Happy "Burns" day/ night

mudcow007

Haggis anyone?



mmmmmm

Kieran_Burns

Ever tried Veggie Haggis (yes I know - scream ARGH! Blasphemy and all that) it's actually very very nice

Paulie W

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Ever tried Veggie Haggis (yes I know - scream ARGH! Blasphemy and all that) it's actually very very nice

+1 had some last night

UndercoverElephant

Paulie W wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Ever tried Veggie Haggis (yes I know - scream ARGH! Blasphemy and all that) it's actually very very nice

+1 had some last night

+1, so long as it's MacSweens. I love real haggis, too - our local butcher was the Scottish Haggis Champion a few years back, the haggis you buy there is beyond comparison.

CiB

Burns Night? Isn't that something the Scots trouble themselves with? With any luck we'll only have to bother with a handful more before they cut themselves adrift for a couple of generations.

Happy St George's Day all.

daviesee

CiB wrote:

Burns Night? Isn't that something the Scots trouble themselves with? With any luck we'll only have to bother with a handful more before they cut themselves adrift for a couple of generations.

Happy St George's Day all.

Bit early with that, no?
How do you celebrate St. Georges day anyway? (That is actually a serious query, I am curious).

And, hasn't it effectively been banned? No public display of crosses etc :twisted:

asprilla

I love haggis, I could eat it every day!

MonkeyMonster

I shall kilting it up for a ceilidh on sat night hammersmith town hall.

veronese68

daviesee wrote:

How do you celebrate St. Georges day anyway? (That is actually a serious query, I am curious).

And, hasn't it effectively been banned? No public display of crosses etc :twisted:

The nearest pub to my gaff has a St Georges beer festival. They usually have morris dancers and other events going on. Happily it's near my birthday so I go and sample various silly ales for my birthday.
Bloody marvellous.

daviesee

Good to hear!

There should be more frivolity. Life is getting too damned serious!

UndercoverElephant

I usually buy donuts for the office on St. George's day, that's about the most I've ever heard of anyone celebrating.

As for Morris dancers... Do you not have the overwhelming urge to take their sticks off them and beat them to death with it?

veronese68

UndercoverElephant wrote:

I usually buy donuts for the office on St. George's day, that's about the most I've ever heard of anyone celebrating.

As for Morris dancers... Do you not have the overwhelming urge to take their sticks off them and beat them to death with it?

Depends on the ale. No, not really. It's just a load of bearded men finding an unecessary excuse to go out and drink beer.
I did get confused last year as I was sat in the front room and every now and then I would hear bells. After a little while I twigged that every time I heard the bells men in white shirts were walking past. Ah! realisation dawns, it's the morris dancers walking to the pub.

Clever Pun

Not scottish but I love whisky and haggis so some neeps and tatties tonight will be consumed as well

the veggie one is pretty good too

SimonAH

Two things I heard today.

1) You can eat a haggis or kick it. If you eat it you'll wish you'd kicked it.
2) You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but you can make a haggis.

Had it a coupla times - not objectionable, but not making it onto my nom list.

Happy Burn's night all! Even if no haggis I'm sure I'll raise a wee nippy sweetie in honour :-D

meanredspider

Veggie "Haggis" makes as much sense as alcohol-free whisky (ie none) - what's the point?

Burns Night seems to go by very quietly up here - last time I asked, Burns was dismissed as a "Lowland poet"

asprilla

daviesee wrote:

CiB wrote:

Burns Night? Isn't that something the Scots trouble themselves with? With any luck we'll only have to bother with a handful more before they cut themselves adrift for a couple of generations.

Happy St George's Day all.

Bit early with that, no?
How do you celebrate St. Georges day anyway? (That is actually a serious query, I am curious).

And, hasn't it effectively been banned? No public display of crosses etc :twisted:

Traditionally we celebrate by subjugating someone and that is frowned upon. The Health and Safety Executive pretty much made it impractical.

clarkey cat

I've just haggis neeps and tatties in the staff canteen.

St Georges Day?

I put on a fancy dress knights outfit and get p1ssed on stella in Yates. Doesn't everyone?

Wallace1492

No haggis for me tonight, tis the only night I don't have it!

Talking of Burns, he does have some fantastic poems. My personal favourite is called "C0ck up yer Beaver" about a gentleman ensuring his bearskin hat is at a jaunty angle..... allegedly!

asprilla

clarkey cat wrote:

I've just haggis neeps and tatties in the staff canteen.

St Georges Day?

I put on a fancy dress knights outfit and get p1ssed on stella in Yates. Doesn't everyone?

Surely you mean The Noble Vine on the high street?

clarkey cat

When we first moved to WOT we had a 'date night' out in town - and ended up there. I handed in a mixtape from my DJ years... I play there on Saturdays now. Hardstyle, hardcore, hard house, hard techno, hardbeats, hard-crunck and hard-grime. All played at 130db to an old bloke reading the Racing Post.

spen666

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Paulie W wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Ever tried Veggie Haggis (yes I know - scream ARGH! Blasphemy and all that) it's actually very very nice

+1 had some last night

+1, so long as it's MacSweens. I love real haggis, too - our local butcher was the Scottish Haggis Champion a few years back, the haggis you buy there is beyond comparison.

If its beyond comparison, then how did he win the title unless he was the only enterant :oops: :twisted:

meanredspider

Seriously, though - what IS veggie Haggis? And how do you know whether you like veggie haggis or just the one(s) you've tasted because, in reality, it's just some vegetable concoction in the shape of a haggis, isn't it? There's no "rules" for what should go into a veggie haggis so I'm assuming one might be based upon nuts, another on soya, and a third on neeps & tatties. At least with a real haggis you know it's sheep. I'm not anti-veggie, per se, but I do find veggie imitations of meat bewildering

Kieran_Burns

meanredspider wrote:

Seriously, though - what IS veggie Haggis? And how do you know whether you like veggie haggis or just the one(s) you've tasted because, in reality, it's just some vegetable concoction in the shape of a haggis, isn't it? There's no "rules" for what should go into a veggie haggis so I'm assuming one might be based upon nuts, another on soya, and a third on neeps & tatties. At least with a real haggis you know it's sheep. I'm not anti-veggie, per se, but I do find veggie imitations of meat bewildering

...sigh...

http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-loc ... _454g.html

The first commercial veggie haggis was created by John Macsween as a tribute to Scottish poetry! With its unique combination of black kidney beans, lentils, vegetables, oatmeal, herbs and spices, this mainstay of the Macsween range is enjoyed by vegetarians, vegans and carnivores alike. As per its traditional cousin, this fabulously flexible dish is very easy to cook. Sheer beany brilliance.

From: http://www.macsween.co.uk/our-products/ ... an-haggis/

itboffin

Went to a party last Sat in his honor, not that i'm in anyway associated with Scotland but i do love a good piss up and the haggis is always a welcome bonus.

yummy

meanredspider

Kieran_Burns wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

Seriously, though - what IS veggie Haggis? And how do you know whether you like veggie haggis or just the one(s) you've tasted because, in reality, it's just some vegetable concoction in the shape of a haggis, isn't it? There's no "rules" for what should go into a veggie haggis so I'm assuming one might be based upon nuts, another on soya, and a third on neeps & tatties. At least with a real haggis you know it's sheep. I'm not anti-veggie, per se, but I do find veggie imitations of meat bewildering

...sigh...

http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-loc ... _454g.html

The first commercial veggie haggis was created by John Macsween as a tribute to Scottish poetry! With its unique combination of black kidney beans, lentils, vegetables, oatmeal, herbs and spices, this mainstay of the Macsween range is enjoyed by vegetarians, vegans and carnivores alike. As per its traditional cousin, this fabulously flexible dish is very easy to cook. Sheer beany brilliance.

From: http://www.macsween.co.uk/our-products/ ... an-haggis/

You missed the point. The veggie haggis owes almost nothing to the real haggis except, mebbe, for the oats. Oh, and its shape. It might as well be the recipe for veggie stuffing, veggie sausages, veggie cutlets....

walkingbootweather

clarkey cat wrote:

I've just haggis neeps and tatties in the staff canteen.

St Georges Day?

I put on a fancy dress knights outfit and get p1ssed on stella in Yates. Doesn't everyone?

No, most people I know might sup a couple of pints of German lager then go for a Curry - can't get much more English than that.

itboffin

Much like veggie sausages WTF point! veggies are nice on there own either eat them for what they are or MTFU and get some meat down ya!

Jeez

Kieran_Burns

I didn't miss the point at all... I'm afraid you have.

The vegetarian alternatives are to encourage non-vegetarians to try alternatives to the usual fare - this is why they 'impersonate' more traditional dishes.

It has nothing to do with veggies wanting to be like everyone else - it's an attempt to get some more hide-bound individuals to open their minds a little.

SimonAH

Anyway, why does Kieran need a night in his honour in the first place? Self important or what.

itboffin

sssh quiet now ....why don't you have a little lay down you must be feeling tired and weak from the lack of BLOOD in your diet :twisted:

Kieran_Burns

SimonAH wrote:

Anyway, why does Kieran need a night in his honour in the first place? Self important or what.

'cos I'm great.

People need to be reminded once in a while.