A Night of Food and Song
Published: January 24, 2011
Published: January 24, 2011
Perhaps you’ve been invited to a Burns Supper Tuesday, an annual feast given to celebrate the birth of the Scottish poet Robert Burns on Jan. 25, 1759. We have never experienced a Burns supper in Scotland, where the traditional entree, haggis — a sheep sausage encased in a sheep’s stomach — is a delicacy. In America, when the haggis makes its entrance, guests reach for the whiskey, which is also traditional at Burns suppers. More