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Offline Pi55y

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« on: November 22, 2007, 20:01:47 PM »
WANTED - a piper to play the bagpipes at a traditional Burns Night Supper in Calis on 25 January.  Please contact the Calis Carnival Committee via my e-mail on this forum or via the carnival website www.caliscarnival "contact us" page  :)

Further details of this ticket only event will be posted shortly but in the meantime dig out your tartan (there has to be some aging Bay City Roller fans out there :D).



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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2007, 20:07:19 PM »
Can't help on the bagpipe playing front, but couldn't help but wonder if you will be having haggis, neeps and tatties.

No need to ask whether or not whisky will be in plentiful supply I suppose :)

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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2007, 20:08:43 PM »
is H over then i believe he has good bagpipes in working order:D

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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2007, 20:10:02 PM »
Haggis, neeps and tatties it is!  Our chef is currently having problems getting plocks so if you can help on this one :D

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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2007, 20:26:27 PM »
Hope you don't mind Chrissie, but I thought I'd let those who don't know about the delights of haggis into the secret



Here is a very traditional Scottish recipe for haggis:

1 sheep stomach and "pluck" (edible organs)
1 lb. chopped beef suet
1 c. oatmeal (not rolled oats)
2 onions, finely chopped
2 tbsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
¼ tsp. nutmeg
3 c. stock
1 tsp. lemon juice

Soak stomach overnight in salted water, then turn it inside out and wash thoroughly. Wash the pluck, cover with water and boil for 1.5 hours (liver only for the first 45 minutes), then chop finely and mix well with oatmeal, suet, onions, seasonings, and liquids. Scoop into the stomach and sew up loosely (the oatmeal will need a little room to swell as it cooks). Place in boiling water and cook on low heat for about 3 hours, pricking occasionally with a needle to allow steam to escape.

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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2007, 20:28:42 PM »
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Originally posted by puma

is H over then i believe he has good bagpipes in working order:D



Last time was in 1985 :)

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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2007, 20:29:50 PM »
Laffa's got a good pair of lungs and she reckoned she couldn't get a note out of Highlanders, and the bag was too small to get under her arm

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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2007, 21:47:40 PM »
PMSL scunno what are you like

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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2007, 22:11:42 PM »
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PMSL scunno what are you like



Yul Brynner :)

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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2007, 22:13:12 PM »
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Originally posted by Scunner

Laffa's got a good pair of lungs and she reckoned she couldn't get a note out of Highlanders, and the bag was too small to get under her arm


:D True and my right eye has never been the same since. ;)




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