tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post4015327668121724328..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Tae A PoetDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-61467443801363307482018-01-29T16:17:20.559-06:002018-01-29T16:17:20.559-06:00*wasn't bad.
Sigh.*wasn't bad.<br /><br />Sigh.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-45592818559973506752018-01-29T16:16:30.593-06:002018-01-29T16:16:30.593-06:00Oh, I did'nae say it wasn't guid! (And th...Oh, I did'nae say it wasn't guid! (And that's as far as I'll even try to write in that accent...) As noted, in the manner of most sausages, it wasn't bad if you didn't think too hard about it. I was one of the few who actually finished it.<br /><br />I can't say it's a dish I've gone out of my way to find again. And given that this was Philadelphia in the 1980s, I can't vouch for how well it was prepared (I'm not even sure genuine haggis was legal in the US at the time, or indeed if it is even now). But whatever they served us was bad. <br /><br />The scotch helped too. ;)<br /><br />I do miss the Burns Suppers. Even in a bare concrete dining hall, the ritual was something grand.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-55841545784939146482018-01-29T09:03:02.833-06:002018-01-29T09:03:02.833-06:00Hmm. If your haggis was'nae guid (ahem) then ...Hmm. If your haggis was'nae guid (ahem) then it was being poorly prepared. It's a genuinely delicious dish, and the use of one's hose-sheathed sgian dubh to slice it open as one recites 'trenching your gushing entrails bright' can be a masterpiece of theatre.<br /><br />The whole evening is a ritual that I treasure. Having watched my 15 year-old read 'to a mouse' for a decade now - pretty neat.Ewanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15587749873205076612noreply@blogger.com