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English Haggis Claim Shocks Scots !

August 3, 2009

Monday, August 3 01:40 pm

ITN

Haggis-makers in Scotland have leapt to the defence of the country's signature dish after claims it was first made in England.

 

 
English haggis claim shocks Scots

Food historian Catherine Brown said she found references to the dish in a book called The English Hus-Wife, dated 1615.

But she said the first mention she could find of Scottish haggis was in 1747.

Ms Brown said the book indicates that haggis was first eaten in England and subsequently popularised by the Scots.

But butcher Robert Patrick, from Patricks of Camelon in Falkirk, said: "I find it hard to believe. I think we can still call it Scottish. There could well be some recipe in England that's similar."

Haggis is made from a mixture of oatmeal, liver, heart and lungs.

Posted by John McKenna. Posted In : Scottish Food 

 

The Scottish Midgie!

August 2, 2009

Midge……

 

Websters defn: Any of various gnatlike flies of the family Chironomidae, found worldwide and frequently occurring in swarms near ponds and lakes.


It's more aggressive branch the Scottish midge (Midgie)…..

and it’s psychopathic sub-clan the ‘Island Midgie’.....

: )

An Ode to the Island Midge

 

Och you fearsome, ferocious, wee beast,
Upon my tender flesh you do feast.
In my hoose, you sneak through the door
Followed by 3 million more.

When the air is warm and still
Yo...


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Posted by John McKenna. Posted In : Wildlife 

 

That Coming Home Feeling......

July 31, 2009
Come on, you've all had it.......coming off that plane, turning that corner, alighting from that boat.....the feeling of coming home.....it's difficult to explain but invariably results in a smile spreading over your face. For me I had it a couple of weeks back driving up to Arisaig on the West coast. Always happens at the same place.....just coming up to the railyway bridge below at Loch Nan Uamh......seeing the blue water  and even bluer sky peeking through the arches.....no matter the weat...
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Posted by John McKenna.

 

In the 250th year of Robert Burns' Birth .........

July 28, 2009

Born 25 January 1759 Rabbie Burns, Scotlands' favourite son just has to be mentioned in this the 250th anniversary year of his birth!  One of his best known follows:

Ae Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever


1791
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, alas, for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.
Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,
While the star of hope she leaves him?
Me, naecheerful twinkle lights me;
Dark despair around be...

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Posted by John McKenna. Posted In : Poets 

 

Starting Out

July 27, 2009
This Blogging is all new but you gotta start somewhere!
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Posted by John McKenna.

 
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