** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:46 pm

Well its wet, windy and dark... which I think is a Haggis' favourite grazing weather, so they should be quite easy to catch... however, John has his heart set on an organic one this year and they are known to run pretty fast - though they can only run in circles, so it shouldn't be too difficult. He has got a really big net with him.

Green Rosie · Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:50 pm

Annpan wrote:Well its wet, windy and dark... which I think is a Haggis' favourite grazing weather, so they should be quite easy to catch...

That explains it - cold, clear and still here - not a haggis in sight. Have to stick to having the herrings I got off the market this morning

red · Post: # 82211Post **red** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:07 pm

I caught a haggis earlier and will be sharing it with friends, who are bringing the tatties and neeps

I am obliged you see, to respect my Scottish ancestory. As I also have Welsh, English and Irish blood, it means I have to do a lot of celebrating various festivals.. but what can I do?

snapdragon · Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:13 pm

Annpan wrote:Well its wet, windy and dark... which I think is a Haggis' favourite grazing weather, so they should be quite easy to catch... however, John has his heart set on an organic one this year and they are known to run pretty fast - though they can only run in circles, so it shouldn't be too difficult. He has got a really big net with him.

Hope he gets you one from the steepest slopes Annpan - should have more leg meat cos they have longer legs on the downhillside

dragon and I both have scots and welsh so we're allowed

(mines in the fridge having just defrosted from last years hunting season)

mrsflibble · Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:23 pm

damn! I could just go for a bit o'haggis. I'm not scottish but aparently the Olivers (OH's family) are somehow related to the Fraser clan (similar tartan too) so I suppose.....
nope. no point catching a haggis just for me and sophie to munch on. OH can't stand it. plus the fact I don't think there's many grazing free out here in the basildonian suburbs.

amecoy75002 · Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:06 pm

Yummy - please save me some Typsy Laird!

circlecross · Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:54 pm

we had our haggis tonight. It had spent yesterday thinking we were kindly souls as we sat it on a radiator to try and thaw it out a bit from it's ordeal in a small tundra, a land of ice and cold where it had been for a number of months, but it was still shivering come evening, so it was popped into another tundra, but not so cold this time. This seemed to lull it into a false sense of security, so it didn't bite when it was placed in a bowl and popped into a much much hotter place. It gave its life so that we might enjoy it. Chopped its tail off and scooped its guts out.

We've got english scots and welsh ness in our family, so as someone already said, there's a lot of celebrations to keep up with.

Lang may yer lum reek.

Wombat · Post: # 82317Post **Wombat** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:56 pm

Many many years ago, back when I was a drinking man, I swear that I was attacked by one on the way home from the pub, so a few must had gotten out and gone wild over here.....

Nev