Git awa fae the sassenachs
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Just for one night you can don a lovely tweedy skirt, listen to cats being strangled and eat mushed up bits of gristle in a sheep’s stomach. What could be better?
We’re talking about Burns night, of course, not another name for epileptics with fireworks, but the annual celebration of that spitty Scottish fellow with a penchant for weird spelling, Robert Burns.
January 25th sees a host of stuff to do across London, and if I were there I’d be tossing my caber and…er…salting my porridge and neeps.
The following stuff is shamelessly ripped from the wonderful people at Love Food, Love Drink. It’s a newsletter thing. Go and sign up to it by Googling.
Anyway: Simple Simon’s Bard’s Supper Pie Celebrate the life and legacy of Scotland’s national poet Rabbie Burns while indulging in the finest Scottish fayre with a Simple Simon’s Bard’s Supper Pie. Made with Jimmy Bogle’s delicious Haggis, Simple Simon adds a wee dram of Scotch whisky, some cream and spices, mixes it together, places it on a bed of steamed neeps and tatties and bakes it in light crisp puff pastry. Yum! £3.50 per pie from www.simplesimonspies.co.uk
Monkey Shoulder & Red Hot Chilli Peppers Burns Night Party – limited free tickets! Monkey Shoulder Whisky will be hosting a Burns Night with a difference. Guests will be able to enjoy impressive views across London’s skyline from Soho members club, Paramount, and enjoy a spread of Scottish canapés and Monkey Shoulder Whisky cocktails whilst being entertained by none other than the Red Hot Chilli Pipers! Tickets are limited and guests can apply to win by emailing hannah@ldrlondon.com
Talisker Burns Night Events Pubs and clubs across the UK will be holding a series of events which combine fun and tradition with good food and drink to create a great Burns Night atmosphere. Those attending will also have the chance to toast the great bard with a unique limited edition Talisker tipping glass. To find your nearest event visit www.taliskerburnsnight.co.uk
Celebrate Burns Night at Boisdale of Bishopsgate, EC2 Head to Boisdale of Bishopsgate, one of our favourite restaurants, to raise a glass to Robbie Burns! For the week commencing 25th January, Boisdale will be offering a special Burns Night menu. A piper will be on hand to set the mood whilst you tuck in to mini-macsween haggis with mash and bashed neeps, roasted wild Scottish cod and organic mussel ragout with creamed cauliflower and seaweed caviar topped off with deep-fried mars bars and all washed down with a noggin of Chivas Regal 12yr old. Prices for a set menu start from £38.50; book now to avoid disappointment! www.boisdale.co.uk/bishopsgate
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Oh the memories of salt on porrage, neeps and tatties, early childhood in Edinburgh then a spell in Glasgow before being dragged down to London due to fathers work.
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