From my blog, I'm assuming that you've guessed I will try anything once! Well, food and wine but not sure about men. Nope, pretty sure about men, won't try anything once in that sphere as there are far too many special (i.e riding the short bus) people.
But back to food (much easier to manage), I like trying new things and three/four years ago, I went to a burns night. This Scottish tradition celebrates Robert Burns and is generally held on his birthday which is 25 January. They read his poetry (including ode to Haggis) and it is generally really quite proudly wode covered Scottish.
Now to the food, Haggis, Neeps and Tatties are traditional. Haggis is a glorious peppery meaty dish of pluck (heart, liver and lungs) mince with onions, oatmeal, suet, spices (including pepper) and salt mixed with stock. It is generally cooked in the animals stomach (which incidentally for the squeamish is often used as sausage casing) for about three hours. It is utterly glorious when served with tatties (mash) and neeps (turnips).
Finished off with a bit of whisky (which incidentally needs to be Scottish not Irish if you don't want to be lynched). And well, it is glorious and I can't recommend it enough.
Try is and you might be pleasantly surprised.
L x
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