Burns night at the mill

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  5 January 2014     20:02257031
  #1      
  bit of advance notice of yet another event at the corn mill.
  
  £.12.50 is cheap for a burns night, having been to one i would recommend the alternative to the haggis though, definitely an acquired taste.
  
  
  

  
• Guest 653

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  5 January 2014     20:26257033
  #2      
  Great Poster - and I'm sure, a great evening.
  
  
  
  Roger
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
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  5 January 2014     20:50257036
  #3      
  howard,haggis is good for you along with the neeps and tatties.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  5 January 2014     21:03257040
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  believe me brian i have tried both and would heartily urge non scots to opt for the alternative.
  
  should be a great night though.
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
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  5 January 2014     21:33257046
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  still I like haggis,had it a number or times and im still living
• Guest 698

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  5 January 2014     21:35257049
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  As no local butchers make haggis in these parts we are limited to commercial brands. The best is MacSweens (ha ha!) but McKechnie Jess is quite good. Avoid Hall's. It's rubbish.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Guest 653

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  6 January 2014     08:14257063
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  We used to have Burns night dinner parties at home and Jean would buy those MacSween Haggis and a vegetarian option, which was actually more tasty than the meat ones.
  
  
  
  Roger
• Bob Whysman

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  6 January 2014     09:55257068
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  I've memories of a Burns Night sailing down the Thames on the Barracuda pleasure boat. It was a Company arranged 'do' by a Scottish colleague who ended up sick. He claimed seasickness but we blamed the Haggis!
  
  The best part, on board other than the Casino, was watching the Haggis being chased around the boat by a whisky pickled Scot in an ill fitting kilt!
  
  It was hilarious!
  Do nothing and nothing happens.